Re: [PATCH 2/9] perf tools: Support the auxiliary event

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Fri Feb 05 2021 - 05:59:40 EST


On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 5:14 AM <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> On the Intel Sapphire Rapids server, an auxiliary event has to be
> enabled simultaneously with the load latency event to retrieve complete
> Memory Info.
>
> Add X86 specific perf_mem_events__name() to handle the auxiliary event.
> - Users are only interested in the samples of the mem-loads event.
> Sample read the auxiliary event.
> - The auxiliary event must be in front of the load latency event in a
> group. Assume the second event to sample if the auxiliary event is the
> leader.
> - Add a weak is_mem_loads_aux_event() to check the auxiliary event for
> X86. For other ARCHs, it always return false.
>
> Parse the unique event name, mem-loads-aux, for the auxiliary event.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build | 1 +
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 3 +++
> tools/perf/util/mem-events.c | 5 ++++
> tools/perf/util/mem-events.h | 2 ++
> tools/perf/util/parse-events.l | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/record.c | 5 +++-
> 7 files changed, 60 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
> index 347c39b..d73f548 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/Build
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ perf-y += perf_regs.o
> perf-y += topdown.o
> perf-y += machine.o
> perf-y += event.o
> +perf-y += mem-events.o
>
> perf-$(CONFIG_DWARF) += dwarf-regs.o
> perf-$(CONFIG_BPF_PROLOGUE) += dwarf-regs.o
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..11b8469
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/mem-events.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +#include "util/pmu.h"
> +#include "map_symbol.h"
> +#include "mem-events.h"
> +
> +static char mem_loads_name[100];
> +static bool mem_loads_name__init;
> +
> +#define MEM_LOADS_AUX 0x8203
> +#define MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME "{cpu/mem-loads-aux/,cpu/mem-loads,ldlat=%u/pp}:S"
> +
> +bool is_mem_loads_aux_event(struct evsel *leader)
> +{
> + if (!pmu_have_event("cpu", "mem-loads-aux"))
> + return false;
> +
> + return leader->core.attr.config == MEM_LOADS_AUX;
> +}
> +
> +char *perf_mem_events__name(int i)
> +{
> + struct perf_mem_event *e = perf_mem_events__ptr(i);
> +
> + if (!e)
> + return NULL;
> +
> + if (i == PERF_MEM_EVENTS__LOAD) {
> + if (mem_loads_name__init)
> + return mem_loads_name;
> +
> + mem_loads_name__init = true;
> +
> + if (pmu_have_event("cpu", "mem-loads-aux")) {
> + scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME),
> + MEM_LOADS_AUX_NAME, perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);

It changes "%u" to an actual latency value, right?
What if the value takes 3 or more digits?
I'm not sure scnprintf() will handle it properly.

Thanks,
Namhyung


> + } else {
> + scnprintf(mem_loads_name, sizeof(mem_loads_name),
> + e->name, perf_mem_events__loads_ldlat);
> + }
> + return mem_loads_name;
> + }
> +
> + return (char *)e->name;
> +}