[PATCH 2/6] perf, tools, stat: Implement CSV metrics output

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Wed Feb 17 2016 - 17:46:09 EST


From: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Now support CSV output for metrics. With the new output callbacks
this is relatively straight forward by creating new callbacks.

This allows to easily plot metrics from CSV files.

The new line callback needs to know the number of fields to skip them
correctly

Example output before:

% perf stat -x, true
0.200687,,task-clock,200687,100.00
0,,context-switches,200687,100.00
0,,cpu-migrations,200687,100.00
40,,page-faults,200687,100.00
730871,,cycles,203601,100.00
551056,,stalled-cycles-frontend,203601,100.00
<not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00
385523,,instructions,203601,100.00
78028,,branches,203601,100.00
3946,,branch-misses,203601,100.00

After:

% perf stat -x, true
.502457,,task-clock,502457,100.00,0.485,CPUs utilized
0,,context-switches,502457,100.00,0.000,K/sec
0,,cpu-migrations,502457,100.00,0.000,K/sec
45,,page-faults,502457,100.00,0.090,M/sec
644692,,cycles,509102,100.00,1.283,GHz
423470,,stalled-cycles-frontend,509102,100.00,65.69,frontend cycles idle
<not supported>,,stalled-cycles-backend,0,100.00,,,,
492701,,instructions,509102,100.00,0.76,insn per cycle
,,,,,0.86,stalled cycles per insn
97767,,branches,509102,100.00,194.578,M/sec
4788,,branch-misses,509102,100.00,4.90,of all branches

or easier readable

perf stat -x, -o x.csv true
[ak@tassilo hle]$ column -s, -t x.csv
0.490635 task-clock 490635 100.00 0.489 CPUs utilized
0 context-switches 490635 100.00 0.000 K/sec
0 cpu-migrations 490635 100.00 0.000 K/sec
45 page-faults 490635 100.00 0.092 M/sec
629080 cycles 497698 100.00 1.282 GHz
409498 stalled-cycles-frontend 497698 100.00 65.09 frontend cycles idle
<not supported> stalled-cycles-backend 0 100.00
491424 instructions 497698 100.00 0.78 insn per cycle
0.83 stalled cycles per insn
97278 branches 497698 100.00 198.270 M/sec
4569 branch-misses 497698 100.00 4.70 of all branches

Two new fields are added: metric value and metric name.

v2: Split out function argument changes
v3: Reenable metrics for real.
v4: Fix wrong hunk from refactoring.
v5: Remove extra "noise" printing (Jiri), but add it to the not counted case.
Print empty metrics for not counted.
v6: Avoid outputting metric on empty format.
v7: Print metric at the end
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 72 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 86289df..6c2c1d2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -739,6 +739,8 @@ struct outstate {
FILE *fh;
bool newline;
const char *prefix;
+ int nfields;
+ u64 run, ena;
};

#define METRIC_LEN 35
@@ -789,6 +791,43 @@ static void print_metric_std(void *ctx, const char *color, const char *fmt,
fprintf(out, " %-*s", METRIC_LEN - n - 1, unit);
}

+static void new_line_csv(void *ctx)
+{
+ struct outstate *os = ctx;
+ int i;
+
+ fputc('\n', os->fh);
+ if (os->prefix)
+ fprintf(os->fh, "%s%s", os->prefix, csv_sep);
+ for (i = 0; i < os->nfields; i++)
+ fputs(csv_sep, os->fh);
+}
+
+static void print_metric_csv(void *ctx,
+ const char *color __maybe_unused,
+ const char *fmt, const char *unit, double val)
+{
+ struct outstate *os = ctx;
+ FILE *out = os->fh;
+ char buf[64], *vals, *ends;
+
+ if (unit == NULL || fmt == NULL) {
+ fprintf(out, "%s%s%s%s", csv_sep, csv_sep, csv_sep, csv_sep);
+ return;
+ }
+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, val);
+ vals = buf;
+ while (isspace(*vals))
+ vals++;
+ ends = vals;
+ while (isdigit(*ends) || *ends == '.')
+ ends++;
+ *ends = 0;
+ while (isspace(*unit))
+ unit++;
+ fprintf(out, "%s%s%s%s", csv_sep, vals, csv_sep, unit);
+}
+
static void nsec_printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *evsel, double avg)
{
FILE *output = stat_config.output;
@@ -860,6 +899,24 @@ static void printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *counter, double uval,

nl = new_line_std;

+ if (csv_output) {
+ static int aggr_fields[] = {
+ [AGGR_GLOBAL] = 0,
+ [AGGR_THREAD] = 1,
+ [AGGR_NONE] = 1,
+ [AGGR_SOCKET] = 2,
+ [AGGR_CORE] = 2,
+ };
+
+ pm = print_metric_csv;
+ nl = new_line_csv;
+ os.nfields = 3;
+ os.nfields += aggr_fields[stat_config.aggr_mode];
+ if (counter->cgrp)
+ os.nfields++;
+ os.run = run;
+ os.ena = ena;
+ }
if (run == 0 || ena == 0 || counter->counts->scaled == -1) {
aggr_printout(counter, id, nr);

@@ -880,7 +937,12 @@ static void printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *counter, double uval,
fprintf(stat_config.output, "%s%s",
csv_sep, counter->cgrp->name);

+ if (!csv_output)
+ pm(&os, NULL, NULL, "", 0);
+ print_noise(counter, noise);
print_running(run, ena);
+ if (csv_output)
+ pm(&os, NULL, NULL, "", 0);
return;
}

@@ -893,14 +955,20 @@ static void printout(int id, int nr, struct perf_evsel *counter, double uval,
out.new_line = nl;
out.ctx = &os;

- if (!csv_output)
- perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(counter, uval,
+ if (csv_output) {
+ print_noise(counter, noise);
+ print_running(run, ena);
+ }
+
+ perf_stat__print_shadow_stats(counter, uval,
stat_config.aggr_mode == AGGR_GLOBAL ? 0 :
cpu_map__id_to_cpu(id),
&out);

- print_noise(counter, noise);
- print_running(run, ena);
+ if (!csv_output) {
+ print_noise(counter, noise);
+ print_running(run, ena);
+ }
}

static void print_aggr(char *prefix)
--
2.5.0