Re: [PATCH V2 3/8] perf tools: Add time conversion event

From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Thu Mar 31 2016 - 02:36:51 EST


On 08/03/16 10:38, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> Intel PT uses the time members from the perf_event_mmap_page
> to convert between TSC and perf time.
>
> Due to a lack of foresight when Intel PT was implemented,
> those time members were recorded in the (implementation
> dependent) AUXTRACE_INFO event, the structure of which is
> generally inaccessible outside of the Intel PT decoder.
> However now the conversion between TSC and perf time is needed
> when processing a jitdump file when Intel PT has been used for
> tracing.
>
> So add a user event to record the time members. 'perf record'
> will synthesize the event if the information is available.
> And session processing will put a copy of the event on the
> session so that tools like 'perf inject' can easily access it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>

This patch (patch 3) and the V2 versions of patches 6 and 7 i.e.

[PATCH V2 3/8] perf tools: Add time conversion event
[PATCH V2 6/8] perf jit: Add support for using TSC as a timestamp
[PATCH V2 7/8] perf intel-pt/bts: Define JITDUMP_USE_ARCH_TIMESTAMP

still apply. Do you have any comments?

> ---
>
> Changes in V2:
>
> Fixed "From" and "Signed-off-by" email addresses
>
> tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> tools/perf/builtin-inject.c | 1 +
> tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> tools/perf/util/event.c | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/event.h | 9 +++++++++
> tools/perf/util/session.c | 6 ++++++
> tools/perf/util/session.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/tool.h | 1 +
> tools/perf/util/tsc.h | 10 ++++++++++
> 9 files changed, 75 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
> index fd2868490d00..70ff7c14bea6 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/tsc.c
> @@ -46,3 +46,34 @@ u64 rdtsc(void)
>
> return low | ((u64)high) << 32;
> }
> +
> +int perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc,
> + struct perf_tool *tool,
> + perf_event__handler_t process,
> + struct machine *machine)
> +{
> + union perf_event event = {
> + .time_conv = {
> + .header = {
> + .type = PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV,
> + .size = sizeof(struct time_conv_event),
> + },
> + },
> + };
> + struct perf_tsc_conversion tc;
> + int err;
> +
> + err = perf_read_tsc_conversion(pc, &tc);
> + if (err == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> + return 0;
> + if (err)
> + return err;
> +
> + pr_debug2("Synthesizing TSC conversion information\n");
> +
> + event.time_conv.time_mult = tc.time_mult;
> + event.time_conv.time_shift = tc.time_shift;
> + event.time_conv.time_zero = tc.time_zero;
> +
> + return process(tool, &event, NULL, machine);
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
> index c6a4f2f94ab1..29dfe68b2fb1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-inject.c
> @@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ int cmd_inject(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
> .auxtrace_info = perf_event__repipe_op2_synth,
> .auxtrace = perf_event__repipe_auxtrace,
> .auxtrace_error = perf_event__repipe_op2_synth,
> + .time_conv = perf_event__repipe_op2_synth,
> .finished_round = perf_event__repipe_oe_synth,
> .build_id = perf_event__repipe_op2_synth,
> .id_index = perf_event__repipe_op2_synth,
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 515510ecc76a..410035c6e300 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
> #include "util/data.h"
> #include "util/perf_regs.h"
> #include "util/auxtrace.h"
> +#include "util/tsc.h"
> #include "util/parse-branch-options.h"
> #include "util/parse-regs-options.h"
> #include "util/llvm-utils.h"
> @@ -512,6 +513,15 @@ static void workload_exec_failed_signal(int signo __maybe_unused,
>
> static void snapshot_sig_handler(int sig);
>
> +int __weak
> +perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc __maybe_unused,
> + struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
> + perf_event__handler_t process __maybe_unused,
> + struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
> +{
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec)
> {
> struct perf_session *session = rec->session;
> @@ -549,6 +559,11 @@ static int record__synthesize(struct record *rec)
> }
> }
>
> + err = perf_event__synth_time_conv(rec->evlist->mmap[0].base, tool,
> + process_synthesized_event, machine);
> + if (err)
> + goto out;
> +
> if (rec->opts.full_auxtrace) {
> err = perf_event__synthesize_auxtrace_info(rec->itr, tool,
> session, process_synthesized_event);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
> index 7bad5c3fa7b7..025509129cda 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
> @@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static const char *perf_event__names[] = {
> [PERF_RECORD_STAT] = "STAT",
> [PERF_RECORD_STAT_ROUND] = "STAT_ROUND",
> [PERF_RECORD_EVENT_UPDATE] = "EVENT_UPDATE",
> + [PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV] = "TIME_CONV",
> };
>
> const char *perf_event__name(unsigned int id)
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.h b/tools/perf/util/event.h
> index b7ffb7ee9971..f1dafa05e8bf 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/event.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.h
> @@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ enum perf_user_event_type { /* above any possible kernel type */
> PERF_RECORD_STAT = 76,
> PERF_RECORD_STAT_ROUND = 77,
> PERF_RECORD_EVENT_UPDATE = 78,
> + PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV = 79,
> PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX
> };
>
> @@ -468,6 +469,13 @@ struct stat_round_event {
> u64 time;
> };
>
> +struct time_conv_event {
> + struct perf_event_header header;
> + u64 time_shift;
> + u64 time_mult;
> + u64 time_zero;
> +};
> +
> union perf_event {
> struct perf_event_header header;
> struct mmap_event mmap;
> @@ -496,6 +504,7 @@ union perf_event {
> struct stat_config_event stat_config;
> struct stat_event stat;
> struct stat_round_event stat_round;
> + struct time_conv_event time_conv;
> };
>
> void perf_event__print_totals(void);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> index 60b3593d210d..ee1778a9c0c7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
> @@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ void perf_tool__fill_defaults(struct perf_tool *tool)
> tool->stat = process_stat_stub;
> if (tool->stat_round == NULL)
> tool->stat_round = process_stat_round_stub;
> + if (tool->time_conv == NULL)
> + tool->time_conv = process_event_op2_stub;
> }
>
> static void swap_sample_id_all(union perf_event *event, void *data)
> @@ -794,6 +796,7 @@ static perf_event__swap_op perf_event__swap_ops[] = {
> [PERF_RECORD_STAT] = perf_event__stat_swap,
> [PERF_RECORD_STAT_ROUND] = perf_event__stat_round_swap,
> [PERF_RECORD_EVENT_UPDATE] = perf_event__event_update_swap,
> + [PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV] = perf_event__all64_swap,
> [PERF_RECORD_HEADER_MAX] = NULL,
> };
>
> @@ -1342,6 +1345,9 @@ static s64 perf_session__process_user_event(struct perf_session *session,
> return tool->stat(tool, event, session);
> case PERF_RECORD_STAT_ROUND:
> return tool->stat_round(tool, event, session);
> + case PERF_RECORD_TIME_CONV:
> + session->time_conv = event->time_conv;
> + return tool->time_conv(tool, event, session);
> default:
> return -EINVAL;
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.h b/tools/perf/util/session.h
> index 5f792e35d4c1..f96fc9e8c52e 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/session.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/session.h
> @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ struct perf_session {
> struct itrace_synth_opts *itrace_synth_opts;
> struct list_head auxtrace_index;
> struct trace_event tevent;
> + struct time_conv_event time_conv;
> bool repipe;
> bool one_mmap;
> void *one_mmap_addr;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool.h b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
> index 55de4cffcd4e..ac2590a3de2d 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/tool.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/tool.h
> @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ struct perf_tool {
> id_index,
> auxtrace_info,
> auxtrace_error,
> + time_conv,
> thread_map,
> cpu_map,
> stat_config,
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tsc.h b/tools/perf/util/tsc.h
> index a8b78f1b3243..280ddc067556 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/tsc.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/tsc.h
> @@ -3,10 +3,20 @@
>
> #include <linux/types.h>
>
> +#include "event.h"
> #include "../arch/x86/util/tsc.h"
>
> u64 perf_time_to_tsc(u64 ns, struct perf_tsc_conversion *tc);
> u64 tsc_to_perf_time(u64 cyc, struct perf_tsc_conversion *tc);
> u64 rdtsc(void);
>
> +struct perf_event_mmap_page;
> +struct perf_tool;
> +struct machine;
> +
> +int perf_event__synth_time_conv(const struct perf_event_mmap_page *pc,
> + struct perf_tool *tool,
> + perf_event__handler_t process,
> + struct machine *machine);
> +
> #endif
>