Re: [RFCv2 4/4] perf: util: support sysfs supported_cpumask file

[Jiri Olsa]

On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:08:13AM +0100, Mark Rutland wrote:
> For system PMUs, the perf tools have long expected a cpumask file under
> sysfs, describing the single CPU which they support events being

single cpu? it's cpumask.. 

> opened/handled on. Prior patches in this series have reworked this
> support to support multiple CPUs in a mask, as is required to handle
> heterogeneous CPU PMUs.
> 
> Unfortunately, adding a cpumask file to CPU PMUs would break existing
> userspace. Prior to this series, perf record will refuse to open events,

I'm lost.. we already have 'cpumask' file under pmu..

> and perf stat may unexpectedly block at exit time. In the absence of a
> cpumask, perf stat is functional.
> 
> To address this, this patch adds support for a new file,
> supported_cpumask, which can be used to describe heterogeneous CPUs,
> without the risk of breaking existing userspace binaries.

is there kernel patch adding supported_cpumask support?

thanks,
jirka

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> index ddb0261..06c985c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
> @@ -445,14 +445,23 @@ static struct cpu_map *pmu_cpumask(const char *name)
>  	FILE *file;
>  	struct cpu_map *cpus;
>  	const char *sysfs = sysfs__mountpoint();
> +	const char *path_template[] = {
> +		 "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/cpumask",
> +		 "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/supported_cpumask",
> +		 NULL
> +	};
> +	unsigned int i;
>  
>  	if (!sysfs)
>  		return NULL;
>  
> -	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX,
> -		 "%s/bus/event_source/devices/%s/cpumask", sysfs, name);
> +	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(path_template); i++) {
> +		snprintf(path, PATH_MAX, *path_template, sysfs, name);
> +		if (stat(path, &st) == 0)
> +			break;
> +	}
>  
> -	if (stat(path, &st) < 0)
> +	if (!*path_template)
>  		return NULL;
>  
>  	file = fopen(path, "r");
> -- 
> 1.9.1
>