[PATCH 03/14] perf/x86: output multiplexing overhead

From: kan . liang
Date: Wed Nov 23 2016 - 12:45:55 EST


From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>

Multiplexing overhead is one of the key overhead when the number of
events is more than available counters.

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
kernel/events/core.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 632647f..f72b97a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ struct perf_cpu_context {

struct list_head sched_cb_entry;
int sched_cb_usage;
+
+ struct perf_overhead_entry mux_overhead;
};

struct perf_output_handle {
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 071323d..9124c7c 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ struct perf_branch_entry {

enum perf_record_overhead_type {
PERF_NMI_OVERHEAD = 0,
+ PERF_MUX_OVERHEAD,

PERF_OVERHEAD_MAX,
};
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d82e6ca..9934059 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1829,6 +1829,11 @@ event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
if (event->attr.exclusive || !cpuctx->active_oncpu)
cpuctx->exclusive = 0;

+ if (log_overhead && cpuctx->mux_overhead.nr) {
+ cpuctx->mux_overhead.cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ perf_log_overhead(event, PERF_MUX_OVERHEAD, &cpuctx->mux_overhead);
+ }
+
perf_pmu_enable(event->pmu);
}

@@ -3330,9 +3335,17 @@ static void rotate_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
list_rotate_left(&ctx->flexible_groups);
}

+static void
+perf_caculate_mux_overhead(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, u64 time)
+{
+ cpuctx->mux_overhead.nr++;
+ cpuctx->mux_overhead.time += time;
+}
+
static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
{
struct perf_event_context *ctx = NULL;
+ u64 start_clock, end_clock;
int rotate = 0;

if (cpuctx->ctx.nr_events) {
@@ -3349,6 +3362,7 @@ static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)
if (!rotate)
goto done;

+ start_clock = perf_clock();
perf_ctx_lock(cpuctx, cpuctx->task_ctx);
perf_pmu_disable(cpuctx->ctx.pmu);

@@ -3364,6 +3378,8 @@ static int perf_rotate_context(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx)

perf_pmu_enable(cpuctx->ctx.pmu);
perf_ctx_unlock(cpuctx, cpuctx->task_ctx);
+ end_clock = perf_clock();
+ perf_caculate_mux_overhead(cpuctx, end_clock - start_clock);
done:

return rotate;
--
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