Re: [PATCH V2 3/5] perf stat: Support per-die aggregation

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Tue Jun 04 2019 - 15:59:07 EST


On Mon, Jun 03, 2019 at 01:42:58PM -0400, Liang, Kan wrote:
>
>
> On 6/3/2019 12:36 PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 07:53:47AM -0700, kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > SNIP
> >
> > > +
> > > static int perf_env__get_core(struct cpu_map *map, int idx, void *data)
> > > {
> > > struct perf_env *env = data;
> > > int core = -1, cpu = perf_env__get_cpu(env, map, idx);
> > > if (cpu != -1) {
> > > - int socket_id = env->cpu[cpu].socket_id;
> > > -
> > > /*
> > > - * Encode socket in upper 16 bits
> > > - * core_id is relative to socket, and
> > > + * Encode socket in upper 24 bits
> >
> > please note we use upper 8 bits for socket number,
> > the comments suggests it's 24 bits
>
> I will fix it in v3.
>
> >
> > > + * encode die id in upper 16 bits
> > > + * core_id is relative to socket and die,
> > > * we need a global id. So we combine
> > > - * socket + core id.
> > > + * socket + die id + core id
> > > */
> > > - core = (socket_id << 16) | (env->cpu[cpu].core_id & 0xffff);
> > > + if (WARN_ONCE(env->cpu[cpu].socket_id >> 8,
> > > + "The socket_id number is too big. Please upgrade the perf tool.\n"))
> >
> > hum, how's perf tool upgrade going to help in here?
>
>
> I think there is nothing we can do for current encoding, if the socket
> number or die number is bigger than 8 bits. We have to design a new encoding
> method, which needs to update the perf tool.
> So I use a similar expression from process_cpu_topology().
> if (do_core_id_test && nr != (u32)-1 && nr > (u32)cpu_nr) {
> pr_debug("socket_id number is too big."
> "You may need to upgrade the perf tool.\n");
> goto free_cpu;
> }
>
> Any suggestions for the warning message?

not really :-\ perhaps the original is more accurate
and does not "claim" the upgrade will help.. it's just
a nit.. feel free to keep it

thanks,
jirka