[PATCH v2 3/3] tools/perf: Set 'trace_cycles' as defaultevent for perf kvm record in powerpc

From: Anju T Sudhakar
Date: Thu Jul 18 2019 - 14:18:14 EST


Use 'trace_imc/trace_cycles' as the default event for 'perf kvm record'
in powerpc.

Signed-off-by: Anju T Sudhakar <anju@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
index c55e7405940e..0a06626fb18a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/util/kvm-stat.c
@@ -177,8 +177,9 @@ int cpu_isa_init(struct perf_kvm_stat *kvm, const char *cpuid __maybe_unused)
/*
* Incase of powerpc architecture, pmu registers are programmable
* by guest kernel. So monitoring guest via host may not provide
- * valid samples. It is better to fail the "perf kvm record"
- * with default "cycles" event to monitor guest in powerpc.
+ * valid samples with default 'cycles' event. It is better to use
+ * 'trace_imc/trace_cycles' event for guest profiling, since it
+ * can track the guest instruction pointer in the trace-record.
*
* Function to parse the arguments and return appropriate values.
*/
@@ -202,8 +203,14 @@ int kvm_add_default_arch_event(int *argc, const char **argv)

parse_options(j, tmp, event_options, NULL, PARSE_OPT_KEEP_UNKNOWN);
if (!event) {
- free(tmp);
- return -EINVAL;
+ if (pmu_have_event("trace_imc", "trace_cycles")) {
+ argv[j++] = strdup("-e");
+ argv[j++] = strdup("trace_imc/trace_cycles/");
+ *argc += 2;
+ } else {
+ free(tmp);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
}

free(tmp);
--
2.20.1