Re: [PATCH v2] perf stat: Improve runtime stat for interval mode

[Jiri Olsa]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 10:54:17PM +0800, Jin Yao wrote:
> For interval mode, the metric is printed after # if it exists. But
> it's not calculated by the counts generated in this interval. See
> following examples,
> 
>  root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -M CPI -I1000 --interval-count 2
>  #           time             counts unit events
>       1.000422803            764,809      inst_retired.any          #      2.9 CPI
>       1.000422803          2,234,932      cycles
>       2.001464585          1,960,061      inst_retired.any          #      1.6 CPI
>       2.001464585          4,022,591      cycles
> 
> The second CPI should not be 1.6 (4,022,591/1,960,061 is 2.1)
> 
>  root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -e cycles,instructions -I1000 --interval-count 2
>  #           time             counts unit events
>       1.000429493          2,869,311      cycles
>       1.000429493            816,875      instructions              #    0.28  insn per cycle
>       2.001516426          9,260,973      cycles
>       2.001516426          5,250,634      instructions              #    0.87  insn per cycle
> 
> The second 'insn per cycle' should not be 0.87 (5,250,634/9,260,973 is 0.57).
> 
> The current code uses a global variable rt_stat for tracking and
> updating the std dev of runtime stat. Unlike the counts, rt_stat is
> not reset for interval. While the counts are reset for interval.
> 
> perf_stat_process_counter()
> {
>         if (config->interval)
>                 init_stats(ps->res_stats);
> }
> 
> So for interval, the rt_stat should be reset either.
> 
> This patch resets rt_stat before read_counters, so the runtime
> stat is only calculated by the counts generated in this interval.
> 
> With this patch,
> 
>  root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -M CPI -I1000 --interval-count 2
>  #           time             counts unit events
>       1.000420924          2,408,818      inst_retired.any          #      2.1 CPI
>       1.000420924          5,010,111      cycles
>       2.001448579          2,798,407      inst_retired.any          #      1.6 CPI
>       2.001448579          4,599,861      cycles
> 
>  root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -e cycles,instructions -I1000 --interval-count 2
>  #           time             counts unit events
>       1.000428555          2,769,714      cycles
>       1.000428555            774,462      instructions              #    0.28  insn per cycle
>       2.001471562          3,595,904      cycles
>       2.001471562          1,243,703      instructions              #    0.35  insn per cycle
> 
> Now the second 'insn per cycle' and CPI are calculated by the counts
> generated in this interval.
> 
>  v2:
>  ---
>  Use just existing perf_stat__reset_shadow_per_stat(&rt_stat).
>  We don't need to define new function perf_stat__reset_rt_stat.

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks,
jirka