Re: [PATCH 3/3] perf list: Add 'pfm' to list libpfm4 events

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Tue Sep 22 2020 - 16:50:20 EST


On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 10:59 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Print libpfm4 events with 'perf list pfm' command like others.
> When libpfm4 support is not enabled, it'd print nothing.
> Also it support glob pattern matching for event name.
>
> $ perf list pfm
>
> List of pre-defined events (to be used in --pfm-events):
>
> ix86arch:
> UNHALTED_CORE_CYCLES
> [count core clock cycles whenever the clock signal ...
> INSTRUCTION_RETIRED
> [count the number of instructions at retirement. ...
> ...
>
> Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
> index 10ab5e40a34f..167868053fe0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-list.c
> @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
> #include "util/pmu.h"
> #include "util/debug.h"
> #include "util/metricgroup.h"
> +#include "util/pfm.h"
> #include <subcmd/pager.h>
> #include <subcmd/parse-options.h>
> #include <stdio.h>
> @@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
> OPT_END()
> };
> const char * const list_usage[] = {
> - "perf list [<options>] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|metric|metricgroup|event_glob]",
> + "perf list [<options>] [hw|sw|cache|tracepoint|pmu|sdt|metric|metricgroup|pfm|event_glob]",

Should this be "#ifdef HAVE_LIBPFM" to avoid advertising pfm events
when support isn't compiled in?

Thanks,
Ian

> NULL
> };
>
> @@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
>
> setup_pager();
>
> - if (!raw_dump && pager_in_use())
> + if (!raw_dump && pager_in_use() && (argc != 1 || strcmp(argv[0], "pfm")))
> printf("\nList of pre-defined events (to be used in -e):\n\n");
>
> if (argc == 0) {
> @@ -89,6 +90,8 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
> metricgroup__print(true, false, NULL, raw_dump, details_flag);
> else if (strcmp(argv[i], "metricgroup") == 0 || strcmp(argv[i], "metricgroups") == 0)
> metricgroup__print(false, true, NULL, raw_dump, details_flag);
> + else if (strcmp(argv[i], "pfm") == 0)
> + print_libpfm_events(NULL, raw_dump, long_desc_flag);
> else if ((sep = strchr(argv[i], ':')) != NULL) {
> int sep_idx;
>
> @@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ int cmd_list(int argc, const char **argv)
> print_tracepoint_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
> print_sdt_events(NULL, s, raw_dump);
> metricgroup__print(true, true, s, raw_dump, details_flag);
> + print_libpfm_events(s, raw_dump, long_desc_flag);
> free(s);
> }
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 772f1057647f..ae8ab930a792 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> @@ -2593,7 +2593,7 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
> "number of threads to run for event synthesis"),
> #ifdef HAVE_LIBPFM
> OPT_CALLBACK(0, "pfm-events", &record.evlist, "event",
> - "libpfm4 event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
> + "libpfm4 event selector. use 'perf list pfm' to list available events",
> parse_libpfm_events_option),
> #endif
> OPT_CALLBACK(0, "control", &record.opts, "fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd]",
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index 483a28ef4ec4..a672d2b68e8a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static struct option stat_options[] = {
> "threads of same physical core"),
> #ifdef HAVE_LIBPFM
> OPT_CALLBACK(0, "pfm-events", &evsel_list, "event",
> - "libpfm4 event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
> + "libpfm4 event selector. use 'perf list pfm' to list available events",
> parse_libpfm_events_option),
> #endif
> OPT_CALLBACK(0, "control", &stat_config, "fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd]",
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
> index 7c64134472c7..d6adc7d34210 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
> @@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv)
> "Enable LBR callgraph stitching approach"),
> #ifdef HAVE_LIBPFM
> OPT_CALLBACK(0, "pfm-events", &top.evlist, "event",
> - "libpfm4 event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
> + "libpfm4 event selector. use 'perf list pfm' to list available events",
> parse_libpfm_events_option),
> #endif
> OPTS_EVSWITCH(&top.evswitch),
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> index c4d2394e2b2d..2d426a4f3bc7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
> @@ -2899,7 +2899,7 @@ void print_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool quiet_flag,
>
> metricgroup__print(true, true, NULL, name_only, details_flag);
>
> - print_libpfm_events(name_only, long_desc);
> + print_libpfm_events(NULL, name_only, long_desc);
> }
>
> int parse_events__is_hardcoded_term(struct parse_events_term *term)
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pfm.c b/tools/perf/util/pfm.c
> index d735acb6c29c..26ae2c8c0932 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/pfm.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pfm.c
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
> #include "util/parse-events.h"
> #include "util/pmu.h"
> #include "util/pfm.h"
> +#include "util/string2.h"
>
> #include <string.h>
> #include <linux/kernel.h>
> @@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ print_libpfm_events_raw(pfm_pmu_info_t *pinfo, pfm_event_info_t *info)
> printf("%s::%s\n", pinfo->name, info->name);
> }
>
> -void print_libpfm_events(bool name_only, bool long_desc)
> +void print_libpfm_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool long_desc)
> {
> pfm_event_info_t info;
> pfm_pmu_info_t pinfo;
> @@ -265,6 +266,9 @@ void print_libpfm_events(bool name_only, bool long_desc)
> if (ret != PFM_SUCCESS)
> continue;
>
> + if (event_glob && !strglobmatch_nocase(info.name, event_glob))
> + continue;
> +
> if (!name_only && !printed_pmu) {
> printf("%s:\n", pinfo.name);
> printed_pmu = true;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pfm.h b/tools/perf/util/pfm.h
> index 7d70dda87012..036e2d97b260 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/pfm.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pfm.h
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
> int parse_libpfm_events_option(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
> int unset);
>
> -void print_libpfm_events(bool name_only, bool long_desc);
> +void print_libpfm_events(const char *event_glob, bool name_only, bool long_desc);
>
> #else
> #include <linux/compiler.h>
> @@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ static inline int parse_libpfm_events_option(
> return 0;
> }
>
> -static inline void print_libpfm_events(bool name_only __maybe_unused,
> +static inline void print_libpfm_events(const char *event_glob __maybe_unused,
> + bool name_only __maybe_unused,
> bool long_desc __maybe_unused)
> {
> }
> --
> 2.28.0.526.ge36021eeef-goog
>