[PATCH v6 10/20] perf record: Introduce --threads=<spec> command line option

From: Alexey Bayduraev
Date: Wed May 26 2021 - 06:54:10 EST


Provide --threads option in perf record command line interface.
The option can have a value in the form of masks that specify
cpus to be monitored with data streaming threads and its layout
in system topology. The masks can be filtered using cpu mask
provided via -C option.

The specification value can be user defined list of masks. Masks
separated by colon define cpus to be monitored by one thread and
affinity mask of that thread is separated by slash. For example:
<cpus mask 1>/<affinity mask 1>:<cpu mask 2>/<affinity mask 2>
specifies parallel threads layout that consists of two threads
with corresponding assigned cpus to be monitored.

The specification value can be a string e.g. "cpu", "core" or
"socket" meaning creation of data streaming thread for every
cpu or core or socket to monitor distinct cpus or cpus grouped
by core or socket.

The option provided with no or empty value defaults to per-cpu
parallel threads layout creating data streaming thread for every
cpu being monitored.

Feature design and implementation are based on prototypes [1], [2].

[1] git clone https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jolsa/perf.git -b perf/record_threads
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20180913125450.21342-1-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx/

Suggested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Bayduraev <alexey.v.bayduraev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 347 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
tools/perf/util/record.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 346 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index e118efe21ba7..a54d72475629 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
#include "util/evlist-hybrid.h"
#include "asm/bug.h"
#include "perf.h"
+#include "cputopo.h"

#include <errno.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
@@ -122,6 +123,20 @@ static const char *thread_msg_tags[THREAD_MSG__MAX] = {
"UNDEFINED", "READY"
};

+enum thread_spec {
+ THREAD_SPEC__UNDEFINED = 0,
+ THREAD_SPEC__CPU,
+ THREAD_SPEC__CORE,
+ THREAD_SPEC__SOCKET,
+ THREAD_SPEC__NUMA,
+ THREAD_SPEC__USER,
+ THREAD_SPEC__MAX,
+};
+
+static const char *thread_spec_tags[THREAD_SPEC__MAX] = {
+ "undefined", "cpu", "core", "socket", "numa", "user"
+};
+
struct record {
struct perf_tool tool;
struct record_opts opts;
@@ -2721,6 +2736,70 @@ static void record__thread_mask_free(struct thread_mask *mask)
record__mmap_cpu_mask_free(&mask->affinity);
}

+static int record__thread_mask_or(struct thread_mask *dest, struct thread_mask *src1,
+ struct thread_mask *src2)
+{
+ if (src1->maps.nbits != src2->maps.nbits ||
+ dest->maps.nbits != src1->maps.nbits ||
+ src1->affinity.nbits != src2->affinity.nbits ||
+ dest->affinity.nbits != src1->affinity.nbits)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ bitmap_or(dest->maps.bits, src1->maps.bits,
+ src2->maps.bits, src1->maps.nbits);
+ bitmap_or(dest->affinity.bits, src1->affinity.bits,
+ src2->affinity.bits, src1->affinity.nbits);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int record__thread_mask_intersects(struct thread_mask *mask_1, struct thread_mask *mask_2)
+{
+ int res1, res2;
+
+ if (mask_1->maps.nbits != mask_2->maps.nbits ||
+ mask_1->affinity.nbits != mask_2->affinity.nbits)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ res1 = bitmap_intersects(mask_1->maps.bits, mask_2->maps.bits,
+ mask_1->maps.nbits);
+ res2 = bitmap_intersects(mask_1->affinity.bits, mask_2->affinity.bits,
+ mask_1->affinity.nbits);
+ if (res1 || res2)
+ return 1;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int record__parse_threads(const struct option *opt, const char *str, int unset)
+{
+ int s;
+ struct record_opts *opts = opt->value;
+
+ if (unset || !str || !strlen(str)) {
+ opts->threads_spec = THREAD_SPEC__CPU;
+ } else {
+ for (s = 1; s < THREAD_SPEC__MAX; s++) {
+ if (s == THREAD_SPEC__USER) {
+ opts->threads_user_spec = strdup(str);
+ opts->threads_spec = THREAD_SPEC__USER;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (!strncasecmp(str, thread_spec_tags[s], strlen(thread_spec_tags[s]))) {
+ opts->threads_spec = s;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
+ pr_debug("threads_spec: %s", thread_spec_tags[opts->threads_spec]);
+ if (opts->threads_spec == THREAD_SPEC__USER)
+ pr_debug("=[%s]", opts->threads_user_spec);
+ pr_debug("\n");
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int parse_output_max_size(const struct option *opt,
const char *str, int unset)
{
@@ -3164,6 +3243,9 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
"\t\t\t Optionally send control command completion ('ack\\n') to ack-fd descriptor.\n"
"\t\t\t Alternatively, ctl-fifo / ack-fifo will be opened and used as ctl-fd / ack-fd.",
parse_control_option),
+ OPT_CALLBACK_OPTARG(0, "threads", &record.opts, NULL, "spec",
+ "write collected trace data into several data files using parallel threads",
+ record__parse_threads),
OPT_END()
};

@@ -3177,6 +3259,17 @@ static void record__mmap_cpu_mask_init(struct mmap_cpu_mask *mask, struct perf_c
set_bit(cpus->map[c], mask->bits);
}

+static void record__mmap_cpu_mask_init_spec(struct mmap_cpu_mask *mask, char *mask_spec)
+{
+ struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
+
+ cpus = perf_cpu_map__new(mask_spec);
+ if (cpus) {
+ record__mmap_cpu_mask_init(mask, cpus);
+ perf_cpu_map__put(cpus);
+ }
+}
+
static int record__alloc_thread_masks(struct record *rec, int nr_threads, int nr_bits)
{
int t, ret;
@@ -3196,6 +3289,229 @@ static int record__alloc_thread_masks(struct record *rec, int nr_threads, int nr

return 0;
}
+
+static int record__init_thread_cpu_masks(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
+{
+ int t, ret, nr_cpus = perf_cpu_map__nr(cpus);
+
+ ret = record__alloc_thread_masks(rec, nr_cpus, cpu__max_cpu());
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ rec->nr_threads = nr_cpus;
+ pr_debug("threads: nr_threads=%d\n", rec->nr_threads);
+
+ for (t = 0; t < rec->nr_threads; t++) {
+ set_bit(cpus->map[t], rec->thread_masks[t].maps.bits);
+ pr_debug("thread_masks[%d]: maps mask [%d]\n", t, cpus->map[t]);
+ set_bit(cpus->map[t], rec->thread_masks[t].affinity.bits);
+ pr_debug("thread_masks[%d]: affinity mask [%d]\n", t, cpus->map[t]);
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int record__init_thread_masks_spec(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus,
+ char **maps_spec, char **affinity_spec, u32 nr_spec)
+{
+ u32 s;
+ int ret = 0, nr_threads = 0;
+ struct mmap_cpu_mask cpus_mask;
+ struct thread_mask thread_mask, full_mask, *prev_masks;
+
+ ret = record__mmap_cpu_mask_alloc(&cpus_mask, cpu__max_cpu());
+ if (ret)
+ goto out;
+ record__mmap_cpu_mask_init(&cpus_mask, cpus);
+ ret = record__thread_mask_alloc(&thread_mask, cpu__max_cpu());
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_free_cpu_mask;
+ ret = record__thread_mask_alloc(&full_mask, cpu__max_cpu());
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_free_thread_mask;
+ record__thread_mask_clear(&full_mask);
+
+ for (s = 0; s < nr_spec; s++) {
+ record__thread_mask_clear(&thread_mask);
+
+ record__mmap_cpu_mask_init_spec(&thread_mask.maps, maps_spec[s]);
+ record__mmap_cpu_mask_init_spec(&thread_mask.affinity, affinity_spec[s]);
+
+ if (!bitmap_and(thread_mask.maps.bits, thread_mask.maps.bits,
+ cpus_mask.bits, thread_mask.maps.nbits) ||
+ !bitmap_and(thread_mask.affinity.bits, thread_mask.affinity.bits,
+ cpus_mask.bits, thread_mask.affinity.nbits))
+ continue;
+
+ ret = record__thread_mask_intersects(&thread_mask, &full_mask);
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_free_full_mask;
+ record__thread_mask_or(&full_mask, &full_mask, &thread_mask);
+
+ prev_masks = rec->thread_masks;
+ rec->thread_masks = realloc(rec->thread_masks,
+ (nr_threads + 1) * sizeof(struct thread_mask));
+ if (!rec->thread_masks) {
+ pr_err("Failed to allocate thread masks\n");
+ rec->thread_masks = prev_masks;
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_free_full_mask;
+ }
+ rec->thread_masks[nr_threads] = thread_mask;
+ if (verbose) {
+ pr_debug("thread_masks[%d]: addr=", nr_threads);
+ mmap_cpu_mask__scnprintf(&rec->thread_masks[nr_threads].maps, "maps");
+ pr_debug("thread_masks[%d]: addr=", nr_threads);
+ mmap_cpu_mask__scnprintf(&rec->thread_masks[nr_threads].affinity,
+ "affinity");
+ }
+ nr_threads++;
+ ret = record__thread_mask_alloc(&thread_mask, cpu__max_cpu());
+ if (ret)
+ goto out_free_full_mask;
+ }
+
+ rec->nr_threads = nr_threads;
+ pr_debug("threads: nr_threads=%d\n", rec->nr_threads);
+
+out_free_full_mask:
+ record__thread_mask_free(&full_mask);
+out_free_thread_mask:
+ record__thread_mask_free(&thread_mask);
+out_free_cpu_mask:
+ record__mmap_cpu_mask_free(&cpus_mask);
+out:
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int record__init_thread_core_masks(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct cpu_topology *topo;
+
+ topo = cpu_topology__new();
+ if (!topo)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = record__init_thread_masks_spec(rec, cpus, topo->thread_siblings,
+ topo->thread_siblings, topo->thread_sib);
+ cpu_topology__delete(topo);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int record__init_thread_socket_masks(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
+{
+ int ret;
+ struct cpu_topology *topo;
+
+ topo = cpu_topology__new();
+ if (!topo)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ ret = record__init_thread_masks_spec(rec, cpus, topo->core_siblings,
+ topo->core_siblings, topo->core_sib);
+ cpu_topology__delete(topo);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int record__init_thread_numa_masks(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
+{
+ u32 s;
+ int ret;
+ char **spec;
+ struct numa_topology *topo;
+
+ topo = numa_topology__new();
+ if (!topo)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ spec = zalloc(topo->nr * sizeof(char *));
+ if (!spec) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_delete_topo;
+ }
+ for (s = 0; s < topo->nr; s++)
+ spec[s] = topo->nodes[s].cpus;
+
+ ret = record__init_thread_masks_spec(rec, cpus, spec, spec, topo->nr);
+
+ zfree(&spec);
+
+out_delete_topo:
+ numa_topology__delete(topo);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static int record__init_thread_user_masks(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
+{
+ int t, ret;
+ u32 s, nr_spec = 0;
+ char **maps_spec = NULL, **affinity_spec = NULL, **prev_spec;
+ char *spec, *spec_ptr, *user_spec, *mask, *mask_ptr;
+
+ for (t = 0, user_spec = (char *)rec->opts.threads_user_spec; ; t++, user_spec = NULL) {
+ spec = strtok_r(user_spec, ":", &spec_ptr);
+ if (spec == NULL)
+ break;
+ pr_debug(" spec[%d]: %s\n", t, spec);
+ mask = strtok_r(spec, "/", &mask_ptr);
+ if (mask == NULL)
+ break;
+ pr_debug(" maps mask: %s\n", mask);
+ prev_spec = maps_spec;
+ maps_spec = realloc(maps_spec, (nr_spec + 1) * sizeof(char *));
+ if (!maps_spec) {
+ pr_err("Failed to realloc maps_spec\n");
+ maps_spec = prev_spec;
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_free_all_specs;
+ }
+ maps_spec[nr_spec] = strdup(mask);
+ if (!maps_spec[nr_spec]) {
+ pr_err("Failed to alloc maps_spec[%d]\n", nr_spec);
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_free_all_specs;
+ }
+ mask = strtok_r(NULL, "/", &mask_ptr);
+ if (mask == NULL)
+ break;
+ pr_debug(" affinity mask: %s\n", mask);
+ prev_spec = affinity_spec;
+ affinity_spec = realloc(affinity_spec, (nr_spec + 1) * sizeof(char *));
+ if (!affinity_spec) {
+ pr_err("Failed to realloc affinity_spec\n");
+ affinity_spec = prev_spec;
+ free(maps_spec[nr_spec]);
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_free_all_specs;
+ }
+ affinity_spec[nr_spec] = strdup(mask);
+ if (!affinity_spec[nr_spec]) {
+ pr_err("Failed to alloc affinity_spec[%d]\n", nr_spec);
+ free(maps_spec[nr_spec]);
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_free_all_specs;
+ }
+ nr_spec++;
+ }
+
+ ret = record__init_thread_masks_spec(rec, cpus, maps_spec, affinity_spec, nr_spec);
+
+out_free_all_specs:
+ for (s = 0; s < nr_spec; s++) {
+ if (maps_spec)
+ free(maps_spec[s]);
+ if (affinity_spec)
+ free(affinity_spec[s]);
+ }
+ free(affinity_spec);
+ free(maps_spec);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int record__init_thread_default_masks(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu_map *cpus)
{
int ret;
@@ -3213,9 +3529,33 @@ static int record__init_thread_default_masks(struct record *rec, struct perf_cpu

static int record__init_thread_masks(struct record *rec)
{
+ int ret = 0;
struct perf_cpu_map *cpus = rec->evlist->core.cpus;

- return record__init_thread_default_masks(rec, cpus);
+ if (!record__threads_enabled(rec))
+ return record__init_thread_default_masks(rec, cpus);
+
+ switch (rec->opts.threads_spec) {
+ case THREAD_SPEC__CPU:
+ ret = record__init_thread_cpu_masks(rec, cpus);
+ break;
+ case THREAD_SPEC__CORE:
+ ret = record__init_thread_core_masks(rec, cpus);
+ break;
+ case THREAD_SPEC__SOCKET:
+ ret = record__init_thread_socket_masks(rec, cpus);
+ break;
+ case THREAD_SPEC__NUMA:
+ ret = record__init_thread_numa_masks(rec, cpus);
+ break;
+ case THREAD_SPEC__USER:
+ ret = record__init_thread_user_masks(rec, cpus);
+ break;
+ default:
+ break;
+ }
+
+ return ret;
}

static int record__fini_thread_masks(struct record *rec)
@@ -3466,7 +3806,10 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)

err = record__init_thread_masks(rec);
if (err) {
- pr_err("record__init_thread_masks failed, error %d\n", err);
+ if (err > 0)
+ pr_err("ERROR: parallel data streaming masks (--threads) intersect.\n");
+ else
+ pr_err("record__init_thread_masks failed, error %d\n", err);
goto out;
}

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.h b/tools/perf/util/record.h
index 4d68b7e27272..3da156498f47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.h
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ struct record_opts {
int ctl_fd_ack;
bool ctl_fd_close;
int threads_spec;
+ const char *threads_user_spec;
};

extern const char * const *record_usage;
--
2.19.0