Re: [PATCH v8 10/22] perf record: Introduce --threads=<spec> command line option

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Wed Jun 30 2021 - 13:28:21 EST


Em Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 06:54:49PM +0300, Alexey Bayduraev escreveu:
> 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.

Perhaps make this --jobs/-j to reuse what 'make' and 'ninja' uses?

Unfortunately:

[acme@quaco pahole]$ perf record -h -j

Usage: perf record [<options>] [<command>]
or: perf record [<options>] -- <command> [<options>]

-j, --branch-filter <branch filter mask>
branch stack filter modes

[acme@quaco pahole]$

But we could reuse --jobs

I thought you would start with plain:

-j N

And start one thread per CPU in 'perf record' existing CPU affinity
mask, then go on introducing more sophisticated modes.

Have you done this way because its how VTune has evolved over the years
and now expects from 'perf record'?

- Arnaldo

> 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>
> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Bayduraev <alexey.v.bayduraev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 355 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/record.h | 1 +
> 2 files changed, 354 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
> index 2ade17308467..8d452797d175 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;
> @@ -2723,6 +2738,70 @@ 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)
> {
> @@ -3166,6 +3245,9 @@ 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()
> };
>
> @@ -3179,6 +3261,17 @@ 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;
> @@ -3198,6 +3291,235 @@ 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);
> +
> + if (rec->nr_threads <= 0)
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> +
> +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) {
> + free(maps_spec[nr_spec]);
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto out_free_all_specs;
> + }
> + 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;
> @@ -3215,9 +3537,33 @@ 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)
> @@ -3474,7 +3820,12 @@ 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 if (err == -EINVAL)
> + pr_err("ERROR: invalid parallel data streaming masks (--threads)\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
>

--

- Arnaldo