Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] libperf: Add processing to scale the counters obtained during the read() system call when multiplexing

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Hi Jirka

> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 07:16:26PM +0900, Shunsuke Nakamura wrote:
> > From: nakamura shunsuke <nakamura.shun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > perf_evsel__read() scales counters obtained by RDPMC during multiplexing, but
> > does not scale counters obtained by read() system call.
> > 
> > Add processing to perf_evsel__read() to scale the counters obtained during the
> > read() system call when multiplexing.
> > 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Shunsuke Nakamura <nakamura.shun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/lib/perf/evsel.c | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c b/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
> > index 8441e3e1aaac..0ebd1d34436f 100644
> > --- a/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
> +++ b/tools/lib/perf/evsel.c
> > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
> >  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
> >  #include <sys/mman.h>
> >  #include <asm/bug.h>
> > +#include <linux/math64.h>
> >  
> >  void perf_evsel__init(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr,
> >                      int idx)
> > @@ -321,6 +322,11 @@ int perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread,
> >        if (readn(*fd, count->values, size) <= 0)
> >                return -errno;
> >  
> > +     if (count->ena != count->run) {
> > +             if (count->run != 0)
> > +                     count->val = mul_u64_u64_div64(count->val, count->ena, count->run);
> > +     }
> 
> so I think perf stat expect raw values in there and does the
> scaling by itself, please check following code:
> 
> read_counters
>   read_affinity_counters
>     read_counter_cpu
>       read_single_counter
>         evsel__read_counter
> 
>   perf_stat_process_counter
>     process_counter_maps
>       process_counter_values
>         perf_counts_values__scale
> 
> 
> perhaps we could export perf_counts_values__scale if it'd be any help

Thank you for your comment.

The purpose of this patch is to unify the counters obtained with 
perf_evsel__read() to scaled or unscaled values.

perf_evsel__read() gets counter by perf_mmap__read_self() if RDPMC is 
available, else gets by readn(). In current implementation, caller 
gets scaled counter if goes through RDPMC path, otherwise gets unscaled 
counter via readn() path.

However caller cannnot know which path were taken.

If caller expects a raw value, I think the RDPMC path should also 
return an unscaled counter.

diff --git a/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c b/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c
index c89dfa5..aaa4579 100644
--- a/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c
+++ b/tools/lib/perf/mmap.c
@@ -353,8 +353,6 @@ int perf_mmap__read_self(struct perf_mmap *map, struct perf_counts_values *count
                count->ena += delta;
                if (idx)
                        count->run += delta;
-
-               cnt = mul_u64_u64_div64(cnt, count->ena, count->run);
        }

        count->val = cnt;

Rob, do you have any comments?

Best Regards
Shunsuke