Re: [PATCH v3 0/9] perf/mem: AMD IBS and generic tools improvements

[Ravi Bangoria]

On 16-May-23 8:15 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> On 10-Apr-23 7:53 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
>> On 08-Apr-23 3:14 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>>> Hi Ravi,
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 7, 2023 at 4:25 AM Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Kernel IBS driver wasn't using new PERF_MEM_* APIs due to some of its
>>>> limitations. Mainly:
>>>>
>>>> 1. mem_lvl_num doesn't allow setting multiple sources whereas old API
>>>>    allows it. Setting multiple data sources is useful because IBS on
>>>>    pre-zen4 uarch doesn't provide fine granular DataSrc details (there
>>>>    is only one such DataSrc(2h) though).
>>>> 2. perf mem sorting logic (sort__lvl_cmp()) ignores mem_lvl_num. perf
>>>>    c2c (c2c_decode_stats()) does not use mem_lvl_num at all. perf mem
>>>>    prints mem_lvl and mem_lvl_num both if both are set, which is ugly.
>>>>
>>>> Set mem_lvl_num, mem_remote and mem_hops for data_src via IBS. Handle
>>>> first issue using mem_lvl_num = ANY_CACHE | HOPS_0. In addition to
>>>> setting new API fields, convert all individual field assignments to
>>>> compile time wrapper macros built using PERF_MEM_S(). Also convert
>>>> DataSrc conditional code to array lookups.
>>>>
>>>> Interpretation of perf_mem_data_src by perf_mem__lvl_scnprintf() was
>>>> non-intuitive. Make it sane.
>>>
>>> Looks good, but I think you need to split kernel and user patches.
>>
>> Patch #1 to #3 are kernel changes. Patch #4 to #9 are userspace changes.
>> Arnaldo, Peter, please let me know if you wants to split the series and
>> resend.
> 
> Hi Peter, tools/ patches are already upstream. Can you please pick up
> kernel changes.

Gentle ping, Peter!

Thanks,
Ravi