[PATCH v3] perf evsel amd: Fix IBS error message

From: Ravi Bangoria
Date: Fri Jun 30 2023 - 04:53:07 EST


AMD IBS can do per-process profiling[1] and is no longer restricted to
per-cpu or systemwide only. Remove stale error message. Also, checking
just exclude_kernel is not sufficient since IBS does not support any
privilege filters. So include all exclude_* checks. And finally, move
these checks under tools/perf/arch/x86/ from generic code.

Before:
$ sudo ./perf record -e ibs_op//k -C 0
Error:
AMD IBS may only be available in system-wide/per-cpu mode. Try
using -a, or -C and workload affinity

After:
$ sudo ./perf record -e ibs_op//k -C 0
Error:
AMD IBS doesn't support privilege filtering. Try again without
the privilege modifiers (like 'k') at the end.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/30093056f7b2

Signed-off-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>
---
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230626103958.834-1-ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx
v2->v3:
- Make error message more perf tool user friendly.

tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 30 +++++++++---------------------
tools/perf/util/evsel.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c
index 512c2d885d24..af454fd07887 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c
@@ -102,3 +102,23 @@ void arch__post_evsel_config(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
}
}
}
+
+int arch_evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, char *msg, size_t size)
+{
+ if (!x86__is_amd_cpu())
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!evsel->core.attr.precise_ip &&
+ !(evsel->pmu_name && !strncmp(evsel->pmu_name, "ibs", 3)))
+ return 0;
+
+ /* More verbose IBS errors. */
+ if (evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel || evsel->core.attr.exclude_user ||
+ evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv || evsel->core.attr.exclude_idle ||
+ evsel->core.attr.exclude_host || evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest) {
+ return scnprintf(msg, size, "AMD IBS doesn't support privilege filtering. Try "
+ "again without the privilege modifiers (like 'k') at the end.");
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index f607b5bddc76..762e2b2634a5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -2924,25 +2924,19 @@ static bool find_process(const char *name)
return ret ? false : true;
}

-static bool is_amd(const char *arch, const char *cpuid)
+int __weak arch_evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel __maybe_unused,
+ char *msg __maybe_unused,
+ size_t size __maybe_unused)
{
- return arch && !strcmp("x86", arch) && cpuid && strstarts(cpuid, "AuthenticAMD");
-}
-
-static bool is_amd_ibs(struct evsel *evsel)
-{
- return evsel->core.attr.precise_ip
- || (evsel->pmu_name && !strncmp(evsel->pmu_name, "ibs", 3));
+ return 0;
}

int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
int err, char *msg, size_t size)
{
- struct perf_env *env = evsel__env(evsel);
- const char *arch = perf_env__arch(env);
- const char *cpuid = perf_env__cpuid(env);
char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
int printed = 0, enforced = 0;
+ int ret;

switch (err) {
case EPERM:
@@ -3044,16 +3038,6 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
return scnprintf(msg, size,
"Invalid event (%s) in per-thread mode, enable system wide with '-a'.",
evsel__name(evsel));
- if (is_amd(arch, cpuid)) {
- if (is_amd_ibs(evsel)) {
- if (evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel)
- return scnprintf(msg, size,
- "AMD IBS can't exclude kernel events. Try running at a higher privilege level.");
- if (!evsel->core.system_wide)
- return scnprintf(msg, size,
- "AMD IBS may only be available in system-wide/per-cpu mode. Try using -a, or -C and workload affinity");
- }
- }

break;
case ENODATA:
@@ -3063,6 +3047,10 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
break;
}

+ ret = arch_evsel__open_strerror(evsel, msg, size);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
return scnprintf(msg, size,
"The sys_perf_event_open() syscall returned with %d (%s) for event (%s).\n"
"/bin/dmesg | grep -i perf may provide additional information.\n",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 9f06d6cd5379..848534ec74fa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ void evsel__set_sample_id(struct evsel *evsel, bool use_sample_identifier);

void arch_evsel__set_sample_weight(struct evsel *evsel);
void arch__post_evsel_config(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_event_attr *attr);
+int arch_evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, char *msg, size_t size);

int evsel__set_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
int evsel__append_tp_filter(struct evsel *evsel, const char *filter);
--
2.41.0