Re: [PATCH 1/8] perf/x86/uncore: Save the unit control address of all units

[Tim Chen]

On Wed, 2024-06-12 at 10:49 -0400, Liang, Kan wrote:
> 
> 
> The id and pmu_idx+die can all be used as a key to search the RB tree in
> different places.
> 
> The id is the physical ID of a unit. The search via id is invoked when
> adding a new unit. Perf needs to make sure that the same PMU idx
> (logical id) is assigned to the unit with the same physical ID. Because
> the units with the same physical ID in different dies share the same PMU.

This info about having same physical ID implies the same PMU
is worth mentioning in a comment and will be quite helpful in
understanding the rb-tree organization.

Thanks.

Tim
> 
> The pmu_idx+die key is used when setting the cpumask. Please see
> intel_uncore_find_discovery_unit_id() in the patch 2. Perf wants to
> understand on which dies the given PMU is available.
> 
> Since different keys can be used to search the RB tree, I think one of
> them has to traverse the whole tree. At the stage of adding a new unit,
> the tree is not complete yet. It minimizes the impact of the O(N)
> search. So I choose the pmu_idx+die rather than id.
> 
> Also, the driver only does once to build the tree and set the cpumask at
> driver load time. I think the O(N) should be acceptable here.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kan