[PATCH v1 2/5] perf stat: Remove print_mixed_hw_group_error

From: Ian Rogers
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 00:15:20 EST


print_mixed_hw_group_error will print a warning when a group of events
uses different PMUs. This isn't possible to happen as
parse_events__sort_events_and_fix_groups will break groups when this
happens, adding the warning at the start of perf of:

WARNING: events were regrouped to match PMUs

As the previous mixed group warning can never happen, remove the
associated code.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/stat-display.c | 31 -------------------------------
tools/perf/util/stat.h | 1 -
2 files changed, 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
index f311f1960e29..1751a450f449 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
@@ -798,30 +798,6 @@ static void abs_printout(struct perf_stat_config *config,
print_cgroup(config, os, evsel->cgrp);
}

-static bool is_mixed_hw_group(struct evsel *counter)
-{
- struct evlist *evlist = counter->evlist;
- u32 pmu_type = counter->core.attr.type;
- struct evsel *pos;
-
- if (counter->core.nr_members < 2)
- return false;
-
- evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, pos) {
- /* software events can be part of any hardware group */
- if (pos->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
- continue;
- if (pmu_type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) {
- pmu_type = pos->core.attr.type;
- continue;
- }
- if (pmu_type != pos->core.attr.type)
- return true;
- }
-
- return false;
-}
-
static bool evlist__has_hybrid(struct evlist *evlist)
{
struct evsel *evsel;
@@ -886,8 +862,6 @@ static void printout(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct outstate *os,
if (counter->supported) {
if (!evlist__has_hybrid(counter->evlist)) {
config->print_free_counters_hint = 1;
- if (is_mixed_hw_group(counter))
- config->print_mixed_hw_group_error = 1;
}
}
}
@@ -1587,11 +1561,6 @@ static void print_footer(struct perf_stat_config *config)
" echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog\n"
" perf stat ...\n"
" echo 1 > /proc/sys/kernel/nmi_watchdog\n");
-
- if (config->print_mixed_hw_group_error)
- fprintf(output,
- "The events in group usually have to be from "
- "the same PMU. Try reorganizing the group.\n");
}

static void print_percore(struct perf_stat_config *config,
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
index 2fda9acd7374..1bcd7634bf47 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ struct perf_stat_config {
int times;
int run_count;
int print_free_counters_hint;
- int print_mixed_hw_group_error;
const char *csv_sep;
struct stats *walltime_nsecs_stats;
struct rusage ru_data;
--
2.49.0.rc1.451.g8f38331e32-goog