[PATCH v1 02/14] perf pmu-events: Add API to get metric table name and iterate tables
From: Ian Rogers
Date: Wed May 13 2026 - 19:05:31 EST
Add name field to struct pmu_metrics_table and populate it in
generated tables.
Add pmu_metrics_table__name() to retrieve the name.
Add pmu_metrics_table__for_each_table() to iterate over all known
metric tables.
This will be used to break apart slow metric tests per table.
Assisted-by: Gemini-CLI:Google Gemini 3
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c | 36 +++++++++++++++++--
tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h | 4 +++
3 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
index 322e6c2d58cb..f51062ef25d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/empty-pmu-events.c
@@ -5403,6 +5403,7 @@ struct pmu_events_table {
/* Struct used to make the PMU metric table implementation opaque to callers. */
struct pmu_metrics_table {
+ const char *name;
const struct pmu_table_entry *pmus;
uint32_t num_pmus;
};
@@ -5435,6 +5436,7 @@ static const struct pmu_events_map pmu_events_map[] = {
.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_events__common),
},
.metric_table = {
+ .name = "common",
.pmus = pmu_metrics__common,
.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_metrics__common),
},
@@ -5447,6 +5449,7 @@ static const struct pmu_events_map pmu_events_map[] = {
.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_events__test_soc_cpu),
},
.metric_table = {
+ .name = "test_soc_cpu",
.pmus = pmu_metrics__test_soc_cpu,
.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_metrics__test_soc_cpu),
}
@@ -5455,7 +5458,7 @@ static const struct pmu_events_map pmu_events_map[] = {
.arch = 0,
.cpuid = 0,
.event_table = { 0, 0 },
- .metric_table = { 0, 0 },
+ .metric_table = { 0 },
}
};
@@ -5475,7 +5478,7 @@ static const struct pmu_sys_events pmu_sys_event_tables[] = {
},
{
.event_table = { 0, 0 },
- .metric_table = { 0, 0 },
+ .metric_table = { 0 },
},
};
/* clang-format on */
@@ -5992,6 +5995,35 @@ int pmu_for_each_sys_metric(pmu_metric_iter_fn fn, void *data)
return 0;
}
+const char *pmu_metrics_table__name(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
+{
+ return table ? table->name : NULL;
+}
+
+int pmu_metrics_table__for_each_table(
+ int (*fn)(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, void *data),
+ void *data)
+{
+ size_t i;
+ int ret;
+
+ for (i = 0; pmu_events_map[i].cpuid; i++) {
+ if (!pmu_events_map[i].metric_table.pmus)
+ continue;
+ ret = fn(&pmu_events_map[i].metric_table, data);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; pmu_sys_event_tables[i].name; i++) {
+ if (!pmu_sys_event_tables[i].metric_table.pmus)
+ continue;
+ ret = fn(&pmu_sys_event_tables[i].metric_table, data);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
static const int metricgroups[][2] = {
};
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
index 7d325604f04d..a74c5e828bd1 100755
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/jevents.py
@@ -712,6 +712,7 @@ struct pmu_events_table {
/* Struct used to make the PMU metric table implementation opaque to callers. */
struct pmu_metrics_table {
+\tconst char *name;
\tconst struct pmu_table_entry *pmus;
\tuint32_t num_pmus;
};
@@ -747,6 +748,7 @@ static const struct pmu_events_map pmu_events_map[] = {
\t\t.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_events__test_soc_cpu),
\t},
\t.metric_table = {
+\t\t.name = "test_soc_cpu",
\t\t.pmus = pmu_metrics__test_soc_cpu,
\t\t.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_metrics__test_soc_cpu),
\t}
@@ -761,6 +763,7 @@ static const struct pmu_events_map pmu_events_map[] = {
\t\t.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_events__common),
\t},
\t.metric_table = {
+\t\t.name = "common",
\t\t.pmus = pmu_metrics__common,
\t\t.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE(pmu_metrics__common),
\t},
@@ -796,6 +799,7 @@ static const struct pmu_events_map pmu_events_map[] = {
\t\t.num_pmus = {event_size}
\t}},
\t.metric_table = {{
+\t\t.name = "{metric_tblname.replace('pmu_metrics__', '')}",
\t\t.pmus = {metric_tblname},
\t\t.num_pmus = {metric_size}
\t}}
@@ -807,12 +811,45 @@ static const struct pmu_events_map pmu_events_map[] = {
\t.arch = 0,
\t.cpuid = 0,
\t.event_table = { 0, 0 },
-\t.metric_table = { 0, 0 },
+\t.metric_table = { 0 },
}
};
""")
+def print_metric_table_functions() -> None:
+ _args.output_file.write("""
+const char *pmu_metrics_table__name(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table)
+{
+\treturn table ? table->name : NULL;
+}
+
+int pmu_metrics_table__for_each_table(
+\tint (*fn)(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, void *data),
+\tvoid *data)
+{
+\tsize_t i;
+\tint ret;
+
+\tfor (i = 0; pmu_events_map[i].cpuid; i++) {
+\t\tif (!pmu_events_map[i].metric_table.pmus)
+\t\t\tcontinue;
+\t\tret = fn(&pmu_events_map[i].metric_table, data);
+\t\tif (ret)
+\t\t\treturn ret;
+\t}
+\tfor (i = 0; pmu_sys_event_tables[i].name; i++) {
+\t\tif (!pmu_sys_event_tables[i].metric_table.pmus)
+\t\t\tcontinue;
+\t\tret = fn(&pmu_sys_event_tables[i].metric_table, data);
+\t\tif (ret)
+\t\t\treturn ret;
+\t}
+\treturn 0;
+}
+""")
+
+
def print_system_mapping_table() -> None:
"""C struct mapping table array for tables from /sys directories."""
_args.output_file.write("""
@@ -835,6 +872,7 @@ static const struct pmu_sys_events pmu_sys_event_tables[] = {
if metric_tblname in _sys_metric_tables:
_args.output_file.write(f"""
\t\t.metric_table = {{
+\t\t\t.name = "{metric_tblname.replace('pmu_metrics__', '')}",
\t\t\t.pmus = {metric_tblname},
\t\t\t.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE({metric_tblname})
\t\t}},""")
@@ -848,6 +886,7 @@ static const struct pmu_sys_events pmu_sys_event_tables[] = {
continue
_args.output_file.write(f"""\t{{
\t\t.metric_table = {{
+\t\t\t.name = "{tblname.replace('pmu_metrics__', '')}",
\t\t\t.pmus = {tblname},
\t\t\t.num_pmus = ARRAY_SIZE({tblname})
\t\t}},
@@ -856,7 +895,7 @@ static const struct pmu_sys_events pmu_sys_event_tables[] = {
""")
_args.output_file.write("""\t{
\t\t.event_table = { 0, 0 },
-\t\t.metric_table = { 0, 0 },
+\t\t.metric_table = { 0 },
\t},
};
/* clang-format on */
@@ -1475,6 +1514,7 @@ struct pmu_table_entry {
print_mapping_table(archs)
print_system_mapping_table()
+ print_metric_table_functions()
print_metricgroups()
if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
index d3b24014c6ff..9cac617c9702 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/pmu-events.h
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ size_t pmu_events_table__num_events(const struct pmu_events_table *table,
int pmu_metrics_table__for_each_metric(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, pmu_metric_iter_fn fn,
void *data);
+const char *pmu_metrics_table__name(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table);
+int pmu_metrics_table__for_each_table(
+ int (*fn)(const struct pmu_metrics_table *table, void *data),
+ void *data);
/*
* Search for a table and entry matching with pmu__name_wildcard_match or any
* tables if pmu is NULL. Each matching metric has fn called on it. 0 implies to
--
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