[PATCH v2] perf/amd/ibs: add phy_addr_only software filter for ibs_op
From: Huang Shijie
Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 07:20:29 EST
We use the following command to track a process's memory footprint:
#perf record -e ibs_fetch// -e ibs_op// -p xxx --phys-data -- sleep 10
In the mysql tests, I caught over 1,804,973 records for ibs_op event.
I found that over 53% records(970,554) are like this:
ibs_op//: ffffffffb6017739 0
The physical address is 0 for these records. These records are not needed
by us, and they wasted the CPU cycles.
This patch adds an ibs_op/phy_addr_only term that discards samples
without a valid physical address (dc_phy_addr_valid == 0) in the interrupt
handler. And it avoids the phys_addr=0 noise when used with --phys-data.
The term is only meaningful together with PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR.
Test result:
On 384-CPU Hygon machine running MySQL 8 + sysbench oltp_read_only with
400 threads. Use perf-record in a 3s window after 15s of warmup.
Compared with BPF filter:
"perf record --phys-data --filter 'phys_addr != 0'"
"-c = 50000":
samples
filter captured
----------------------
phy_addr_only 25158085
bpf 24628937
"-c = 40000":
samples
filter captured
----------------------
phy_addr_only 28215473
bpf FAILED
At -c 40000 the BPF rounds stop working.
The phy_addr_only rounds keep capturing at that density,
and every one of them still reports zero phys_addr==0 samples.
Signed-off-by: Huang Shijie <huangsj@xxxxxxxx>
---
v1 -->v2:
1.) filter the zero-address
2.) returen invalid if PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR is not set.
v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260902085251.4046240-1-huangsj@xxxxxxxx/#t
---
arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c b/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
index e5376ad5b2ec..f9949853e991 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/amd/ibs.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static u32 ibs_caps;
/* attr.config2 */
#define IBS_SW_FILTER_MASK 1
+#define IBS_PHY_ADDR_ONLY_MASK 2
/* attr.config1 */
#define IBS_OP_CONFIG1_LDLAT_MASK (0xFFFULL << 0)
@@ -303,6 +304,13 @@ static bool perf_ibs_strmst_event(struct perf_ibs *perf_ibs,
(event->attr.config1 & IBS_OP_CONFIG1_STRMST_MASK);
}
+static bool perf_ibs_phy_addr_only_event(struct perf_ibs *perf_ibs,
+ struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return perf_ibs == &perf_ibs_op &&
+ (event->attr.config2 & IBS_PHY_ADDR_ONLY_MASK);
+}
+
static int perf_ibs_init(struct perf_event *event)
{
struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
@@ -439,6 +447,10 @@ static int perf_ibs_init(struct perf_event *event)
hwc->extra_reg.config |= strmst << IBS_OP_2_STRM_ST_FILTER_SHIFT;
}
+ if (perf_ibs_phy_addr_only_event(perf_ibs, event) &&
+ !(event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/*
* If we modify hwc->sample_period, we also need to update
* hwc->last_period and hwc->period_left.
@@ -721,6 +733,7 @@ static struct attribute_group empty_caps_group = {
PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(rand_en, "config:57");
PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(cnt_ctl, "config:19");
PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(swfilt, "config2:0");
+PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(phy_addr_only, "config2:1");
PMU_EVENT_ATTR_STRING(l3missonly, fetch_l3missonly, "config:59");
PMU_EVENT_ATTR_STRING(l3missonly, op_l3missonly, "config:16");
PMU_EVENT_ATTR_STRING(ldlat, ibs_op_ldlat_format, "config1:0-11");
@@ -890,6 +903,7 @@ cnt_ctl_is_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr, int i)
static struct attribute *op_attrs[] = {
&format_attr_swfilt.attr,
+ &format_attr_phy_addr_only.attr,
NULL,
};
@@ -1357,7 +1371,8 @@ static int perf_ibs_get_offset_max(struct perf_ibs *perf_ibs,
if (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_RAW ||
perf_ibs_is_mem_sample_type(perf_ibs, event) ||
perf_ibs_ldlat_event(perf_ibs, event) ||
- perf_ibs_fetch_lat_event(perf_ibs, event))
+ perf_ibs_fetch_lat_event(perf_ibs, event) ||
+ perf_ibs_phy_addr_only_event(perf_ibs, event))
return perf_ibs->offset_max;
else if (check_rip)
return 3;
@@ -1499,6 +1514,23 @@ static int perf_ibs_handle_irq(struct perf_ibs *perf_ibs, struct pt_regs *iregs)
}
}
+ if (perf_ibs_phy_addr_only_event(perf_ibs, event)) {
+ union ibs_op_data3 op_data3;
+ u64 phys_addr;
+
+ op_data3.val = ibs_data.regs[ibs_op_msr_idx(MSR_AMD64_IBSOPDATA3)];
+ if (!op_data3.dc_phy_addr_valid) {
+ throttle = perf_event_account_interrupt(event);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ /* Also skip the case: zero address in MSR_AMD64_IBSDCPHYSAD */
+ phys_addr = ibs_data.regs[ibs_op_msr_idx(MSR_AMD64_IBSDCPHYSAD)];
+ if (!phys_addr) {
+ throttle = perf_event_account_interrupt(event);
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
+
if (perf_ibs_fetch_lat_event(perf_ibs, event)) {
union ibs_fetch_ctl fetch_ctl;
--
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