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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/9] perf/x86/intel: Support hardware TopDown metrics
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On 5/28/2019 8:43 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, May 21, 2019 at 02:40:50PM -0700, kan.liang@linux.intel.com wrote:
>> The 8bit metrics ratio values lose precision when the measurement period
>> gets longer.
>>
>> To avoid this we always reset the metric value when reading, as we
>> already accumulate the count in the perf count value.
>>
>> For a long period read, low precision is acceptable.
>> For a short period read, the register will be reset often enough that it
>> is not a problem.
>
>> The PERF_METRICS may report wrong value if its delta was less than 1/255
>> of SLOTS (Fixed counter 3).
>>
>> To avoid this, the PERF_METRICS and SLOTS registers have to be reset
>> simultaneously. The slots value has to be cached as well.
>
> That doesn't sound like it is NMI-safe.
> >
>
>> RDPMC
>> =========
>> The TopDown can be collected per thread/process. To use TopDown
>> through RDPMC in applications on Icelake, the metrics and slots values
>> have to be saved/restored during context switching.
>>
>> Add specific set_period() to specially handle the slots and metrics
>> event. Because,
>> - The initial value must be 0.
>> - Only need to restore the value in context switch. For other cases,
>> the counters have been cleared after read.
>
> So the above claims to explain RDPMC, but doesn't mention that magic
> value below at all. In fact, I don't see how the above relates to RDPMC
> at all.

Current perf only support per-core Topdown RDPMC. On Icelake, it can be
extended to per-thread Topdown RDPMC.
It tries to explain the extra work for per-thread topdown RDPMC, e.g.
save/restore slots and metrics value in context switch.


>
>> @@ -2141,7 +2157,9 @@ static int x86_pmu_event_idx(struct perf_event *event)
>> if (!(event->hw.flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_RDPMC_ALLOWED))
>> return 0;
>>
>> - if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed && idx >= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED) {
>> + if (is_metric_idx(idx))
>> + idx = 1 << 29;
>
> I can't find this in the SDM RDPMC description. What does it return?

It will return the value of PERF_METRICS. I will add it in the changelog.

Thanks,
Kan
>
>> + else if (x86_pmu.num_counters_fixed && idx >= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED) {
>> idx -= INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED;
>> idx |= 1 << 30;
>> }

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