From 6f33e6fa29d0366d6e5b3ea2930dbc0b648151fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Rogers Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2023 22:02:56 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] perf stat: Combine the -A/--no-aggr and --no-merge options The -A or --no-aggr option disables aggregation of core events: $ perf stat -A -e cycles,data_total -a true Performance counter stats for 'system wide': CPU0 1,287,665 cycles CPU1 1,831,681 cycles CPU2 27,345,998 cycles CPU3 1,964,799 cycles CPU4 236,174 cycles CPU5 3,302,825 cycles CPU6 9,201,446 cycles CPU7 1,403,043 cycles CPU0 110.90 MiB data_total 0.008961761 seconds time elapsed The --no-merge option disables the aggregation of uncore events: $ perf stat --no-merge -e cycles,data_total -a true Performance counter stats for 'system wide': 38,482,778 cycles 15.04 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_1] 15.00 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_0] 0.005915155 seconds time elapsed Having two options confuses users who generally don't appreciate the difference in PMUs. Keep all the options but make it so they all disable aggregation both of core and uncore events: $ perf stat -A -e cycles,data_total -a true Performance counter stats for 'system wide': CPU0 85,878 cycles CPU1 88,179 cycles CPU2 60,872 cycles CPU3 3,265,567 cycles CPU4 82,357 cycles CPU5 83,383 cycles CPU6 84,156 cycles CPU7 220,803 cycles CPU0 2.38 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_0] CPU0 2.38 MiB data_total [uncore_imc_free_running_1] 0.001397205 seconds time elapsed Update the relevant 'perf stat' man page information. Reviewed-by: Kan Liang Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Cc: Adrian Hunter Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Athira Jajeev Cc: Changbin Du Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: James Clark Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: John Garry Cc: K Prateek Nayak Cc: Kaige Ye Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: Nick Desaulniers Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231214060256.2094017-1-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 52 ++++++++++++++------------ tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 5 ++- tools/perf/util/stat-display.c | 2 +- tools/perf/util/stat.c | 2 +- tools/perf/util/stat.h | 1 - 5 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index 8f789fa1242e0..5af2e432b54fb 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -422,7 +422,34 @@ See perf list output for the possible metrics and metricgroups. -A:: --no-aggr:: -Do not aggregate counts across all monitored CPUs. +--no-merge:: +Do not aggregate/merge counts across monitored CPUs or PMUs. + +When multiple events are created from a single event specification, +stat will, by default, aggregate the event counts and show the result +in a single row. This option disables that behavior and shows the +individual events and counts. + +Multiple events are created from a single event specification when: + +1. PID monitoring isn't requested and the system has more than one + CPU. For example, a system with 8 SMT threads will have one event + opened on each thread and aggregation is performed across them. + +2. Prefix or glob wildcard matching is used for the PMU name. For + example, multiple memory controller PMUs may exist typically with a + suffix of _0, _1, etc. By default the event counts will all be + combined if the PMU is specified without the suffix such as + uncore_imc rather than uncore_imc_0. + +3. Aliases, which are listed immediately after the Kernel PMU events + by perf list, are used. + +--hybrid-merge:: +Merge core event counts from all core PMUs. In hybrid or big.LITTLE +systems by default each core PMU will report its count +separately. This option forces core PMU counts to be combined to give +a behavior closer to having a single CPU type in the system. --topdown:: Print top-down metrics supported by the CPU. This allows to determine @@ -475,29 +502,6 @@ highlight 'tma_frontend_bound'. This metric may be drilled into with Error out if the input is higher than the supported max level. ---no-merge:: -Do not merge results from same PMUs. - -When multiple events are created from a single event specification, -stat will, by default, aggregate the event counts and show the result -in a single row. This option disables that behavior and shows -the individual events and counts. - -Multiple events are created from a single event specification when: -1. Prefix or glob matching is used for the PMU name. -2. Aliases, which are listed immediately after the Kernel PMU events - by perf list, are used. - ---hybrid-merge:: -Merge the hybrid event counts from all PMUs. - -For hybrid events, by default, the stat aggregates and reports the event -counts per PMU. But sometimes, it's also useful to aggregate event counts -from all PMUs. This option enables that behavior and reports the counts -without PMUs. - -For non-hybrid events, it should be no effect. - --smi-cost:: Measure SMI cost if msr/aperf/ and msr/smi/ events are supported. diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c index bda020c0b9d52..5fe9abc6a5241 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c @@ -1204,8 +1204,9 @@ static struct option stat_options[] = { OPT_STRING('C', "cpu", &target.cpu_list, "cpu", "list of cpus to monitor in system-wide"), OPT_SET_UINT('A', "no-aggr", &stat_config.aggr_mode, - "disable CPU count aggregation", AGGR_NONE), - OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "no-merge", &stat_config.no_merge, "Do not merge identical named events"), + "disable aggregation across CPUs or PMUs", AGGR_NONE), + OPT_SET_UINT(0, "no-merge", &stat_config.aggr_mode, + "disable aggregation the same as -A or -no-aggr", AGGR_NONE), OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "hybrid-merge", &stat_config.hybrid_merge, "Merge identical named hybrid events"), OPT_STRING('x', "field-separator", &stat_config.csv_sep, "separator", diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c index afe6db8e7bf4f..8c61f8627ebc9 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c @@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ static bool hybrid_uniquify(struct evsel *evsel, struct perf_stat_config *config static void uniquify_counter(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct evsel *counter) { - if (config->no_merge || hybrid_uniquify(counter, config)) + if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_NONE || hybrid_uniquify(counter, config)) uniquify_event_name(counter); } diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.c b/tools/perf/util/stat.c index 012c4946b9c49..b0bcf92f0f9c3 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.c @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ void perf_stat_merge_counters(struct perf_stat_config *config, struct evlist *ev { struct evsel *evsel; - if (config->no_merge) + if (config->aggr_mode == AGGR_NONE) return; evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat.h b/tools/perf/util/stat.h index 325d0fad18424..4357ba1148221 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/stat.h +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat.h @@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ struct perf_stat_config { bool null_run; bool ru_display; bool big_num; - bool no_merge; bool hybrid_merge; bool walltime_run_table; bool all_kernel; -- 2.30.2