powerpc/perf/hv-24x7: Aggregate result elements on POWER9 SMT8
authorThiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:55:38 +0000 (18:55 -0300)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Sun, 2 Jul 2017 10:40:33 +0000 (20:40 +1000)
On POWER9 SMT8 the 24x7 API returns two result elements for physical core
and virtual CPU events and we need to add their counts to get the final
result.

Reviewed-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
arch/powerpc/perf/hv-24x7.c

index a9a4df6e6e22bc44e831812410c6bcb00bbb3cd0..9c88b82f62293a27d429aec70b48a60a13556173 100644 (file)
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 /* Version of the 24x7 hypervisor API that we should use in this machine. */
 static int interface_version;
 
+/* Whether we have to aggregate result data for some domains. */
+static bool aggregate_result_elements;
+
 static bool domain_is_valid(unsigned domain)
 {
        switch (domain) {
@@ -58,6 +61,15 @@ static bool is_physical_domain(unsigned domain)
        }
 }
 
+/* Domains for which more than one result element are returned for each event. */
+static bool domain_needs_aggregation(unsigned int domain)
+{
+       return aggregate_result_elements &&
+                       (domain == HV_PERF_DOMAIN_PHYS_CORE ||
+                        (domain >= HV_PERF_DOMAIN_VCPU_HOME_CORE &&
+                         domain <= HV_PERF_DOMAIN_VCPU_REMOTE_NODE));
+}
+
 static const char *domain_name(unsigned domain)
 {
        if (!domain_is_valid(domain))
@@ -1145,17 +1157,23 @@ static int add_event_to_24x7_request(struct perf_event *event,
        req->starting_ix = cpu_to_be16(idx);
        req->max_ix = cpu_to_be16(1);
 
-       if (request_buffer->interface_version > 1 &&
-           req->performance_domain != HV_PERF_DOMAIN_PHYS_CHIP) {
-               req->starting_thread_group_ix = idx % 2;
-               req->max_num_thread_groups = 1;
+       if (request_buffer->interface_version > 1) {
+               if (domain_needs_aggregation(req->performance_domain))
+                       req->max_num_thread_groups = -1;
+               else if (req->performance_domain != HV_PERF_DOMAIN_PHYS_CHIP) {
+                       req->starting_thread_group_ix = idx % 2;
+                       req->max_num_thread_groups = 1;
+               }
        }
 
        return 0;
 }
 
 /**
- * get_count_from_result - get event count from the given result
+ * get_count_from_result - get event count from all result elements in result
+ *
+ * If the event corresponding to this result needs aggregation of the result
+ * element values, then this function does that.
  *
  * @event:     Event associated with @res.
  * @resb:      Result buffer containing @res.
@@ -1172,6 +1190,8 @@ static int get_count_from_result(struct perf_event *event,
        u16 data_size = be16_to_cpu(res->result_element_data_size);
        unsigned int data_offset;
        void *element_data;
+       int i;
+       u64 count;
 
        /*
         * We can bail out early if the result is empty.
@@ -1189,8 +1209,10 @@ static int get_count_from_result(struct perf_event *event,
        /*
         * Since we always specify 1 as the maximum for the smallest resource
         * we're requesting, there should to be only one element per result.
+        * Except when an event needs aggregation, in which case there are more.
         */
-       if (num_elements != 1) {
+       if (num_elements != 1 &&
+           !domain_needs_aggregation(event_get_domain(event))) {
                pr_err("Error: result of request %hhu has %hu elements\n",
                       res->result_ix, num_elements);
 
@@ -1211,13 +1233,17 @@ static int get_count_from_result(struct perf_event *event,
                data_offset = offsetof(struct hv_24x7_result_element_v2,
                                       element_data);
 
-       element_data = res->elements + data_offset;
+       /* Go through the result elements in the result. */
+       for (i = count = 0, element_data = res->elements + data_offset;
+            i < num_elements;
+            i++, element_data += data_size + data_offset)
+               count += be64_to_cpu(*((u64 *) element_data));
 
-       *countp = be64_to_cpu(*((u64 *) element_data));
+       *countp = count;
 
-       /* The next result is after the result element. */
+       /* The next result is after the last result element. */
        if (next)
-               *next = element_data + data_size;
+               *next = element_data - data_offset;
 
        return 0;
 }
@@ -1568,9 +1594,14 @@ static int hv_24x7_init(void)
        /* POWER8 only supports v1, while POWER9 only supports v2. */
        if (!strcmp(cur_cpu_spec->oprofile_cpu_type, "ppc64/power8"))
                interface_version = 1;
-       else
+       else {
                interface_version = 2;
 
+               /* SMT8 in POWER9 needs to aggregate result elements. */
+               if (threads_per_core == 8)
+                       aggregate_result_elements = true;
+       }
+
        hret = hv_perf_caps_get(&caps);
        if (hret) {
                pr_debug("could not obtain capabilities, not enabling, rc=%ld\n",