From: Kan Liang kan.liang@linux.intel.com
[ Upstream commit 3aac580d5cc3001ca1627725b3b61edb529f341d ]
On some platforms, some data e.g., timestamps, can be retrieved from the PMU driver. Usually, the data from the PMU driver is more accurate. The current perf kernel should output the PMU-filled sample data if it's available.
To check the availability of the PMU-filled sample data, the current perf kernel initializes the related fields in the perf_sample_data_init(). When outputting a sample, the perf checks whether the field is updated by the PMU driver. If yes, the updated value will be output. If not, the perf uses an SW way to calculate the value or just outputs the initialized value if an SW way is unavailable either.
With more and more data being provided by the PMU driver, more fields has to be initialized in the perf_sample_data_init(). That will increase the number of cache lines touched in perf_sample_data_init() and be harmful to the performance.
Add new "sample_flags" to indicate the PMU-filled sample data. The PMU driver should set the corresponding PERF_SAMPLE_ flag when the field is updated. The initialization of the corresponding field is not required anymore. The following patches will make use of it and remove the corresponding fields from the perf_sample_data_init(), which will further minimize the number of cache lines touched.
Only clear the sample flags that have already been done by the PMU driver in the perf_prepare_sample() for the PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE. For the other PERF_RECORD_ event type, the sample data is not available.
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) peterz@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Kan Liang kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) peterz@infradead.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220901130959.1285717-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin sashal@kernel.org --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++ kernel/events/core.c | 17 +++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 41a3307a971c..5efd8109ad0a 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -899,6 +899,7 @@ struct perf_sample_data { * Fields set by perf_sample_data_init(), group so as to * minimize the cachelines touched. */ + u64 sample_flags; u64 addr; struct perf_raw_record *raw; struct perf_branch_stack *br_stack; @@ -950,6 +951,7 @@ static inline void perf_sample_data_init(struct perf_sample_data *data, u64 addr, u64 period) { /* remaining struct members initialized in perf_prepare_sample() */ + data->sample_flags = 0; data->addr = addr; data->raw = NULL; data->br_stack = NULL; diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 2ad8acff03db..7ad142a5327e 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -5767,11 +5767,10 @@ perf_output_sample_ustack(struct perf_output_handle *handle, u64 dump_size,
static void __perf_event_header__init_id(struct perf_event_header *header, struct perf_sample_data *data, - struct perf_event *event) + struct perf_event *event, + u64 sample_type) { - u64 sample_type = event->attr.sample_type; - - data->type = sample_type; + data->type = event->attr.sample_type; header->size += event->id_header_size;
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TID) { @@ -5800,7 +5799,7 @@ void perf_event_header__init_id(struct perf_event_header *header, struct perf_event *event) { if (event->attr.sample_id_all) - __perf_event_header__init_id(header, data, event); + __perf_event_header__init_id(header, data, event, event->attr.sample_type); }
static void __perf_event__output_id_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle, @@ -6148,6 +6147,7 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header, struct pt_regs *regs) { u64 sample_type = event->attr.sample_type; + u64 filtered_sample_type;
header->type = PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE; header->size = sizeof(*header) + event->header_size; @@ -6155,7 +6155,12 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header, header->misc = 0; header->misc |= perf_misc_flags(regs);
- __perf_event_header__init_id(header, data, event); + /* + * Clear the sample flags that have already been done by the + * PMU driver. + */ + filtered_sample_type = sample_type & ~data->sample_flags; + __perf_event_header__init_id(header, data, event, filtered_sample_type);
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_IP) data->ip = perf_instruction_pointer(regs);