This patch fixes the group_sched_in() fix added by commit 8e5fc1a.
Although the patch solved the issue with time_running, time_enabled
for all events in a group, it had one flaw in case the group could
never be scheduled. It would cause time_enabled to get negative.
The issue was that tstamp_stopped was never updated, even though
tstamp_enabled was.

This new version is much simpler and ensures that in case of
error in group_sched_in() during event_sched_in(), the events up
to the failed event go through regular event_sched_out(). But the
failed event and the remaining events in the group have their timings
adjusted as if they had also gone through event_sched_in() and
event_sched_out(). This ensures timing uniformity across all
events in a group. This also takes care of the tstamp_stopped problem
in case the group could never be scheduled. The tstamp_stopped is
updated as if the event had actually run.

With this patch, the following now reports correct time_enabled,
in case the NMI watchdog is active:

$ task -e unhalted_core_cycles,instructions_retired,baclears,baclears  noploop 1
noploop for 1 seconds

0 unhalted_core_cycles (100.00% scaling, ena=997,552,872, run=0)
0 instructions_retired (100.00% scaling, ena=997,552,872, run=0)
0 baclears (100.00% scaling, ena=997,552,872, run=0)
0 baclears (100.00% scaling, ena=997,552,872, run=0)

And the older test case also works:

$ task -einstructions_retired,baclears,baclears -e 
unhalted_core_cycles,baclears,baclears sleep 5

1680885 instructions_retired (69.39% scaling, ena=950756, run=291006)
  10735 baclears (69.39% scaling, ena=950756, run=291006)
  10735 baclears (69.39% scaling, ena=950756, run=291006)

      0 unhalted_core_cycles (100.00% scaling, ena=817932, run=0)
      0 baclears (100.00% scaling, ena=817932, run=0)
      0 baclears (100.00% scaling, ena=817932, run=0)

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eran...@google.com>
---

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index f309e80..8e5841d 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ event_filter_match(struct perf_event *event)
 }
 
 static int
-__event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
+event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
                  struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
                  struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ __event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
        event->pmu->del(event, 0);
        event->oncpu = -1;
 
+       event->tstamp_stopped = ctx->time;
+
        if (!is_software_event(event))
                cpuctx->active_oncpu--;
        ctx->nr_active--;
@@ -456,18 +458,6 @@ __event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
 }
 
 static void
-event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
-                 struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-                 struct perf_event_context *ctx)
-{
-       int ret;
-
-       ret = __event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
-       if (ret)
-               event->tstamp_stopped = ctx->time;
-}
-
-static void
 group_sched_out(struct perf_event *group_event,
                struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
                struct perf_event_context *ctx)
@@ -664,7 +654,7 @@ retry:
 }
 
 static int
-__event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
+event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
                 struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
                 struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
@@ -684,6 +674,8 @@ __event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
                return -EAGAIN;
        }
 
+       event->tstamp_running += ctx->time - event->tstamp_stopped;
+
        if (!is_software_event(event))
                cpuctx->active_oncpu++;
        ctx->nr_active++;
@@ -694,35 +686,6 @@ __event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
        return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int
-event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
-                struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-                struct perf_event_context *ctx)
-{
-       int ret = __event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx);
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-       event->tstamp_running += ctx->time - event->tstamp_stopped;
-       return 0;
-}
-
-static void
-group_commit_event_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
-              struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
-              struct perf_event_context *ctx)
-{
-       struct perf_event *event;
-       u64 now = ctx->time;
-
-       group_event->tstamp_running += now - group_event->tstamp_stopped;
-       /*
-        * Schedule in siblings as one group (if any):
-        */
-       list_for_each_entry(event, &group_event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
-               event->tstamp_running += now - event->tstamp_stopped;
-       }
-}
-
 static int
 group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
               struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
@@ -730,19 +693,15 @@ group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
 {
        struct perf_event *event, *partial_group = NULL;
        struct pmu *pmu = group_event->pmu;
+       bool simulate = false;
+       u64 now = ctx->time;
 
        if (group_event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
                return 0;
 
        pmu->start_txn(pmu);
 
-       /*
-        * use __event_sched_in() to delay updating tstamp_running
-        * until the transaction is committed. In case of failure
-        * we will keep an unmodified tstamp_running which is a
-        * requirement to get correct timing information
-        */
-       if (__event_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx)) {
+       if (event_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx)) {
                pmu->cancel_txn(pmu);
                return -EAGAIN;
        }
@@ -751,31 +710,43 @@ group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
         * Schedule in siblings as one group (if any):
         */
        list_for_each_entry(event, &group_event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
-               if (__event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx)) {
+               if (event_sched_in(event, cpuctx, ctx)) {
                        partial_group = event;
                        goto group_error;
                }
        }
 
-       if (!pmu->commit_txn(pmu)) {
-               /* commit tstamp_running */
-               group_commit_event_sched_in(group_event, cpuctx, ctx);
+       if (!pmu->commit_txn(pmu))
                return 0;
-       }
 group_error:
        /*
         * Groups can be scheduled in as one unit only, so undo any
         * partial group before returning:
         *
-        * use __event_sched_out() to avoid updating tstamp_stopped
-        * because the event never actually ran
+        * The events up to the failed event are scheduled out normally,
+        * tstamp_stopped will be updated.
+        *
+        * The failed events and the remaining siblings need to have
+        * their timings updated as if they had gone thru event_sched_in()
+        * and event_sched_out(). This is required to get consistent timings
+        * across the group. This also takes care of the case where the group
+        * could never be scheduled by ensuring tstamp_stopped is set to mark
+        * the time the event was actually stopped, such that time delta
+        * calculation in update_event_times() is correct.
         */
        list_for_each_entry(event, &group_event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
+
                if (event == partial_group)
-                       break;
-               __event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
+                       simulate = true;
+
+               if (simulate) {
+                       event->tstamp_running += now - event->tstamp_stopped;
+                       event->tstamp_stopped = now;
+               } else {
+                       event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
+               }
        }
-       __event_sched_out(group_event, cpuctx, ctx);
+       event_sched_out(group_event, cpuctx, ctx);
 
        pmu->cancel_txn(pmu);
 

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