libpfm4 is a library that takes a CPU vendor documentation
compatible string and fills out perf_event_attr. Typical
use case: user wants to look at events other than the
ones supported by perf using symbolic names.
Signed-off-by: Arun Sharma <asha...@fb.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mi...@elte.hu>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweis...@gmail.com>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efa...@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <pau...@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijls...@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eran...@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de>
Cc: Tom Zanussi <tzanu...@gmail.com>
Cc: perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile
index 2b5387d..a358e54 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile
@@ -602,6 +602,19 @@ else
endif
endif
+ifdef NO_LIBPFM4
+ BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPFM4_SUPPORT
+else
+ FLAGS_LIBPFM4=$(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(EXTLIBS) -lpfm
+ ifneq ($(call try-cc,$(SOURCE_LIBPFM4),$(FLAGS_LIBPFM4)),y)
+ msg := $(warning libpfm4 not found, events restricted to
generic ones. Please install libpfm4-devel or libpfm4-dev);
+ BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPFM4_SUPPORT
+ else
+ BASIC_CFLAGS += -DLIBPFM4
+ EXTLIBS += -lpfm
+ endif
+endif
+
ifdef NO_LIBPERL
BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_LIBPERL
else
diff --git a/tools/perf/feature-tests.mak b/tools/perf/feature-tests.mak
index b041ca6..ec6b27b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/feature-tests.mak
+++ b/tools/perf/feature-tests.mak
@@ -121,6 +121,17 @@ int main(void)
}
endef
+ifndef NO_LIBPFM4
+define SOURCE_LIBPFM4
+#include <perfmon/pfmlib_perf_event.h>
+
+int main(void)
+{
+ return pfm_initialize();
+}
+endef
+endif
+
# try-cc
# Usage: option = $(call try-cc, source-to-build, cc-options)
try-cc = $(shell sh -c \
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index 5b1ecd6..0fde6d3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -474,6 +474,12 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
}
cmd = argv[0];
+#ifdef LIBPFM4
+ if (pfm_initialize() != PFM_SUCCESS) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "pfm_initialize failed\n");
+ return 1;
+ }
+#endif
/*
* We use PATH to find perf commands, but we prepend some higher
* precedence paths: the "--exec-path" option, the PERF_EXEC_PATH
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
index 5cb6f4b..f1597dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
@@ -724,6 +724,47 @@ parse_numeric_event(const char **strp, struct
perf_event_attr *attr)
return EVT_FAILED;
}
+#ifdef LIBPFM4
+static enum event_result
+parse_libpfm4_event(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
+{
+ int ret;
+ const char *str = *strp;
+ const char *comma_loc = NULL;
+ char *evt_name = NULL;
+ size_t len = 0;
+
+ comma_loc = strchr(str, ',');
+ if (comma_loc) {
+ /* take the event name up to the comma */
+ len = comma_loc - str;
+ evt_name = strndup(str, len+1);
+ if (evt_name == NULL) {
+ pr_err("strndup returned NULL. Out of memory?");
+ return EVT_FAILED;
+ }
+ evt_name[len] = '\0';
+ } else {
+ evt_name = (char *) *strp;
+ }
+
+ ret = pfm_get_perf_event_encoding(evt_name, PFM_PLM0|PFM_PLM3, attr,
+ NULL, NULL);
+ if (ret != PFM_SUCCESS) {
+ return EVT_FAILED;
+ }
+
+ if (comma_loc) {
+ *strp += len;
+ free(evt_name);
+ } else {
+ *strp += strlen(evt_name);
+ }
+
+ return EVT_HANDLED;
+}
+#endif
+
static enum event_result
parse_event_modifier(const char **strp, struct perf_event_attr *attr)
{
@@ -789,6 +830,17 @@ parse_event_symbols(const char **str, struct
perf_event_attr *attr)
if (ret != EVT_FAILED)
goto modifier;
+#ifdef LIBPFM4
+ /*
+ * Handle libpfm4 before generic_hw events.
+ * Some events (eg: LLC_MISSES) fail otherwise.
+ */
+ ret = parse_libpfm4_event(str, attr);
+ if (ret != EVT_FAILED)
+ /* libpfm4 has its own modifier parsing code */
+ goto modifier;
+#endif
+
ret = parse_generic_hw_event(str, attr);
if (ret != EVT_FAILED)
goto modifier;
@@ -995,6 +1047,45 @@ void print_events(void)
}
}
+#ifdef LIBPFM4
+ printf("\n");
+ pfm_for_all_pmus(i) {
+ int ret;
+ pfm_pmu_info_t pinfo;
+ int count;
+ int k;
+
+ ret = pfm_get_pmu_info(i, &pinfo);
+ if (ret != PFM_SUCCESS)
+ continue;
+ if (!pinfo.is_present)
+ continue;
+ if (pinfo.pmu == PFM_PMU_PERF_EVENT)
+ continue;
+
+ printf("\nDetected PMU: %s -- %s Total events: %d\n",
+ pinfo.name,
+ pinfo.desc,
+ pinfo.nevents);
+
+ count = 0;
+ pfm_for_each_event(k) {
+ pfm_event_info_t info;
+
+ ret = pfm_get_event_info(k, &info);
+ if (info.pmu != pinfo.pmu)
+ continue;
+
+ count++;
+ if (count > pinfo.nevents)
+ break;
+ printf(" %-42s [%s]\n",
+ info.name,
+ event_type_descriptors[PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE]);
+ }
+ }
+#endif
+
printf("\n");
printf(" %-42s [%s]\n",
"rNNN (see 'perf list --help' on how to encode it)",
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
index b82cafb..4a30ade 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/parse-events.h
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
*/
#include "../../../include/linux/perf_event.h"
+#ifdef LIBPFM4
+#include <perfmon/pfmlib_perf_event.h>
+#endif
struct list_head;
struct perf_evsel;
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