Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 05/05/2014 04:04 AM, Ding Tianhong wrote: > On 2014/4/29 4:39, William Cohen wrote: >> On 04/27/2014 10:32 PM, Ding Tianhong wrote: >>> On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: > On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong wrote: >> Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back >> to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. >> >> I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the >> OProfile >> could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. > > This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but > decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to > use the perf kernel API. > > That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile > but I haven’t followed the development: > > http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-list=133002515616302=2 > > Catalin > >>> >>> Hi Cadtalin: >>> >>> Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile >>> support for aarch64 till now, and >>> I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch >>> timer event, but not >>> PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more >>> accurate and stable, can you >>> give me more advise and appreciate for your help. >>> >>> Regards >>> Ding >> >> Hi Ding, >> >> There is some basic support for arm64 in oprofile using the kernel's perf >> infrastructure for the Applied Micro X-Gene processor checked into the >> upstream oprofile git repository: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/p/oprofile/oprofile/ci/34d0065a1a790fc2be05a5ef1d8b0bbf28b814fe/ >> >> It should be straight forward to adapt and extend this to work for A53 and >> A57 processors in libop/op_cpu_type.c. At the time I didn't have access to >> the cortex a57/a53 documentation so this was implemented for the the base >> ARMv8 PMUv3 events. The processor identification for Cortex a53 and a57 will >> also need to be added. to /libop/op_cpu_type.c. I don't currently have >> access to cortex a53 or a57 processors, so I don't know what the magic >> vendorid and cpuid values are. What is the output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo" for >> each of the aarch64 processors you are running oprofile on? >> >> -Will >> > > Hi Will: > > Sorry for feedback so late, too busy these days. :) > > Thanks for your message, you can add the the A53 and A57 to support arm-v8 > for oprofile. > > A53 A57 > Vendid0x410x41 > cpuid 0xD03 0xD07 > > -Ding Hi Ding, Thanks very much for the IDs for Cortex A53 and Cortex A57. -Will -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 2014/4/29 4:39, William Cohen wrote: > On 04/27/2014 10:32 PM, Ding Tianhong wrote: >> On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: >>> On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong wrote: > Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back > to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. > > I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the > OProfile > could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-list=133002515616302=2 Catalin >> >> Hi Cadtalin: >> >> Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile >> support for aarch64 till now, and >> I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch >> timer event, but not >> PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more >> accurate and stable, can you >> give me more advise and appreciate for your help. >> >> Regards >> Ding > > Hi Ding, > > There is some basic support for arm64 in oprofile using the kernel's perf > infrastructure for the Applied Micro X-Gene processor checked into the > upstream oprofile git repository: > > http://sourceforge.net/p/oprofile/oprofile/ci/34d0065a1a790fc2be05a5ef1d8b0bbf28b814fe/ > > It should be straight forward to adapt and extend this to work for A53 and > A57 processors in libop/op_cpu_type.c. At the time I didn't have access to > the cortex a57/a53 documentation so this was implemented for the the base > ARMv8 PMUv3 events. The processor identification for Cortex a53 and a57 will > also need to be added. to /libop/op_cpu_type.c. I don't currently have > access to cortex a53 or a57 processors, so I don't know what the magic > vendorid and cpuid values are. What is the output of "cat /proc/cpuinfo" for > each of the aarch64 processors you are running oprofile on? > > -Will > Hi Will: Sorry for feedback so late, too busy these days. :) Thanks for your message, you can add the the A53 and A57 to support arm-v8 for oprofile. A53 A57 Vendid 0x410x41 cpuid 0xD03 0xD07 -Ding >> >>> Ok, I will check it and then decide the next step, thanks for your feedback. >>> >>> Regards >>> Ding >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE >> Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get >> unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. >> Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs >> ___ >> oprofile-list mailing list >> oprofile-l...@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oprofile-list >> > > > . > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 2014/4/29 4:39, William Cohen wrote: On 04/27/2014 10:32 PM, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong dingtianh...@huawei.com wrote: Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-listm=133002515616302w=2 Catalin Hi Cadtalin: Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile support for aarch64 till now, and I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch timer event, but not PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more accurate and stable, can you give me more advise and appreciate for your help. Regards Ding Hi Ding, There is some basic support for arm64 in oprofile using the kernel's perf infrastructure for the Applied Micro X-Gene processor checked into the upstream oprofile git repository: http://sourceforge.net/p/oprofile/oprofile/ci/34d0065a1a790fc2be05a5ef1d8b0bbf28b814fe/ It should be straight forward to adapt and extend this to work for A53 and A57 processors in libop/op_cpu_type.c. At the time I didn't have access to the cortex a57/a53 documentation so this was implemented for the the base ARMv8 PMUv3 events. The processor identification for Cortex a53 and a57 will also need to be added. to /libop/op_cpu_type.c. I don't currently have access to cortex a53 or a57 processors, so I don't know what the magic vendorid and cpuid values are. What is the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo for each of the aarch64 processors you are running oprofile on? -Will Hi Will: Sorry for feedback so late, too busy these days. :) Thanks for your message, you can add the the A53 and A57 to support arm-v8 for oprofile. A53 A57 Vendid 0x410x41 cpuid 0xD03 0xD07 -Ding Ok, I will check it and then decide the next step, thanks for your feedback. Regards Ding -- Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ oprofile-list mailing list oprofile-l...@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oprofile-list . -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 05/05/2014 04:04 AM, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/29 4:39, William Cohen wrote: On 04/27/2014 10:32 PM, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong dingtianh...@huawei.com wrote: Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-listm=133002515616302w=2 Catalin Hi Cadtalin: Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile support for aarch64 till now, and I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch timer event, but not PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more accurate and stable, can you give me more advise and appreciate for your help. Regards Ding Hi Ding, There is some basic support for arm64 in oprofile using the kernel's perf infrastructure for the Applied Micro X-Gene processor checked into the upstream oprofile git repository: http://sourceforge.net/p/oprofile/oprofile/ci/34d0065a1a790fc2be05a5ef1d8b0bbf28b814fe/ It should be straight forward to adapt and extend this to work for A53 and A57 processors in libop/op_cpu_type.c. At the time I didn't have access to the cortex a57/a53 documentation so this was implemented for the the base ARMv8 PMUv3 events. The processor identification for Cortex a53 and a57 will also need to be added. to /libop/op_cpu_type.c. I don't currently have access to cortex a53 or a57 processors, so I don't know what the magic vendorid and cpuid values are. What is the output of cat /proc/cpuinfo for each of the aarch64 processors you are running oprofile on? -Will Hi Will: Sorry for feedback so late, too busy these days. :) Thanks for your message, you can add the the A53 and A57 to support arm-v8 for oprofile. A53 A57 Vendid0x410x41 cpuid 0xD03 0xD07 -Ding Hi Ding, Thanks very much for the IDs for Cortex A53 and Cortex A57. -Will -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 03:32:04AM +0100, Ding Tianhong wrote: > On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: > > On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: > >> On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong wrote: > >>> Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back > >>> to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. > >>> > >>> I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the > >>> OProfile > >>> could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. > >> > >> This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but > >> decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to > >> use the perf kernel API. > >> > >> That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile > >> but I haven’t followed the development: > >> > >> http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-list=133002515616302=2 > >> > >> Catalin > >> > > Hi Cadtalin: > > Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile > support for aarch64 till now, and > I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch > timer event, but not > PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more > accurate and stable, can you > give me more advise and appreciate for your help. Just use the operf tool, which is part of the oprofile project. It uses the perf syscall under the hood and doesn't need any kernel-side additions over perf. Will -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 03:32:04AM +0100, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong dingtianh...@huawei.com wrote: Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-listm=133002515616302w=2 Catalin Hi Cadtalin: Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile support for aarch64 till now, and I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch timer event, but not PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more accurate and stable, can you give me more advise and appreciate for your help. Just use the operf tool, which is part of the oprofile project. It uses the perf syscall under the hood and doesn't need any kernel-side additions over perf. Will -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: > On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: >> On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong wrote: >>> Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back >>> to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. >>> >>> I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the >>> OProfile >>> could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. >> >> This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but >> decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to >> use the perf kernel API. >> >> That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile >> but I haven’t followed the development: >> >> http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-list=133002515616302=2 >> >> Catalin >> Hi Cadtalin: Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile support for aarch64 till now, and I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch timer event, but not PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more accurate and stable, can you give me more advise and appreciate for your help. Regards Ding > Ok, I will check it and then decide the next step, thanks for your feedback. > > Regards > Ding > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 2014/4/26 18:22, Ding Tianhong wrote: On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong dingtianh...@huawei.com wrote: Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-listm=133002515616302w=2 Catalin Hi Cadtalin: Sorry I could not find the implementation that not to merge the orpfile support for aarch64 till now, and I still have questions that the existing code only support oprofile by arch timer event, but not PMU event, this patch only add HW PMU support for oprofile, it is more accurate and stable, can you give me more advise and appreciate for your help. Regards Ding Ok, I will check it and then decide the next step, thanks for your feedback. Regards Ding -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: > On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong wrote: >> Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back >> to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. >> >> I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile >> could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. > > This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but > decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to > use the perf kernel API. > > That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile > but I haven’t followed the development: > > http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-list=133002515616302=2 > > Catalin > Ok, I will check it and then decide the next step, thanks for your feedback. Regards Ding -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong wrote: > Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back > to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. > > I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile > could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-list=133002515616302=2 Catalin-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong dingtianh...@huawei.com wrote: Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-listm=133002515616302w=2 Catalin-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: [PATCH] arm64: add OProfile support
On 2014/4/26 17:23, Catalin Marinas wrote: On 26 Apr 2014, at 09:38, Ding Tianhong dingtianh...@huawei.com wrote: Add OProfile support for arm64, using the perf backend, and failing back to generic timer based sampling if PMU interrupt is not supported. I have test this patch on Cortex-A53 and Cortex-A57 motherboard, the OProfile could work well by PMU irq or arch timer irq. This came up before a few times and we also had an implementation but decided not to merge it. We should rather get the user space oprofile to use the perf kernel API. That’s an old thread, it may have even made it into mainline oprofile but I haven’t followed the development: http://marc.info/?l=oprofile-listm=133002515616302w=2 Catalin Ok, I will check it and then decide the next step, thanks for your feedback. Regards Ding -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
