From: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
To: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>,
Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH v5 08/11] alpha/perf: report the ProfileMe window count as the sample weight
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2026 15:37:41 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261103-alpha-profileme-v5-8-bbe3937fbf3a@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261103-alpha-profileme-v5-0-bbe3937fbf3a@gmail.com>
What PCTR1 counted during the ProfileMe window, the inum retire delay for
cycles:p or the window length for instructions:p, is only available in
the PERF_SAMPLE_RAW data.
Report it in var1_dw of the sample weight, which the weight and
local_weight sort keys read. It is 20 bits, so it fits. As Alpha is
little-endian, this is also the right value for plain PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT,
which is what perf record -W asks for. Samples that fall back to the
interrupted PC get no weight, as it belongs to a different instruction.
Suggested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-5-5
Signed-off-by: Matt Turner <mattst88@gmail.com>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
index 6c74f67ad341..c2c367b51617 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ static void alpha_perf_event_profileme(struct perf_event *event,
struct perf_raw_record raw;
struct perf_sample_data data;
struct pt_regs *pm_regs;
- bool pc_only = false;
+ bool pc_only = false, exact = true;
unsigned long pctr_ctl, i_stat, pmpc, ovr, pc, saved_pc, saved_ps;
pctr_ctl = wrperfmon(PERFMON_CMD_READ, 0);
@@ -1077,6 +1077,7 @@ static void alpha_perf_event_profileme(struct perf_event *event,
pc = pmpc & EV67_PMPC_PC_MASK;
if (pmpc & EV67_PMPC_PAL) {
pc = regs->pc;
+ exact = false;
} else if (pc < TASK_SIZE && !user_mode(regs)) {
if (is_user_task(current)) {
pc_only = true;
@@ -1086,6 +1087,7 @@ static void alpha_perf_event_profileme(struct perf_event *event,
pm_regs->ps = 8;
} else {
pc = regs->pc;
+ exact = false;
}
} else if (pc >= TASK_SIZE && user_mode(regs)) {
pm_regs = this_cpu_ptr(&alpha_profileme_regs);
@@ -1119,6 +1121,15 @@ static void alpha_perf_event_profileme(struct perf_event *event,
};
perf_sample_save_raw_data(&data, event, &raw);
+ /* The count belongs to the profiled instruction, not the interrupted PC. */
+ if (exact && (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_TYPE)) {
+ /* perf_sample_data_init() does not clear it. */
+ data.weight.full = 0;
+ data.weight.var1_dw = (pctr_ctl >> EV67_PCTR_1_COUNT_SHIFT) &
+ EV67_PCTR_1_COUNT_MASK;
+ data.sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_TYPE;
+ }
+
if (!alpha_perf_event_set_period(event, hwc, 0))
return;
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-03 20:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-03 20:37 [PATCH v5 00/11] alpha/perf: add ProfileMe sampling Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 01/11] alpha/perf: pass PERFMON_CMD_LOGGING_ALL to the logging options call Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 02/11] alpha/perf: add sysfs format and event attributes Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 03/11] alpha/perf: clear PERF_HES_UPTODATE when an event starts counting Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 04/11] alpha/perf: do not report user registers from the entry code Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 05/11] alpha/perf: implement ProfileMe sampling Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 06/11] alpha/perf: attach ProfileMe status as PERF_SAMPLE_RAW data Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 07/11] alpha/perf: optionally randomize the ProfileMe sampling interval Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` Matt Turner [this message]
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 09/11] alpha/perf: report the data source of ProfileMe DTB misses Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 10/11] alpha/perf: add ProfileMe sample filters Matt Turner
2026-11-03 20:37 ` [PATCH v5 11/11] alpha/perf: sample only retired instructions for precise events Matt Turner
2026-11-03 23:42 ` [PATCH v5 00/11] alpha/perf: add ProfileMe sampling Ian Rogers
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