Re: [PATCH v8 1/3] perf: cavium: Support memory controller PMU counters

[Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@arm.com>]

On 25/07/17 16:04, Jan Glauber wrote:
> Add support for the PMU counters on Cavium SOC memory controllers.
>
> This patch also adds generic functions to allow supporting more
> devices with PMU counters.
>
> Properties of the LMC PMU counters:
> - not stoppable
> - fixed purpose
> - read-only
> - one PCI device per memory controller
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Glauber <jglauber@cavium.com>
> ---
>  drivers/perf/Kconfig       |   8 +
>  drivers/perf/Makefile      |   1 +
>  drivers/perf/cavium_pmu.c  | 424 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/linux/cpuhotplug.h |   1 +
>  4 files changed, 434 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 drivers/perf/cavium_pmu.c
>
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/Kconfig b/drivers/perf/Kconfig
> index e5197ff..a46c3f0 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/perf/Kconfig
> @@ -43,4 +43,12 @@ config XGENE_PMU
>          help
>            Say y if you want to use APM X-Gene SoC performance monitors.
>
> +config CAVIUM_PMU
> +	bool "Cavium SOC PMU"

Is there any specific reason why this can't be built as a module ?


> +#define to_pmu_dev(x) container_of((x), struct cvm_pmu_dev, pmu)
> +
> +static int cvm_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
> +{
> +	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
> +	struct cvm_pmu_dev *pmu_dev;
> +	struct perf_event *sibling;
> +
> +	if (event->attr.type != event->pmu->type)
> +		return -ENOENT;
> +
> +	/* we do not support sampling */
> +	if (is_sampling_event(event))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/* PMU counters do not support any these bits */
> +	if (event->attr.exclude_user	||
> +	    event->attr.exclude_kernel	||
> +	    event->attr.exclude_host	||
> +	    event->attr.exclude_guest	||
> +	    event->attr.exclude_hv	||
> +	    event->attr.exclude_idle)
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	pmu_dev = to_pmu_dev(event->pmu);
> +	if (!pmu_dev->event_valid(event->attr.config))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Forbid groups containing mixed PMUs, software events are acceptable.
> +	 */
> +	if (event->group_leader->pmu != event->pmu &&
> +	    !is_software_event(event->group_leader))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	list_for_each_entry(sibling, &event->group_leader->sibling_list,
> +			    group_entry)
> +		if (sibling->pmu != event->pmu &&
> +		    !is_software_event(sibling))
> +			return -EINVAL;

Do we also need to check if the events in the same group can be scheduled
at once ? i.e, there is enough resources to schedule the requested events from
the group.

> +
> +	hwc->config = event->attr.config;
> +	hwc->idx = -1;
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
...

> +static int cvm_pmu_add(struct perf_event *event, int flags, u64 config_base,
> +		       u64 event_base)
> +{
> +	struct cvm_pmu_dev *pmu_dev = to_pmu_dev(event->pmu);
> +	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
> +
> +	if (!cmpxchg(&pmu_dev->events[hwc->config], NULL, event))
> +		hwc->idx = hwc->config;
> +
> +	if (hwc->idx == -1)
> +		return -EBUSY;
> +
> +	hwc->config_base = config_base;
> +	hwc->event_base = event_base;
> +	hwc->state = PERF_HES_UPTODATE | PERF_HES_STOPPED;
> +
> +	if (flags & PERF_EF_START)
> +		pmu_dev->pmu.start(event, PERF_EF_RELOAD);
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static void cvm_pmu_del(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
> +{
> +	struct cvm_pmu_dev *pmu_dev = to_pmu_dev(event->pmu);
> +	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	event->pmu->stop(event, PERF_EF_UPDATE);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * For programmable counters we need to check where we installed it.
> +	 * To keep this function generic always test the more complicated
> +	 * case (free running counters won't need the loop).
> +	 */
> +	for (i = 0; i < pmu_dev->num_counters; i++)
> +		if (cmpxchg(&pmu_dev->events[i], event, NULL) == event)
> +			break;

I couldn't see why hwc->config wouldn't give us the index where we installed
the event in pmu_dev->events. What am I missing ?

> +static int __init cvm_pmu_init(void)
> +{
> +	unsigned long implementor = read_cpuid_implementor();
> +	unsigned int vendor_id = PCI_VENDOR_ID_CAVIUM;
> +	struct pci_dev *pdev = NULL;
> +	int rc;
> +
> +	if (implementor != ARM_CPU_IMP_CAVIUM)
> +		return -ENODEV;

As I mentioned in the beginning, it would be better to modularize it right
from the start, when we can, than coming back to this at a later point in time.

Btw, perf_event_update_userpage() is being exported for use from module.
See [0].

[0] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2017-July/520682.html

Cheers

Suzuki