From: "Mi, Dapeng" <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
To: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 5/6] perf tools: Show memory region in perf-script subcommand
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:22:53 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c867ffcd-d2de-49a5-977c-5579b1029ca9@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260909160218.174928-6-thomas.falcon@intel.com>
On 9/10/2026 12:02 AM, Thomas Falcon wrote:
> From: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
>
> Show the memory region in perf-script subcommand. Memory region is found
> in the mem_region field of the memory information data source. This
> field was included with the introduction of support for the Off-module
> Response facility (OMR) [1] in Intel's Diamond Rapids and Nova Lake
> Architectures.
>
> An example of perf-script output with the new memory region field is shown
> below:
>
> random 10e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK N/A|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2ec
> random 2411a68201042 |OP LOAD|LVL RAM hit|SNP Hit|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK No|BLK N/A|Region Mem-1 561de7f8910a
> random 10e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK N/A|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2d0
> random 20e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK Data|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2d0
> random 20e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK Data|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2d0
> random 10e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK N/A|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2ec
> random 10e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK N/A|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2d0
> random 10e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK N/A|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2d0
> random 2411a68201042 |OP LOAD|LVL RAM hit|SNP Hit|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK No|BLK N/A|Region Mem-1 561de7f8910a
> random 10e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK N/A|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2ec
> random 10e6a100042 |OP LOAD|LVL L0 hit|SNP None|TLB L1 or L2 hit|LCK Yes|BLK N/A|Region N/A 7f32ae64a2d0
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260114011750.350569-1-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com/
>
> Assisted-by: Sashiko:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
> Assisted-by: GitHub-Copilot:claude-opus-4-8
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Add your "Co-developed-by" tag here. Thanks.
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com>
> ---
> v4: Drop the global show-region flag; pass perf_session to
> perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf() and gate the Region field
> on the feature bit, with a pipe-mode fallback
>
> v3: make memory region reporting conditional on feature bit
> ---
> tools/perf/builtin-script.c | 13 +--
> tools/perf/util/mem-events.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++-
> tools/perf/util/mem-events.h | 4 +-
> .../scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c | 5 +-
> 4 files changed, 98 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
> index ad8ca08ceb5f..c7454155038d 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
> @@ -2078,11 +2078,12 @@ static int evlist__max_name_len(struct evlist *evlist)
> return max;
> }
>
> -static int data_src__fprintf(u64 data_src, FILE *fp)
> +static int data_src__fprintf(struct perf_session *session,
> + u64 data_src, FILE *fp)
> {
> struct mem_info *mi = mem_info__new();
> - char decode[100];
> - char out[100];
> + char decode[200];
> + char out[200];
> static int maxlen;
> int len;
>
> @@ -2090,10 +2091,10 @@ static int data_src__fprintf(u64 data_src, FILE *fp)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> mem_info__data_src(mi)->val = data_src;
> - perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(decode, 100, mi);
> + perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(decode, 200, mi, session);
> mem_info__put(mi);
>
> - len = scnprintf(out, 100, "%16" PRIx64 " %s", data_src, decode);
> + len = scnprintf(out, 200, "%16" PRIx64 " %s", data_src, decode);
> if (maxlen < len)
> maxlen = len;
>
> @@ -2487,7 +2488,7 @@ static void process_event(struct perf_script *script,
> perf_sample__fprintf_addr(sample, thread, evsel, fp);
>
> if (PRINT_FIELD(DATA_SRC))
> - data_src__fprintf(sample->data_src, fp);
> + data_src__fprintf(evsel__session(evsel), sample->data_src, fp);
>
> if (PRINT_FIELD(WEIGHT))
> fprintf(fp, "%16" PRIu64, sample->weight);
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
> index 4fd48fd20055..8ce4996cad8d 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.c
> @@ -604,8 +604,77 @@ int perf_mem__blk_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, const struct mem_info *mem_inf
> return l;
> }
>
> -int perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, const struct mem_info *mem_info)
> +static int perf_mem__region_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, const struct mem_info *mem_info)
> {
> + size_t l = 0;
> + u64 mem = PERF_MEM_REGION_NA;
> +
> + sz -= 1; /* -1 for null termination */
> + out[0] = '\0';
> +
> + if (mem_info)
> + mem = mem_info__const_data_src(mem_info)->mem_region;
> +
> + switch (mem) {
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_NA:
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_RSVD:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "N/A");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_L_SHARE:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Local-shared-cache");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_L_NON_SHARE:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Local-non-shared-cache");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_O_IO:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Other-IO");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_O_SHARE:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Other-shared-cache");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_O_NON_SHARE:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Other-non-shared-cache");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MMIO:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "MMIO");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM0:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-0");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM1:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-1");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM2:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-2");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM3:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-3");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM4:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-4");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM5:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-5");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM6:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-6");
> + break;
> + case PERF_MEM_REGION_MEM7:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "Mem-7");
> + break;
> + default:
> + l += scnprintf(out + l, sz - l, "N/A");
> + break;
> + }
> +
> + return l;
> +}
> +
> +int perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz,
> + const struct mem_info *mem_info,
> + struct perf_session *session)
> +{
> + struct perf_env *env;
> int i = 0;
>
> i += scnprintf(out, sz, "|OP ");
> @@ -620,6 +689,21 @@ int perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, const struct mem_info *
> i += perf_mem__lck_scnprintf(out + i, sz - i, mem_info);
> i += scnprintf(out + i, sz - i, "|BLK ");
> i += perf_mem__blk_scnprintf(out + i, sz - i, mem_info);
> + if (session) {
> + /*
> + * In case the feature bits are not available, as in
> + * pipe mode, fallback to checking for the existence of
> + * memory ranges
> + */
> + env = perf_session__env(session);
> + if ((env && session->data->is_pipe && env->nr_memory_ranges) ||
> + perf_header__has_feat(&session->header,
> + HEADER_MEMORY_RANGES)) {
> + i += scnprintf(out + i, sz - i, "|Region ");
> + i += perf_mem__region_scnprintf(out + i, sz - i,
> + mem_info);
> + }
> + }
>
> return i;
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
> index daa22748f9fe..4ebb8109fc3c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/mem-events.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>
> #include <stdbool.h>
> #include <linux/types.h>
> +#include "session.h"
>
> struct perf_mem_event {
> bool supported;
> @@ -47,7 +48,8 @@ int perf_mem__snp_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, const struct mem_info *mem_inf
> int perf_mem__lck_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, const struct mem_info *mem_info);
> int perf_mem__blk_scnprintf(char *out, size_t sz, const struct mem_info *mem_info);
>
> -int perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(char *bf, size_t size, const struct mem_info *mem_info);
> +int perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(char *bf, size_t size, const struct mem_info *mem_info,
> + struct perf_session *session);
>
> struct c2c_stats {
> u32 nr_entries;
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> index 8f832ae316ca..e359fe529586 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
> @@ -694,8 +694,9 @@ static void set_sample_read_in_dict(PyObject *dict_sample, struct perf_sample *s
> static void set_sample_datasrc_in_dict(PyObject *dict,
> struct perf_sample *sample)
> {
> + struct perf_session *session = evsel__session(sample->evsel);
> struct mem_info *mi = mem_info__new();
> - char decode[100];
> + char decode[200];
>
> if (!mi)
> Py_FatalError("couldn't create mem-info");
> @@ -704,7 +705,7 @@ static void set_sample_datasrc_in_dict(PyObject *dict,
> PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(sample->data_src));
>
> mem_info__data_src(mi)->val = sample->data_src;
> - perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(decode, 100, mi);
> + perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf(decode, 200, mi, session);
> mem_info__put(mi);
>
> pydict_set_item_string_decref(dict, "datasrc_decode",
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-10 2:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-09 16:02 [PATCH v7 0/6] perf: Add support for memory region/range reporting Thomas Falcon
2026-09-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 1/6] perf mem: Fix size tracking for mem_lvl's in perf_script__meminfo_scnprintf() Thomas Falcon
2026-09-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 2/6] perf mem: Add support for printing PERF_MEM_LVLNUM_L0 Thomas Falcon
2026-09-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 3/6] perf header: Support memory ranges Thomas Falcon
2026-09-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 4/6] perf tools: Show memory region in perf-c2c subcommand Thomas Falcon
2026-09-10 2:19 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-09-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 5/6] perf tools: Show memory region in perf-script subcommand Thomas Falcon
2026-09-10 2:22 ` Mi, Dapeng [this message]
2026-09-10 14:10 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-09-09 16:02 ` [PATCH v7 6/6] perf c2c: print memory region data with stdio output Thomas Falcon
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