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[PATCH 29/30] perf intel-pt: Do not use TSC packets for calculating CPU cycles to TSC

From Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH 29/30] perf intel-pt: Do not use TSC packets for calculating CPU cycles to TSC
Date 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
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From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>

CBR (core-to-bus ratio) packets provide an indication of CPU frequency. A
more accurate measure can be made by counting the cycles (given by CYC
packets) in between other timing packets (either MTC or TSC). Using TSC
packets has at least 2 issues: 1) timing might have stopped (e.g. mwait) or
2) TSC packets within PSB+ might slip past CYC packets. For now, simply do
not use TSC packets for calculating CPU cycles to TSC. That leaves the case
where 2 MTC packets are used, otherwise falling back to the CBR value.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1495786658-18063-37-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index 5dea06289db5..aa1593ce551d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -711,6 +711,12 @@ static int intel_pt_calc_cyc_cb(struct intel_pt_pkt_info *pkt_info)
 		break;
 
 	case INTEL_PT_TSC:
+		/*
+		 * For now, do not support using TSC packets - refer
+		 * intel_pt_calc_cyc_to_tsc().
+		 */
+		if (data->from_mtc)
+			return 1;
 		timestamp = pkt_info->packet.payload |
 			    (data->timestamp & (0xffULL << 56));
 		if (data->from_mtc && timestamp < data->timestamp &&
@@ -828,6 +834,14 @@ static void intel_pt_calc_cyc_to_tsc(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder,
 		.cbr_cyc_to_tsc = 0,
 	};
 
+	/*
+	 * For now, do not support using TSC packets for at least the reasons:
+	 * 1) timing might have stopped
+	 * 2) TSC packets within PSB+ can slip against CYC packets
+	 */
+	if (!from_mtc)
+		return;
+
 	intel_pt_pkt_lookahead(decoder, intel_pt_calc_cyc_cb, &data);
 }
 
-- 
2.9.4

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[GIT PULL 00/30] perf/core improvements and fixes Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 03/30] perf help: Elliminate dup code for reporting Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 12/30] x86/insn: perf tools: Add new ptwrite instruction Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 19/30] perf intel-pt: Factor out common code synthesizing event samples Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 30/30] perf auxtrace: Add CPU filter support Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 08/30] perf tools: Replace error() with pr_err() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 05/30] perf config: Use pr_warning() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 22/30] perf intel-pt: Tidy Intel PT evsel lookup into separate function Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 25/30] perf intel-pt: Move code in intel_pt_synth_events() to simplify attr setting Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 11/30] perf jit: fix typo: "incalid" -> "invalid" Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 24/30] perf intel-pt: Factor out intel_pt_set_event_name() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 20/30] perf intel-pt: Remove unused instructions_sample_period Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 14/30] tools include: Add byte-swapping macros to kernel.h Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 04/30] perf help: Use pr_warning() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 27/30] perf intel-pt: Add example script for power events and PTWRITE Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 29/30] perf intel-pt: Do not use TSC packets for calculating CPU cycles to TSC Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 17/30] perf script: Add 'synth' field for synthesized event payloads Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 26/30] perf intel-pt: Synthesize new power and "ptwrite" events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 15/30] perf auxtrace: Add itrace option to output ptwrite events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 01/30] perf tests: Add platform dependency to test 15 Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 23/30] perf intel-pt: Tidy messages into called function intel_pt_synth_event() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 28/30] perf intel-pt: Update documentation to include new ptwrite and power events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 21/30] perf intel-pt: Join needlessly wrapped lines Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 18/30] perf script: Add synthesized Intel PT power and ptwrite events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:30 +0200
  [PATCH 13/30] perf script: Add 'synth' event type for synthesized events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 02/30] perf help: Introduce exec_failed() to avoid code duplication Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 10/30] perf tools: Kill die() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 07/30] perf tools: Remove warning() Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 09/30] perf config: Do not die when parsing u64 or int config values Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 16/30] perf auxtrace: Add itrace option to output power events Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 00:40 +0200
  Re: [GIT PULL 00/30] perf/core improvements and fixes Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2017-07-01 10:50 +0200

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