[EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] drivers: perf: Add LLC-TAD perf counter support

Bhaskara Budiredla bbudiredla at marvell.com
Mon Aug 2 07:34:16 PDT 2021


Hi Will,

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 2, 2021 4:04 PM
>To: Bhaskara Budiredla <bbudiredla at marvell.com>
>Cc: mark.rutland at arm.com; Sunil Kovvuri Goutham
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>Subject: [EXT] Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] drivers: perf: Add LLC-TAD perf counter
>support
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>On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 07:28:49PM +0530, Bhaskara Budiredla wrote:
>> This driver adds support for Last-level cache tag-and-data unit
>> (LLC-TAD) PMU that is featured in some of the Marvell's CN10K
>> infrastructure silicons.
>>
>> The LLC is divided into 2N slices distributed across N Mesh tiles in a
>> single-socket configuration. The driver always configures the same
>> counter for all of the TADs. The user would end up effectively
>> reserving one of eight counters in every TAD to look across all TADs.
>> The occurrences of events are aggregated and presented to the user at
>> the end of an application run. The driver does not provide a way for
>> the user to partition TADs so that different TADs are used for
>> different applications.
>>
>> The event counters are zeroed to start event counting to avoid any
>> rollover issues. TAD perf counters are 64-bit, so it's not currently
>> possible to overflow event counters at current mesh and core
>> frequencies.
>
>I couldn't spot where you disable sampling events, which rely heavily on
>detecting overflow. Probably need PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT.

Sampling is not supported as counters are 64-bit. I will add
PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT flag to pmu capabilities.

>
>> To measure tad pmu events use perf tool stat command. For instance:
>>
>> perf stat -e tad_dat_msh_in_dss,tad_req_msh_out_any <application> perf
>> stat -e tad_alloc_any,tad_hit_any,tad_tag_rd <application>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bhaskara Budiredla <bbudiredla at marvell.com>
>> ---
>>  .../bindings/perf/marvell-cn10k-tad-pmu.txt   |  20 +
>
>Adding the DT list for this ^^ as it looks a bit odd to me (also shouldn't it be in
>YAML?)

It was just for reference. Actual entries expected to be
amended by ATF. I will fix the formatting.

>
>>  drivers/perf/Kconfig                          |   7 +
>>  drivers/perf/Makefile                         |   1 +
>>  drivers/perf/marvell_cn10k_tad_pmu.c          | 428 ++++++++++++++++++
>
>-ENODOCUMENTATION
>
>>  4 files changed, 456 insertions(+)
>>  create mode 100644
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/marvell-cn10k-tad-pmu.txt
>>  create mode 100644 drivers/perf/marvell_cn10k_tad_pmu.c
>>
>> diff --git
>> a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/marvell-cn10k-tad-pmu.txt
>> b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/marvell-cn10k-tad-pmu.txt
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..8b1f753303e2
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/perf/marvell-cn10k-tad-pmu.txt
>> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
>> +* Marvell CN10K LLC-TAD performace monitor unit
>> +
>> +Required properties:
>> +- compatible: must be:
>> +	"marvell,cn10k-tad-pmu"
>> +- tad-cnt: number of tad pmu regions
>> +- tad-page-size: size of entire tad block
>> +- tad-pmu-page-size: size of one tad pmu region
>> +- reg: physical address and size
>> +
>> +Example:
>> +
>> +/* Actual values updated by firmware at boot time */ tad_pmu {
>> +	compatible = "marvell,cn10k-tad-pmu";
>> +	tad-cnt = <1>;
>> +	tad-page-size = <0x1000>;
>> +	tad-pmu-page-size = <0x1000>;
>> +	reg = <0x87e2 0x80000000 0x0 0x1000>; };
>> diff --git a/drivers/perf/Kconfig b/drivers/perf/Kconfig index
>> 77522e5efe11..73dca11f8080 100644
>> --- a/drivers/perf/Kconfig
>> +++ b/drivers/perf/Kconfig
>> @@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ config ARM_DMC620_PMU
>>  	  Support for PMU events monitoring on the ARM DMC-620 memory
>>  	  controller.
>>
>> +config MARVELL_CN10K_TAD_PMU
>> +	tristate "Marvell CN10K LLC-TAD PMU"
>> +	depends on ARM64
>> +	help
>> +	  Provides support for Last-Level cache Tag-and-data Units (LLC-TAD)
>> +	  performance monitors on CN10K family silicons.
>> +
>>  source "drivers/perf/hisilicon/Kconfig"
>>
>>  endmenu
>> diff --git a/drivers/perf/Makefile b/drivers/perf/Makefile index
>> 5260b116c7da..2db5418d5b0a 100644
>> --- a/drivers/perf/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/perf/Makefile
>> @@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_THUNDERX2_PMU) +=
>thunderx2_pmu.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_XGENE_PMU) += xgene_pmu.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_SPE_PMU) += arm_spe_pmu.o
>>  obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_DMC620_PMU) += arm_dmc620_pmu.o
>> +obj-$(CONFIG_MARVELL_CN10K_TAD_PMU) += marvell_cn10k_tad_pmu.o
>> diff --git a/drivers/perf/marvell_cn10k_tad_pmu.c
>> b/drivers/perf/marvell_cn10k_tad_pmu.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..99878de481f0
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/drivers/perf/marvell_cn10k_tad_pmu.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,428 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +/* Marvell CN10K LLC-TAD perf driver
>> + *
>> + * Copyright (C) 2021 Marvell.
>> + *
>> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
>> +modify
>> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
>> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
>> + */
>> +
>> +#define pr_fmt(fmt) "tad_pmu: " fmt
>> +
>> +#include <linux/module.h>
>> +#include <linux/of.h>
>> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
>> +#include <linux/of_device.h>
>> +#include <linux/cpuhotplug.h>
>> +#include <linux/perf_event.h>
>> +#include <linux/platform_device.h>
>> +#include <linux/arm-smccc.h>
>> +
>> +#define TAD_PFC_OFFSET		0x0800
>> +#define TAD_PFC(counter)	(TAD_PFC_OFFSET | (counter << 3))
>> +#define TAD_PRF_OFFSET		0x0900
>> +#define TAD_PRF(counter)	(TAD_PRF_OFFSET | (counter << 3))
>> +#define TAD_PRF_CNTSEL_MASK	0xFF
>> +#define TAD_MAX_COUNTERS	8
>> +
>> +#define to_tad_pmu(p) (container_of(p, struct tad_pmu, pmu))
>> +
>> +struct tad_region {
>> +	void __iomem	*base;
>> +};
>> +
>> +struct tad_pmu {
>> +	struct pmu pmu;
>> +	struct tad_region *regions;
>> +	u32 region_cnt;
>> +	unsigned int cpu;
>> +	struct hlist_node node;
>> +	struct perf_event *events[TAD_MAX_COUNTERS];
>> +	DECLARE_BITMAP(counters_map, TAD_MAX_COUNTERS); };
>> +
>> +static int tad_pmu_cpuhp_state;
>> +
>> +static void tad_pmu_event_counter_read(struct perf_event *event) {
>> +	struct tad_pmu *tad_pmu = to_tad_pmu(event->pmu);
>> +	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
>> +	u32 counter_idx = hwc->idx;
>> +	u64 delta, prev, new;
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	do {
>> +		prev = local64_read(&hwc->prev_count);
>> +		for (i = 0, new = 0; i < tad_pmu->region_cnt; i++)
>> +			new += readq(tad_pmu->regions[i].base +
>> +				     TAD_PFC(counter_idx));
>> +	} while (local64_cmpxchg(&hwc->prev_count, prev, new) != prev);
>> +
>> +	delta = (new - prev) & GENMASK_ULL(63, 0);
>> +	local64_add(delta, &event->count);
>> +}
>> +
>> +static void tad_pmu_event_counter_stop(struct perf_event *event, int
>> +flags) {
>> +	struct tad_pmu *tad_pmu = to_tad_pmu(event->pmu);
>> +	struct hw_perf_event *hwc = &event->hw;
>> +	u32 counter_idx = hwc->idx;
>> +	int i;
>> +
>> +	/* TAD()_PFC() stop counting on the write
>> +	 * which sets TAD()_PRF()[CNTSEL] == 0
>> +	 */
>> +	for (i = 0; i < tad_pmu->region_cnt; i++)
>> +		writeq(0, tad_pmu->regions[i].base + TAD_PRF(counter_idx));
>
>writeq_relaxed() should be sufficient for this (and the others in this driver),
>no?

Yes, *_relaxed() is sufficient for writes. Taken.

>
>> +static ssize_t tad_pmu_event_show(struct device *dev,
>> +				struct device_attribute *attr, char *page) {
>> +	struct perf_pmu_events_attr *pmu_attr;
>> +
>> +	pmu_attr = container_of(attr, struct perf_pmu_events_attr, attr);
>> +	return sprintf(page, "event=0x%02llx\n", pmu_attr->id); }
>> +
>> +#define TAD_PMU_EVENT_ATTR(_name, _id)
>		\
>> +	(&((struct perf_pmu_events_attr[]) {				\
>> +		{ .attr = __ATTR(_name, 0444, tad_pmu_event_show, NULL),\
>> +		  .id = _id, }						\
>> +	})[0].attr.attr)
>
>Use PMU_EVENT_ATTR_ID instead?

Ok, taken.

>
>> +static int tad_pmu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev) {
>> +	struct device_node *node = pdev->dev.of_node;
>> +	struct tad_region *regions;
>> +	struct tad_pmu *tad_pmu;
>> +	struct resource *res;
>> +	u32 tad_pmu_page_size;
>> +	u32 tad_page_size;
>> +	u32 tad_cnt;
>> +	int i, ret;
>> +	char *name;
>> +
>> +	tad_pmu = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*tad_pmu),
>GFP_KERNEL);
>> +	if (!tad_pmu)
>> +		return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> +	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, tad_pmu);
>> +
>> +	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
>> +	if (!res) {
>> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Mem resource not found\n");
>> +		return -ENODEV;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	ret = of_property_read_u32(node, "tad-page-size", &tad_page_size);
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't find tad-page-size property\n");
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	ret = of_property_read_u32(node, "tad-pmu-page-size",
>> +				   &tad_pmu_page_size);
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't find tad-pmu-page-size
>property\n");
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	ret = of_property_read_u32(node, "tad-cnt", &tad_cnt);
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Can't find tad-cnt property\n");
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	regions = kcalloc(tad_cnt, sizeof(*regions), GFP_KERNEL);
>
>devm_kcalloc() instead?

Agree, taken.

>
>Will



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