[PATCH V6 6/8] perf/tools: Extend branch type classification

[Anshuman Khandual]

On 6/14/22 22:23, German Gomez wrote:
> Hi Anshuman,
> 
> On 10/06/2022 04:50, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> This updates the perf tool with generic branch type classification with new
>> ABI extender place holder i.e PERF_BR_EXTEND_ABI, the new 4 bit branch type
>> field i.e perf_branch_entry.new_type, new generic page fault related branch
>> types and some arch specific branch types as added earlier in the kernel.
>>
>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>
>> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at kernel.org>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
>> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin at linux.intel.com>
>> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa at redhat.com>
>> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung at kernel.org>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx at linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
>> Cc: linux-perf-users at vger.kernel.org
>> Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>
>> ---
>>  tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 16 ++++++++-
>>  tools/perf/builtin-script.c           |  2 +-
>>  tools/perf/util/branch.c              | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>  tools/perf/util/branch.h              |  6 +++-
>>  tools/perf/util/session.c             |  2 +-
>>  5 files changed, 73 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
>> index 26d8f0b5ac0d..d29280adc3c4 100644
>> --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
>> +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
>> @@ -255,9 +255,22 @@ enum {
>>  	PERF_BR_IRQ		= 12,	/* irq */
>>  	PERF_BR_SERROR		= 13,	/* system error */
>>  	PERF_BR_NO_TX		= 14,	/* not in transaction */
>> +	PERF_BR_EXTEND_ABI	= 15,	/* extend ABI */
>>  	PERF_BR_MAX,
>>  };
>>  
>> +enum {
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_FAULT_ALGN		= 0,    /* Alignment fault */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_FAULT_DATA		= 1,    /* Data fault */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_FAULT_INST		= 2,    /* Inst fault */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_ARCH_1		= 3,    /* Architecture specific */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_ARCH_2		= 4,    /* Architecture specific */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_ARCH_3		= 5,    /* Architecture specific */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_ARCH_4		= 6,    /* Architecture specific */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_ARCH_5		= 7,    /* Architecture specific */
>> +	PERF_BR_NEW_MAX,
>> +};
>> +
>>  #define PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL \
>>  	(PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER|\
>>  	 PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL|\
>> @@ -1372,7 +1385,8 @@ struct perf_branch_entry {
>>  		abort:1,    /* transaction abort */
>>  		cycles:16,  /* cycle count to last branch */
>>  		type:4,     /* branch type */
>> -		reserved:40;
>> +		new_type:4, /* additional branch type */
>> +		reserved:36;
>>  };
>>  
>>  union perf_sample_weight {
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> index c689054002cc..d4d581230f23 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
>> @@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ static int print_bstack_flags(FILE *fp, struct branch_entry *br)
>>  		       br->flags.in_tx ? 'X' : '-',
>>  		       br->flags.abort ? 'A' : '-',
>>  		       br->flags.cycles,
>> -		       br->flags.type ? branch_type_name(br->flags.type) : "-");
>> +		       get_branch_type(br));
> (Small comment below regarding this line)
> 
>>  }
>>  
>>  static int perf_sample__fprintf_brstack(struct perf_sample *sample,
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/branch.c b/tools/perf/util/branch.c
>> index abc673347bee..6d962b0a4532 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/branch.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/branch.c
>> @@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ void branch_type_count(struct branch_type_stat *st, struct branch_flags *flags,
>>  	if (flags->type == PERF_BR_UNKNOWN || from == 0)
>>  		return;
>>  
>> -	st->counts[flags->type]++;
>> +	if (flags->type == PERF_BR_EXTEND_ABI)
>> +		st->new_counts[flags->new_type]++;
>> +	else
>> +		st->counts[flags->type]++;
>>  
>>  	if (flags->type == PERF_BR_COND) {
>>  		if (to > from)
>> @@ -36,6 +39,25 @@ void branch_type_count(struct branch_type_stat *st, struct branch_flags *flags,
>>  		st->cross_4k++;
>>  }
>>  
>> +const char *branch_new_type_name(int new_type)
>> +{
>> +	const char *branch_new_names[PERF_BR_NEW_MAX] = {
>> +		"FAULT_ALGN",
>> +		"FAULT_DATA",
>> +		"FAULT_INST",
>> +		"ARCH_1",
>> +		"ARCH_2",
>> +		"ARCH_3",
>> +		"ARCH_4",
>> +		"ARCH_5"
>> +	};
>> +
>> +	if (new_type >= 0 && new_type < PERF_BR_NEW_MAX)
>> +		return branch_new_names[new_type];
>> +
>> +	return NULL;
>> +}
>> +
>>  const char *branch_type_name(int type)
>>  {
>>  	const char *branch_names[PERF_BR_MAX] = {
>> @@ -62,6 +84,17 @@ const char *branch_type_name(int type)
>>  	return NULL;
>>  }
>>  
>> +const char *get_branch_type(struct branch_entry *e)
>> +{
>> +	if (e->flags.type == PERF_BR_UNKNOWN)
>> +		return "";
> There is a small change of behavior in "perf script --field brstack".
> Unknown branches were printed as "-" before but now it's an empty
> string.

get_branch_type() replaces print output in two different functions.
branch_stack__printf() used to print a space " " for PERF_BR_UNKNOWN,
and print_bstack_flags() used to print a "-" for PERF_BR_UNKNOWN.
When they are factorized via get_branch_type(), one of those print
formats need to be choosen.