[PATCH 1/4] perf cs-etm: Only track threads instead of PID and TIDs
Mike Leach
mike.leach at linaro.org
Thu May 25 03:17:34 PDT 2023
On Wed, 24 May 2023 at 14:20, James Clark <james.clark at arm.com> wrote:
>
> PIDs and TIDs are already contained within the thread struct, so to
> avoid inconsistencies drop the extra members on the etm queue and only
> use the thread struct.
>
> At the same time stop using the 'unknown' thread. In a later commit
> we will be making samples from multiple machines so it will be better
> to use the idle thread of each machine rather than overlapping unknown
> threads. Using the idle thread is also better because kernel addresses
> with a previously unknown thread will now be assigned to a real kernel
> thread.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at arm.com>
> ---
> tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 124 ++++++++++++---------------------------
> 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 86 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> index 91299cc56bf7..ebffc9052561 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> @@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ struct cs_etm_auxtrace {
> struct auxtrace_heap heap;
> struct itrace_synth_opts synth_opts;
> struct perf_session *session;
> - struct machine *machine;
> - struct thread *unknown_thread;
> struct perf_tsc_conversion tc;
>
> /*
> @@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ struct cs_etm_auxtrace {
>
> struct cs_etm_traceid_queue {
> u8 trace_chan_id;
> - pid_t pid, tid;
> u64 period_instructions;
> size_t last_branch_pos;
> union perf_event *event_buf;
> @@ -480,9 +477,9 @@ static int cs_etm__init_traceid_queue(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> cs_etm__clear_packet_queue(&tidq->packet_queue);
>
> queue = &etmq->etm->queues.queue_array[etmq->queue_nr];
> - tidq->tid = queue->tid;
> - tidq->pid = -1;
> tidq->trace_chan_id = trace_chan_id;
> + tidq->thread = machine__findnew_thread(&etm->session->machines.host, -1,
> + queue->tid);
>
> tidq->packet = zalloc(sizeof(struct cs_etm_packet));
> if (!tidq->packet)
> @@ -863,7 +860,6 @@ static void cs_etm__free(struct perf_session *session)
> for (i = 0; i < aux->num_cpu; i++)
> zfree(&aux->metadata[i]);
>
> - thread__zput(aux->unknown_thread);
> zfree(&aux->metadata);
> zfree(&aux);
> }
> @@ -882,7 +878,7 @@ static u8 cs_etm__cpu_mode(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u64 address)
> {
> struct machine *machine;
>
> - machine = etmq->etm->machine;
> + machine = &etmq->etm->session->machines.host;
>
> if (address >= machine__kernel_start(machine)) {
> if (machine__is_host(machine))
> @@ -905,8 +901,6 @@ static u32 cs_etm__mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
> u8 cpumode;
> u64 offset;
> int len;
> - struct thread *thread;
> - struct machine *machine;
> struct addr_location al;
> struct dso *dso;
> struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
> @@ -914,20 +908,12 @@ static u32 cs_etm__mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
> if (!etmq)
> return 0;
>
> - machine = etmq->etm->machine;
> cpumode = cs_etm__cpu_mode(etmq, address);
> tidq = cs_etm__etmq_get_traceid_queue(etmq, trace_chan_id);
> if (!tidq)
> return 0;
>
> - thread = tidq->thread;
> - if (!thread) {
> - if (cpumode != PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL)
> - return 0;
> - thread = etmq->etm->unknown_thread;
> - }
> -
> - if (!thread__find_map(thread, cpumode, address, &al))
> + if (!thread__find_map(tidq->thread, cpumode, address, &al))
> return 0;
>
> dso = map__dso(al.map);
> @@ -942,7 +928,8 @@ static u32 cs_etm__mem_access(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq, u8 trace_chan_id,
>
> map__load(al.map);
>
> - len = dso__data_read_offset(dso, machine, offset, buffer, size);
> + len = dso__data_read_offset(dso, maps__machine(tidq->thread->maps),
> + offset, buffer, size);
>
> if (len <= 0) {
> ui__warning_once("CS ETM Trace: Missing DSO. Use 'perf archive' or debuginfod to export data from the traced system.\n"
> @@ -1303,39 +1290,31 @@ cs_etm__get_trace(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
> return etmq->buf_len;
> }
>
> -static void cs_etm__set_pid_tid_cpu(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
> - struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq)
> +static void cs_etm__set_thread(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
> + struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq, pid_t tid)
> {
> - if ((!tidq->thread) && (tidq->tid != -1))
> - tidq->thread = machine__find_thread(etm->machine, -1,
> - tidq->tid);
> + struct machine *machine = &etm->session->machines.host;
> +
> + if (tid != -1) {
> + thread__zput(tidq->thread);
> + tidq->thread = machine__find_thread(machine, -1, tid);
> + }
>
> - if (tidq->thread)
> - tidq->pid = tidq->thread->pid_;
> + /* Couldn't find a known thread */
> + if (!tidq->thread)
> + tidq->thread = machine__idle_thread(machine);
> }
>
> int cs_etm__etmq_set_tid(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> pid_t tid, u8 trace_chan_id)
> {
> - int cpu, err = -EINVAL;
> - struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm = etmq->etm;
> struct cs_etm_traceid_queue *tidq;
>
> tidq = cs_etm__etmq_get_traceid_queue(etmq, trace_chan_id);
> if (!tidq)
> - return err;
> -
> - if (cs_etm__get_cpu(trace_chan_id, &cpu) < 0)
> - return err;
> -
> - err = machine__set_current_tid(etm->machine, cpu, tid, tid);
> - if (err)
> - return err;
> -
> - tidq->tid = tid;
> - thread__zput(tidq->thread);
> + return -EINVAL;
>
> - cs_etm__set_pid_tid_cpu(etm, tidq);
> + cs_etm__set_thread(etmq->etm, tidq, tid);
> return 0;
> }
>
> @@ -1412,8 +1391,8 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_instruction_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> sample.time = cs_etm__resolve_sample_time(etmq, tidq);
>
> sample.ip = addr;
> - sample.pid = tidq->pid;
> - sample.tid = tidq->tid;
> + sample.pid = tidq->thread->pid_;
> + sample.tid = tidq->thread->tid;
> sample.id = etmq->etm->instructions_id;
> sample.stream_id = etmq->etm->instructions_id;
> sample.period = period;
> @@ -1471,8 +1450,8 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_branch_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
> sample.time = cs_etm__resolve_sample_time(etmq, tidq);
>
> sample.ip = ip;
> - sample.pid = tidq->pid;
> - sample.tid = tidq->tid;
> + sample.pid = tidq->thread->pid_;
> + sample.tid = tidq->thread->tid;
> sample.addr = cs_etm__first_executed_instr(tidq->packet);
> sample.id = etmq->etm->branches_id;
> sample.stream_id = etmq->etm->branches_id;
> @@ -2466,11 +2445,6 @@ static int cs_etm__process_timeless_queues(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
> if (!etmq)
> continue;
>
> - /*
> - * Per-cpu mode has contextIDs in the trace and the decoder
> - * calls cs_etm__set_pid_tid_cpu() automatically so no need
> - * to do this here
> - */
> if (etm->per_thread_decoding) {
> tidq = cs_etm__etmq_get_traceid_queue(
> etmq, CS_ETM_PER_THREAD_TRACEID);
> @@ -2478,10 +2452,8 @@ static int cs_etm__process_timeless_queues(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
> if (!tidq)
> continue;
>
> - if ((tid == -1) || (tidq->tid == tid)) {
> - cs_etm__set_pid_tid_cpu(etm, tidq);
> + if (tid == -1 || tidq->thread->tid == tid)
> cs_etm__run_per_thread_timeless_decoder(etmq);
> - }
> } else
> cs_etm__run_per_cpu_timeless_decoder(etmq);
> }
> @@ -2611,10 +2583,12 @@ static int cs_etm__process_itrace_start(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
> return 0;
>
> /*
> - * Add the tid/pid to the log so that we can get a match when
> - * we get a contextID from the decoder.
> + * Add the tid/pid to the log so that we can get a match when we get a
> + * contextID from the decoder. Only track for the host: only kernel
> + * trace is supported for guests which wouldn't need pids so this should
> + * be fine.
> */
> - th = machine__findnew_thread(etm->machine,
> + th = machine__findnew_thread(&etm->session->machines.host,
> event->itrace_start.pid,
> event->itrace_start.tid);
> if (!th)
> @@ -2647,10 +2621,12 @@ static int cs_etm__process_switch_cpu_wide(struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm,
> return 0;
>
> /*
> - * Add the tid/pid to the log so that we can get a match when
> - * we get a contextID from the decoder.
> + * Add the tid/pid to the log so that we can get a match when we get a
> + * contextID from the decoder. Only track for the host: only kernel
> + * trace is supported for guests which wouldn't need pids so this should
> + * be fine.
> */
> - th = machine__findnew_thread(etm->machine,
> + th = machine__findnew_thread(&etm->session->machines.host,
> event->context_switch.next_prev_pid,
> event->context_switch.next_prev_tid);
> if (!th)
> @@ -3259,7 +3235,6 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union perf_event *event,
> }
>
> etm->session = session;
> - etm->machine = &session->machines.host;
>
> etm->num_cpu = num_cpu;
> etm->pmu_type = (unsigned int) ((ptr[CS_PMU_TYPE_CPUS] >> 32) & 0xffffffff);
> @@ -3286,27 +3261,6 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union perf_event *event,
> if (err)
> return err;
>
> - etm->unknown_thread = thread__new(999999999, 999999999);
> - if (!etm->unknown_thread) {
> - err = -ENOMEM;
> - goto err_free_queues;
> - }
> -
> - /*
> - * Initialize list node so that at thread__zput() we can avoid
> - * segmentation fault at list_del_init().
> - */
> - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&etm->unknown_thread->node);
> -
> - err = thread__set_comm(etm->unknown_thread, "unknown", 0);
> - if (err)
> - goto err_delete_thread;
> -
> - if (thread__init_maps(etm->unknown_thread, etm->machine)) {
> - err = -ENOMEM;
> - goto err_delete_thread;
> - }
> -
> etm->tc.time_shift = tc->time_shift;
> etm->tc.time_mult = tc->time_mult;
> etm->tc.time_zero = tc->time_zero;
> @@ -3318,7 +3272,7 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union perf_event *event,
> }
> err = cs_etm__synth_events(etm, session);
> if (err)
> - goto err_delete_thread;
> + goto err_free_queues;
>
> /*
> * Map Trace ID values to CPU metadata.
> @@ -3348,7 +3302,7 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union perf_event *event,
> session->header.data_size,
> cs_etm__process_aux_hw_id_cb, &aux_hw_id_found);
> if (err)
> - goto err_delete_thread;
> + goto err_free_queues;
>
> /* if HW ID found then clear any unused metadata ID values */
> if (aux_hw_id_found)
> @@ -3358,17 +3312,15 @@ int cs_etm__process_auxtrace_info_full(union perf_event *event,
> err = cs_etm__map_trace_ids_metadata(num_cpu, metadata);
>
> if (err)
> - goto err_delete_thread;
> + goto err_free_queues;
>
> err = cs_etm__queue_aux_records(session);
> if (err)
> - goto err_delete_thread;
> + goto err_free_queues;
>
> etm->data_queued = etm->queues.populated;
> return 0;
>
> -err_delete_thread:
> - thread__zput(etm->unknown_thread);
> err_free_queues:
> auxtrace_queues__free(&etm->queues);
> session->auxtrace = NULL;
> --
> 2.34.1
>
Reviewed-by: Mike Leach <mike.leach at linaro.org>
--
Mike Leach
Principal Engineer, ARM Ltd.
Manchester Design Centre. UK
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