[PATCH 2/4] perf arm_spe: Turn event name mappings into an array

James Clark james.clark at linaro.org
Thu Apr 2 02:48:41 PDT 2026



On 02/04/2026 10:13 am, Leo Yan wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 01, 2026 at 03:25:50PM +0100, James Clark wrote:
>> This is so we can have a single function that prints events and can be
>> used with multiple mappings from different CPUs. Remove any bit that was
>> printed so that later we can print out the remaining unknown impdef
>> bits.
>>
>> No functional changes intended.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>   .../util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c     | 88 +++++++++++-----------
>>   1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
>> index 5769ba2f4140..c880b0dec3a1 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe-decoder/arm-spe-pkt-decoder.c
>> @@ -276,6 +276,48 @@ static int arm_spe_pkt_out_string(int *err, char **buf_p, size_t *blen,
>>   	return ret;
>>   }
>>   
>> +struct ev_string {
>> +	u8 event;
>> +	const char *desc;
>> +};
> 
> Maybe we can have more ambition to define a more general structure:
> 
>    struct packet_field_string {
>    	u64 bit_mask;
>    	u64 bit_val;
>    	const char *desc;
>    };
> 
> Thus, this also can be used by other bit fields decoding.  We can do
> this now or if later refactor for other packets.
> 
> Either way is fine for me:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan at arm.com>
> 

Thanks. I think I'll leave it as it is, there's a risk of making it too 
generic and then it doesn't fit any other use case anyway. We can always 
add it later.

>> +
>> +static const struct ev_string common_ev_strings[] = {
>> +	{ .event = EV_EXCEPTION_GEN, .desc = "EXCEPTION-GEN" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_RETIRED, .desc = "RETIRED" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_L1D_ACCESS, .desc = "L1D-ACCESS" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_L1D_REFILL, .desc = "L1D-REFILL" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_TLB_ACCESS, .desc = "TLB-ACCESS" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_TLB_WALK, .desc = "TLB-REFILL" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_NOT_TAKEN, .desc = "NOT-TAKEN" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_MISPRED, .desc = "MISPRED" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_LLC_ACCESS, .desc = "LLC-ACCESS" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_LLC_MISS, .desc = "LLC-REFILL" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_REMOTE_ACCESS, .desc = "REMOTE-ACCESS" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_ALIGNMENT, .desc = "ALIGNMENT" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_TRANSACTIONAL, .desc = "TXN" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_PARTIAL_PREDICATE, .desc = "SVE-PARTIAL-PRED" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_EMPTY_PREDICATE, .desc = "SVE-EMPTY-PRED" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_L2D_ACCESS, .desc = "L2D-ACCESS" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_L2D_MISS, .desc = "L2D-MISS" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_CACHE_DATA_MODIFIED, .desc = "HITM" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_RECENTLY_FETCHED, .desc = "LFB" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_DATA_SNOOPED, .desc = "SNOOPED" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_STREAMING_SVE_MODE, .desc = "STREAMING-SVE" },
>> +	{ .event = EV_SMCU, .desc = "SMCU" },
>> +	{ .event = 0, .desc = NULL },
>> +};
>> +
>> +static u64 print_event_list(int *err, char **buf, size_t *buf_len,
>> +			    const struct ev_string *ev_strings, u64 payload)
>> +{
>> +	for (const struct ev_string *ev = ev_strings; ev->desc != NULL; ev++) {
>> +		if (payload & BIT(ev->event))
>> +			arm_spe_pkt_out_string(err, buf, buf_len, " %s", ev->desc);
>> +		payload &= ~BIT(ev->event);
>> +	}
>> +	return payload;
>> +}
>> +
>>   static int arm_spe_pkt_desc_event(const struct arm_spe_pkt *packet,
>>   				  char *buf, size_t buf_len)
>>   {
>> @@ -283,51 +325,7 @@ static int arm_spe_pkt_desc_event(const struct arm_spe_pkt *packet,
>>   	int err = 0;
>>   
>>   	arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, "EV");
>> -
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_EXCEPTION_GEN))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " EXCEPTION-GEN");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_RETIRED))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " RETIRED");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_L1D_ACCESS))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " L1D-ACCESS");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_L1D_REFILL))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " L1D-REFILL");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_TLB_ACCESS))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " TLB-ACCESS");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_TLB_WALK))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " TLB-REFILL");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_NOT_TAKEN))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " NOT-TAKEN");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_MISPRED))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " MISPRED");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_LLC_ACCESS))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " LLC-ACCESS");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_LLC_MISS))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " LLC-REFILL");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_REMOTE_ACCESS))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " REMOTE-ACCESS");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_ALIGNMENT))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " ALIGNMENT");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_TRANSACTIONAL))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " TXN");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_PARTIAL_PREDICATE))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " SVE-PARTIAL-PRED");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_EMPTY_PREDICATE))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " SVE-EMPTY-PRED");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_L2D_ACCESS))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " L2D-ACCESS");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_L2D_MISS))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " L2D-MISS");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_CACHE_DATA_MODIFIED))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " HITM");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_RECENTLY_FETCHED))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " LFB");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_DATA_SNOOPED))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " SNOOPED");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_STREAMING_SVE_MODE))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " STREAMING-SVE");
>> -	if (payload & BIT(EV_SMCU))
>> -		arm_spe_pkt_out_string(&err, &buf, &buf_len, " SMCU");
>> +	print_event_list(&err, &buf, &buf_len, common_ev_strings, payload);
>>   
>>   	return err;
>>   }
>>
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>
>>




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