From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A8A9C433DF for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C01D206C1 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:56:16 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="aRPLOTkU" Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726802AbgFVI4P (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:56:15 -0400 Received: from us-smtp-2.mimecast.com ([207.211.31.81]:27465 "EHLO us-smtp-1.mimecast.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1725907AbgFVI4O (ORCPT ); Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:56:14 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1592816171; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=XLtzd2u4aH0M4atxAdxeqUNujIW+HCg1u9PVTEKGfzk=; b=aRPLOTkUo90gi9uzO487UCH2my9PxpS0HGs4XNLWce34gzpxKZGbkI3ejflPsmDIMU2RW8 Of5IGz0whvjvkUHHM4BrfDAp5g1xa9k7W0dxNmoWRcHdI3AFQo7IbaHK1EsQmjk8td5pvS yNa0L8yNUwiwdmgFE+RVG188C3N5KyE= Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-5-Qq8gnHdKMwarfRUH_mxY7g-1; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 04:56:02 -0400 X-MC-Unique: Qq8gnHdKMwarfRUH_mxY7g-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx06.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.16]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5901418FE861; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:56:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from krava (unknown [10.40.193.171]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 4D7B95C240; Mon, 22 Jun 2020 08:55:59 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 10:55:58 +0200 From: Jiri Olsa To: Alexey Budankov Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , Alexander Shishkin , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Andi Kleen , linux-kernel Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/13] perf: support enable and disable commands in stat and record modes Message-ID: <20200622085558.GB2556590@krava> References: <0781a077-aa82-5b4a-273e-c17372a72b93@linux.intel.com> <4a55f340-0d7a-7dd6-9bd9-7a0d98d63d01@linux.intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4a55f340-0d7a-7dd6-9bd9-7a0d98d63d01@linux.intel.com> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.16 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 06:38:34AM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote: > > Hi, > > On 17.06.2020 11:30, Alexey Budankov wrote: > > > > Changes in v8: > > - avoided moving of fds at fdarray__filter() call > > - skipped counting of fds with zeroed revents at fdarray__filter() call > > - converted explicit --ctl-fd[-ack] into --control fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd option > > - updated docs to accommodate --control fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd] option > > Are there any questions or thoughts so far? hi, I'm waiting on some comment for: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200615165802.GD2088119@krava/ jirka > > Thanks, > Alexey > > > > > v7: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5de4b954-24f0-1e8d-5a0d-7b12783b8218@linux.intel.com/ > > > > Changes in v7: > > - added missing perf-record.txt changes > > - adjusted docs wording for --ctl-fd,ctl-fd-ack options > > to additionally mention --delay=-1 effect > > > > v6: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/f8e3a714-d9b1-4647-e1d2-9981cbaa83ec@linux.intel.com/ > > > > Changes in v6: > > - split re-factoring of events handling loops for stat mode > > into smaller incremental parts > > - added parts missing at v5 > > - corrected v5 runtime issues > > > > v5: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/e5cac8dd-7aa4-ec7c-671c-07756907acba@linux.intel.com/ > > > > Changes in v5: > > - split re-factoring of events handling loops for stat mode > > into smaller incremental parts > > > > v4: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/653fe5f3-c986-a841-1ed8-0a7d2fa24c00@linux.intel.com/ > > > > Changes in v4: > > - made checking of ctlfd state unconditional in record trace streaming loop > > - introduced static poll fds to keep evlist__filter_pollfd() unaffected > > - handled ret code of evlist__initialize_ctlfd() where need > > - renamed and structured handle_events() function > > - applied anonymous structs where needed > > > > v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/eb38e9e5-754f-d410-1d9b-e26b702d51b7@linux.intel.com/ > > > > Changes in v3: > > - renamed functions and types from perf_evlist_ to evlist_ to avoid > > clash with libperf code; > > - extended commands to be strings of variable length consisting of > > command name and also possibly including command specific data; > > - merged docs update with the code changes; > > - updated docs for -D,--delay=-1 option for stat and record modes; > > > > v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/d582cc3d-2302-c7e2-70d3-bc7ab6f628c3@linux.intel.com/ > > > > Changes in v2: > > - renamed resume and pause commands to enable and disable ones, renamed > > CTL_CMD_RESUME and CTL_CMD_PAUSE to CTL_CMD_ENABLE and CTL_CMD_DISABLE > > to fit to the appropriate ioctls and avoid mixing up with PAUSE_OUTPUT > > ioctl; > > - factored out event handling loop into a handle_events() for stat mode; > > - separated -D,--delay=-1 into separate patches for stat and record modes; > > > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/825a5132-b58d-c0b6-b050-5a6040386ec7@linux.intel.com/ > > > > repo: tip of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/linux.git perf/core > > > > The patch set implements handling of 'start disabled', 'enable' and 'disable' > > external control commands which can be provided for stat and record modes > > of the tool from an external controlling process. 'start disabled' command > > can be used to postpone enabling of events in the beginning of a monitoring > > session. 'enable' and 'disable' commands can be used to enable and disable > > events correspondingly any time after the start of the session. > > > > The 'start disabled', 'enable' and 'disable' external control commands can be > > used to focus measurement on specially selected time intervals of workload > > execution. Focused measurement reduces tool intrusion and influence on > > workload behavior, reduces distortion and amount of collected and stored > > data, mitigates data accuracy loss because measurement and data capturing > > happen only during intervals of interest. > > > > A controlling process can be a bash shell script [1], native executable or > > any other language program that can directly work with file descriptors, > > e.g. pipes [2], and spawn a process, specially the tool one. > > > > -D,--delay option is extended with -1 value to skip events enabling > > in the beginning of a monitoring session ('start disabled' command). > > --control fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd] command line option is introduced to provide the > > tool with a pair of file descriptors to listen to control commands and reply > > to the controlling process on the completion of received commands. > > > > The tool reads control command message from ctl-fd descriptor, handles the > > command and optionally replies acknowledgement message to ack-fd descriptor, > > if it is specified on the command line. 'enable' command is recognized as > > 'enable' string message and 'disable' command is recognized as 'disable' > > string message both received from ctl-fd descriptor. Completion message is > > 'ack\n' and sent to ack-fd descriptor. > > > > Example bash script demonstrating simple use case follows: > > > > #!/bin/bash > > > > ctl_dir=/tmp/ > > > > ctl_fifo=${ctl_dir}perf_ctl.fifo > > test -p ${ctl_fifo} && unlink ${ctl_fifo} > > mkfifo ${ctl_fifo} && exec {ctl_fd}<>${ctl_fifo} > > > > ctl_ack_fifo=${ctl_dir}perf_ctl_ack.fifo > > test -p ${ctl_ack_fifo} && unlink ${ctl_ack_fifo} > > mkfifo ${ctl_ack_fifo} && exec {ctl_fd_ack}<>${ctl_ack_fifo} > > > > perf stat -D -1 -e cpu-cycles -a -I 1000 \ > > --control fd:${ctl_fd},${ctl_fd_ack} \ > > -- sleep 40 & > > perf_pid=$! > > > > sleep 5 && echo 'enable' >&${ctl_fd} && read -u ${ctl_fd_ack} e1 && echo "enabled(${e1})" > > sleep 10 && echo 'disable' >&${ctl_fd} && read -u ${ctl_fd_ack} d1 && echo "disabled(${d1})" > > sleep 5 && echo 'enable' >&${ctl_fd} && read -u ${ctl_fd_ack} e2 && echo "enabled(${e2})" > > sleep 10 && echo 'disable' >&${ctl_fd} && read -u ${ctl_fd_ack} d2 && echo "disabled(${d2})" > > > > exec {ctl_fd_ack}>&- && unlink ${ctl_ack_fifo} > > exec {ctl_fd}>&- && unlink ${ctl_fifo} > > > > wait -n ${perf_pid} > > exit $? > > > > > > Script output: > > > > [root@host dir] example > > Events disabled > > # time counts unit events > > 1.001101062 cpu-cycles > > 2.002994944 cpu-cycles > > 3.004864340 cpu-cycles > > 4.006727177 cpu-cycles > > Events enabled > > enabled(ack) > > 4.993808464 3,124,246 cpu-cycles > > 5.008597004 3,325,624 cpu-cycles > > 6.010387483 83,472,992 cpu-cycles > > 7.012266598 55,877,621 cpu-cycles > > 8.014175695 97,892,729 cpu-cycles > > 9.016056093 68,461,242 cpu-cycles > > 10.017937507 55,449,643 cpu-cycles > > 11.019830154 68,938,167 cpu-cycles > > 12.021719952 55,164,101 cpu-cycles > > 13.023627550 70,535,720 cpu-cycles > > 14.025580995 53,240,125 cpu-cycles > > disabled(ack) > > 14.997518260 53,558,068 cpu-cycles > > Events disabled > > 15.027216416 cpu-cycles > > 16.029052729 cpu-cycles > > 17.030904762 cpu-cycles > > 18.032073424 cpu-cycles > > 19.033805074 cpu-cycles > > Events enabled > > enabled(ack) > > 20.001279097 3,021,022 cpu-cycles > > 20.035044381 6,434,367 cpu-cycles > > 21.036923813 89,358,251 cpu-cycles > > 22.038825169 72,516,351 cpu-cycles > > # time counts unit events > > 23.040715596 55,046,157 cpu-cycles > > 24.042643757 78,128,649 cpu-cycles > > 25.044558535 61,052,428 cpu-cycles > > 26.046452785 62,142,806 cpu-cycles > > 27.048353021 74,477,971 cpu-cycles > > 28.050241286 61,001,623 cpu-cycles > > 29.052149961 61,653,502 cpu-cycles > > disabled(ack) > > 30.004980264 82,729,640 cpu-cycles > > Events disabled > > 30.053516176 cpu-cycles > > 31.055348366 cpu-cycles > > 32.057202097 cpu-cycles > > 33.059040702 cpu-cycles > > 34.060843288 cpu-cycles > > 35.000888624 cpu-cycles > > [root@host dir]# > > > > [1] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/bash.1.html > > [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/pipe.2.html > > > > --- > > Alexey Budankov (13): > > tools/libperf: avoid moving of fds at fdarray__filter() call > > perf evlist: introduce control file descriptors > > perf evlist: implement control command handling functions > > perf stat: factor out body of event handling loop for system wide > > perf stat: move target check to loop control statement > > perf stat: factor out body of event handling loop for fork case > > perf stat: factor out event handling loop into dispatch_events() > > perf stat: extend -D,--delay option with -1 value > > perf stat: implement control commands handling > > perf stat: introduce --control fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd] options > > perf record: extend -D,--delay option with -1 value > > perf record: implement control commands handling > > perf record: introduce --control fd:ctl-fd[,ack-fd] options > > > > tools/lib/api/fd/array.c | 11 +- > > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 44 +++++- > > tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 44 +++++- > > tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 65 ++++++++- > > tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 176 ++++++++++++++++++----- > > tools/perf/builtin-trace.c | 2 +- > > tools/perf/tests/fdarray.c | 20 +-- > > tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 136 ++++++++++++++++++ > > tools/perf/util/evlist.h | 25 ++++ > > tools/perf/util/record.h | 4 +- > > tools/perf/util/stat.h | 4 +- > > 11 files changed, 458 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) > > >