From: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>
To: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 07/10] perf record: implement -z,--compression_level=n option and compression
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:55:28 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <61918056-5434-6dee-f5ac-cbf7c843d602@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190308104657.GA21500@krava>
On 08.03.2019 13:46, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 06:26:47PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>>
>> On 07.03.2019 15:14, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>> On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 11:39:46AM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 05.03.2019 15:25, Jiri Olsa wrote:
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 01, 2019 at 06:58:32PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> SNIP
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /*
>>>>>> * Increment md->refcount to guard md->data[idx] buffer
>>>>>> @@ -350,7 +357,7 @@ int perf_mmap__aio_push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to, int idx,
>>>>>> md->prev = head;
>>>>>> perf_mmap__consume(md);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - rc = push(to, &md->aio.cblocks[idx], md->aio.data[idx], size0 + size, *off);
>>>>>> + rc = push(to, md->aio.data[idx], size0 + size, *off, &md->aio.cblocks[idx]);
>>>>>> if (!rc) {
>>>>>> *off += size0 + size;
>>>>>> } else {
>>>>>> @@ -556,13 +563,15 @@ int perf_mmap__read_init(struct perf_mmap *map)
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
>>>>>> - int push(struct perf_mmap *map, void *to, void *buf, size_t size))
>>>>>> + int push(struct perf_mmap *map, void *to, void *buf, size_t size),
>>>>>> + perf_mmap__compress_fn_t compress, void *comp_data)
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> u64 head = perf_mmap__read_head(md);
>>>>>> unsigned char *data = md->base + page_size;
>>>>>> unsigned long size;
>>>>>> void *buf;
>>>>>> int rc = 0;
>>>>>> + size_t mmap_len = perf_mmap__mmap_len(md);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rc = perf_mmap__read_init(md);
>>>>>> if (rc < 0)
>>>>>> @@ -574,7 +583,10 @@ int perf_mmap__push(struct perf_mmap *md, void *to,
>>>>>> buf = &data[md->start & md->mask];
>>>>>> size = md->mask + 1 - (md->start & md->mask);
>>>>>> md->start += size;
>>>>>> -
>>>>>> + if (compress) {
>>>>>> + size = compress(comp_data, md->data, mmap_len, buf, size);
>>>>>> + buf = md->data;
>>>>>> + }
>>>>>> if (push(md, to, buf, size) < 0) {
>>>>>> rc = -1;
>>>>>> goto out;
>>>>>
>>>>> when we discussed the compress callback should be another layer
>>>>> in perf_mmap__push I was thinking more of the layered/fifo design,
>>>>> like:
>>>>>
>>>>> normaly we call:
>>>>>
>>>>> perf_mmap__push(... push = record__pushfn ...)
>>>>> -> reads mmap data and calls push(data), which translates as:
>>>>>
>>>>> record__pushfn(data);
>>>>> - which stores the data
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> for compressed it'd be:
>>>>>
>>>>> perf_mmap__push(... push = compressed_push ...)
>>>>>
>>>>> -> reads mmap data and calls push(data), which translates as:
>>>>>
>>>>> compressed_push(data)
>>>>> -> reads data, compresses them and calls, next push callback in line:
>>>>>
>>>>> record__pushfn(data)
>>>>> - which stores the data
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> there'd need to be the logic for compressed_push to
>>>>> remember the 'next push' function
>>>>
>>>> That is suboptimal for AIO. Also compression is an independent operation that
>>>> could be applied on any of push stages you mean.
>>>
>>> not sure what you mean by suboptimal, but I think
>>> that it can still happen in subsequent push callback
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> but I think this was the original idea behind the
>>>>> perf_mmap__push -> it gets the data and pushes them for
>>>>> the next processing.. it should stay as simple as that
>>>>
>>>> Agree on keeping simplicity and, at the moment, there is no any push to the next
>>>> processing in the code so provided implementation fits as for serial as for AIO
>>>> at the same time sticking to simplicity as much as possibly. If you see something
>>>> that would fit better please speak up and share.
>>>
>>> I have to insist that perf_mmap__push stays untouched
>>> and we do other processing in the push callbacks
>>
>> What is about perf_mmap__aio_push()?
>>
>> Without compression it does
>> memcpy(), memcpy(), aio_push()
>>
>> With compression its does
>> memcpy_with_compression(), memcpy_with_compression(), aio_push()
>
> so to be on the same page.. normal processing without compression is:
>
> perf_mmap__push does:
> push(mmap buf)
> record__pushfn
> record__write
> write(buf)
>
> perf_mmap__aio_push does:
> memcpy(aio buf, mmap buf)
> push(aio buf)
> record__aio_pushfn
> record__aio_write
> aio_write(aio buf)
>
>
> and for compression it would be:
>
> perf_mmap__push does:
> push(mmap buf)
> compress_push
> memcpy(compress buffer, mmapbuf) EXTRA copy
> record__pushfn
> record__write
> write(buf)
>
> perf_mmap__aio_push does:
> memcpy(aio buf, mmap buf)
> memcpy(compress buffer, mmapbuf) EXTRA copy
> push(aio buf)
> record__aio_pushfn
> record__aio_write
> aio_write(aio buf)
>
>
> side note: that actualy makes me think why do we even have perf_mmap__aio_push,
> it looks like we could copy the buf in the callback push function with no harm?
>
> so.. there's one extra memcpy for compression, is it right?
It is right for serial trace streaming.
For AIO there is no extra memcpy().
Plain memcpy() is replaced by the compressing one.
~Alexey
> I might miss some part which makes this scheme unusable..
>
> thanks,
> jirka
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-03-10 15:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-03-01 15:27 [PATCH v5 00/10] perf: enable compression of record mode trace to save storage space Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 15:41 ` [PATCH v5 02/10] perf record: implement -f,--mmap-flush=<threshold> option Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:28 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:28 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:26 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:42 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-07 8:54 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 15:43 ` [PATCH v5 03/10] perf session: define bytes_transferred and bytes_compressed metrics Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:26 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:29 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-11 8:19 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-11 12:33 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-11 13:41 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 15:46 ` [PATCH v5 04/10] perf record: implement COMPRESSED event record and its attributes Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 15:52 ` [PATCH v5 06/10] perf util: introduce Zstd based streaming compression API Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:26 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:29 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 15:58 ` [PATCH v5 07/10] perf record: implement -z,--compression_level=n option and compression Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 0:01 ` Andi Kleen
2019-03-05 9:19 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:39 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-07 12:14 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 15:26 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-07 15:56 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-08 10:46 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-10 15:55 ` Alexey Budankov [this message]
2019-03-10 16:17 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-11 10:56 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-05 12:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:26 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:26 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:26 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-07 11:59 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 14:51 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:26 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:26 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:26 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:26 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 16:06 ` [PATCH v5 08/10] perf report: implement record trace decompression Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:27 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 16:07 ` [PATCH v5 09/10] perf inject: enable COMPRESSED records decompression Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:26 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:28 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 16:09 ` [PATCH v5 10/10] perf tests: implement Zstd comp/decomp integration test Alexey Budankov
2019-03-05 12:25 ` Jiri Olsa
2019-03-07 8:29 ` Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 16:37 ` [PATCH v5 05/10] perf mmap: implement dedicated memory buffer for data compression Alexey Budankov
2019-03-01 16:38 ` [PATCH v5 01/10] feature: implement libzstd check, LIBZSTD_DIR and NO_LIBZSTD defines Alexey Budankov
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