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* [PATCH v3] perf test: Make metric testing more robust.
@ 2021-12-23 18:56 Ian Rogers
  2021-12-24  8:49 ` John Garry
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Ian Rogers @ 2021-12-23 18:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo,
	Mark Rutland, Alexander Shishkin, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim,
	John Garry, Kajol Jain, linux-perf-users, linux-kernel
  Cc: eranian, Ian Rogers

When testing metric expressions we fake counter values from 1 going
upward. For some metrics this can yield negative values that are clipped
to zero, and then cause divide by zero failures. Such clipping is
questionable but may be a result of tools automatically generating
metrics. A workaround for this case is to try a second time with counter
values going in the opposite direction.

This case was seen in a metric like:
  event1 / max(event2 - event3, 0)
But it may also happen in more sensible metrics like:
  event1 / (event2 + event3 - 1 - event4)

v2. Rebase and more detail in commit message.
v3. Is a rebase.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
index df1c9a3cc05b..b2ddf928d32a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
@@ -962,8 +962,18 @@ static int test__parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
 			}
 
 			if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, pe->metric_expr)) {
-				expr_failure("Parse failed", map, pe);
-				ret++;
+				/*
+				 * Parsing failed, make numbers go from large to
+				 * small which can resolve divide by zero
+				 * issues.
+				 */
+				k = 1024;
+				hashmap__for_each_entry(ctx->ids, cur, bkt)
+					expr__add_id_val(ctx, strdup(cur->key), k--);
+				if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, pe->metric_expr)) {
+					expr_failure("Parse failed", map, pe);
+					ret++;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -1022,10 +1032,20 @@ static int metric_parse_fake(const char *str)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str))
-		pr_err("expr__parse failed\n");
-	else
-		ret = 0;
+	ret = 0;
+	if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str)) {
+		/*
+		 * Parsing failed, make numbers go from large to small which can
+		 * resolve divide by zero issues.
+		 */
+		i = 1024;
+		hashmap__for_each_entry(ctx->ids, cur, bkt)
+			expr__add_id_val(ctx, strdup(cur->key), i--);
+		if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str)) {
+			pr_err("expr__parse failed\n");
+			ret = -1;
+		}
+	}
 
 out:
 	expr__ctx_free(ctx);
-- 
2.34.1.307.g9b7440fafd-goog


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* Re: [PATCH v3] perf test: Make metric testing more robust.
  2021-12-23 18:56 [PATCH v3] perf test: Make metric testing more robust Ian Rogers
@ 2021-12-24  8:49 ` John Garry
  2022-02-15 15:10   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: John Garry @ 2021-12-24  8:49 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Ian Rogers, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo, Mark Rutland, Alexander Shishkin,
	Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, Kajol Jain, linux-perf-users,
	linux-kernel
  Cc: eranian

On 23/12/2021 18:56, Ian Rogers wrote:
> When testing metric expressions we fake counter values from 1 going
> upward. For some metrics this can yield negative values that are clipped
> to zero, and then cause divide by zero failures. Such clipping is
> questionable but may be a result of tools automatically generating
> metrics. A workaround for this case is to try a second time with counter
> values going in the opposite direction.
> 
> This case was seen in a metric like:
>    event1 / max(event2 - event3, 0)
> But it may also happen in more sensible metrics like:
>    event1 / (event2 + event3 - 1 - event4)
> 
> v2. Rebase and more detail in commit message.
> v3. Is a rebase.

Incorrect location for this info

> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>

Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>

> ---
>   tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
> index df1c9a3cc05b..b2ddf928d32a 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
> @@ -962,8 +962,18 @@ static int test__parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
>   			}
>   
>   			if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, pe->metric_expr)) {
> -				expr_failure("Parse failed", map, pe);
> -				ret++;
> +				/*
> +				 * Parsing failed, make numbers go from large to
> +				 * small which can resolve divide by zero

can or may?

> +				 * issues.
> +				 */
> +				k = 1024;
> +				hashmap__for_each_entry(ctx->ids, cur, bkt)
> +					expr__add_id_val(ctx, strdup(cur->key), k--);
> +				if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, pe->metric_expr)) {
> +					expr_failure("Parse failed", map, pe);
> +					ret++;
> +				}
>   			}
>   		}
>   	}
> @@ -1022,10 +1032,20 @@ static int metric_parse_fake(const char *str)
>   		}
>   	}
>   
> -	if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str))
> -		pr_err("expr__parse failed\n");
> -	else
> -		ret = 0;
> +	ret = 0;
> +	if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str)) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Parsing failed, make numbers go from large to small which can
> +		 * resolve divide by zero issues.
> +		 */
> +		i = 1024;
> +		hashmap__for_each_entry(ctx->ids, cur, bkt)
> +			expr__add_id_val(ctx, strdup(cur->key), i--);
> +		if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str)) {
> +			pr_err("expr__parse failed\n");
> +			ret = -1;
> +		}
> +	}
>   
>   out:
>   	expr__ctx_free(ctx);
> 


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* Re: [PATCH v3] perf test: Make metric testing more robust.
  2021-12-24  8:49 ` John Garry
@ 2022-02-15 15:10   ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo @ 2022-02-15 15:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: John Garry
  Cc: Ian Rogers, Peter Zijlstra, Ingo Molnar, Mark Rutland,
	Alexander Shishkin, Jiri Olsa, Namhyung Kim, Kajol Jain,
	linux-perf-users, linux-kernel, eranian

Em Fri, Dec 24, 2021 at 08:49:35AM +0000, John Garry escreveu:
> On 23/12/2021 18:56, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > When testing metric expressions we fake counter values from 1 going
> > upward. For some metrics this can yield negative values that are clipped
> > to zero, and then cause divide by zero failures. Such clipping is
> > questionable but may be a result of tools automatically generating
> > metrics. A workaround for this case is to try a second time with counter
> > values going in the opposite direction.
> > 
> > This case was seen in a metric like:
> >    event1 / max(event2 - event3, 0)
> > But it may also happen in more sensible metrics like:
> >    event1 / (event2 + event3 - 1 - event4)
> > 
> > v2. Rebase and more detail in commit message.
> > v3. Is a rebase.
> 
> Incorrect location for this info
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.garry@huawei.com>

Found thru the cracks, applying.

- Arnaldo
 
> > ---
> >   tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
> >   1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
> > index df1c9a3cc05b..b2ddf928d32a 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/tests/pmu-events.c
> > @@ -962,8 +962,18 @@ static int test__parsing(struct test_suite *test __maybe_unused,
> >   			}
> >   			if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, pe->metric_expr)) {
> > -				expr_failure("Parse failed", map, pe);
> > -				ret++;
> > +				/*
> > +				 * Parsing failed, make numbers go from large to
> > +				 * small which can resolve divide by zero
> 
> can or may?
> 
> > +				 * issues.
> > +				 */
> > +				k = 1024;
> > +				hashmap__for_each_entry(ctx->ids, cur, bkt)
> > +					expr__add_id_val(ctx, strdup(cur->key), k--);
> > +				if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, pe->metric_expr)) {
> > +					expr_failure("Parse failed", map, pe);
> > +					ret++;
> > +				}
> >   			}
> >   		}
> >   	}
> > @@ -1022,10 +1032,20 @@ static int metric_parse_fake(const char *str)
> >   		}
> >   	}
> > -	if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str))
> > -		pr_err("expr__parse failed\n");
> > -	else
> > -		ret = 0;
> > +	ret = 0;
> > +	if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str)) {
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Parsing failed, make numbers go from large to small which can
> > +		 * resolve divide by zero issues.
> > +		 */
> > +		i = 1024;
> > +		hashmap__for_each_entry(ctx->ids, cur, bkt)
> > +			expr__add_id_val(ctx, strdup(cur->key), i--);
> > +		if (expr__parse(&result, ctx, str)) {
> > +			pr_err("expr__parse failed\n");
> > +			ret = -1;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> >   out:
> >   	expr__ctx_free(ctx);
> > 

-- 

- Arnaldo

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