perf: add more perf events support

With current perf framework, this patch adds support and documentation
for more perf events, including cache misses, cache references, cpu cycles,
and instructions.

Signed-off-by: Qiaowei Ren <qiaowei.ren@intel.com>
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Qiaowei Ren 2016-07-16 16:15:12 +08:00 committed by John Ferlan
parent b00d7f298b
commit bae660869d
9 changed files with 117 additions and 1 deletions

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@ -1922,6 +1922,10 @@
&lt;event name='cmt' enabled='yes'/&gt;
&lt;event name='mbmt' enabled='no'/&gt;
&lt;event name='mbml' enabled='yes'/&gt;
&lt;event name='cpu_cycles' enabled='no'/&gt;
&lt;event name='instructions' enabled='yes'/&gt;
&lt;event name='cache_references' enabled='no'/&gt;
&lt;event name='cache_misses' enabled='no'/&gt;
&lt;/perf&gt;
...
</pre>
@ -1947,6 +1951,26 @@
<td>bandwidth of memory traffic for a memory controller</td>
<td><code>perf.mbml</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>cpu_cycles</code></td>
<td>the number of cpu cycles one instruction needs</td>
<td><code>perf.cpu_cycles</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>instructions</code></td>
<td>the count of instructions by applications running on the platform</td>
<td><code>perf.instructions</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>cache_references</code></td>
<td>the count of cache hits by applications running on the platform</td>
<td><code>perf.cache_references</code></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>cache_misses</code></td>
<td>the count of cache misses by applications running on the platform</td>
<td><code>perf.cache_misses</code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<h3><a name="elementsDevices">Devices</a></h3>

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@ -422,6 +422,10 @@
<value>cmt</value>
<value>mbmt</value>
<value>mbml</value>
<value>cpu_cycles</value>
<value>instructions</value>
<value>cache_references</value>
<value>cache_misses</value>
</choice>
</attribute>
<attribute name="enabled">

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@ -1972,6 +1972,45 @@ void virDomainStatsRecordListFree(virDomainStatsRecordPtr *stats);
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_MBML "mbml"
/**
* VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_MISSES:
*
* Macro for typed parameter name that represents cache_misses perf
* event which can be used to measure the count of cache misses by
* applications running on the platform. It corresponds to the
* "perf.cache_misses" field in the *Stats APIs.
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_MISSES "cache_misses"
/**
* VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_REFERENCES:
*
* Macro for typed parameter name that represents cache_references
* perf event which can be used to measure the count of cache hits
* by applications running on the platform. It corresponds to the
* "perf.cache_references" field in the *Stats APIs.
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_REFERENCES "cache_references"
/**
* VIR_PERF_PARAM_INSTRUCTIONS:
*
* Macro for typed parameter name that represents instructions perf
* event which can be used to measure the count of instructions
* by applications running on the platform. It corresponds to the
* "perf.instructions" field in the *Stats APIs.
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_INSTRUCTIONS "instructions"
/**
* VIR_PERF_PARAM_CPU_CYCLES:
*
* Macro for typed parameter name that represents cpu_cycles perf event
* which can be used to measure how many cpu cycles one instruction needs.
* It corresponds to the "perf.cpu_cycles" field in the *Stats APIs.
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_CPU_CYCLES "cpu_cycles"
int virDomainGetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
virTypedParameterPtr *params,
int *nparams,

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@ -11457,6 +11457,15 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
* "perf.mbml" - the amount of data (bytes/s) sent through the memory controller
* on the socket as unsigned long long. It is produced by mbml
* perf event.
* "perf.cache_misses" - the count of cache misses as unsigned long long.
* It is produced by cache_misses perf event.
* "perf.cache_references" - the count of cache hits as unsigned long long.
* It is produced by cache_references perf event.
* "perf.instructions" - The count of instructions as unsigned long long.
* It is produced by instructions perf event.
* "perf.cpu_cycles" - The number of cpu cycles one instruction needs as
* unsigned long long. It is produced by cpu_cycles
* perf event.
*
* Note that entire stats groups or individual stat fields may be missing from
* the output in case they are not supported by the given hypervisor, are not

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@ -9759,6 +9759,10 @@ qemuDomainSetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_CMT, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_MBMT, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_MBML, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_CPU_CYCLES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_INSTRUCTIONS, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_REFERENCES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_MISSES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
NULL) < 0)
return -1;

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@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ VIR_LOG_INIT("util.perf");
#define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_PERF
VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virPerfEvent, VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST,
"cmt", "mbmt", "mbml");
"cmt", "mbmt", "mbml",
"cpu_cycles", "instructions",
"cache_references", "cache_misses");
struct virPerfEvent {
int type;
@ -71,6 +73,18 @@ static struct virPerfEventAttr attrs[] = {
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_CMT, .attrType = 0, .attrConfig = 1},
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_MBMT, .attrType = 0, .attrConfig = 2},
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_MBML, .attrType = 0, .attrConfig = 3},
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_CPU_CYCLES,
.attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES},
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_INSTRUCTIONS,
.attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS},
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_REFERENCES,
.attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_REFERENCES},
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_MISSES,
.attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_MISSES},
};
typedef struct virPerfEventAttr *virPerfEventAttrPtr;

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@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ typedef enum {
VIR_PERF_EVENT_MBMT, /* Memory Bandwidth Monitoring Total */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_MBML, /* Memory Bandwidth Monitor Limit for controller */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_CPU_CYCLES, /* CPU Cycles per instruction */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_INSTRUCTIONS, /* Count of instructions for application */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_REFERENCES, /* Cache hits by applications */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_MISSES, /* Cache misses by applications */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST
} virPerfEventType;

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@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
<event name='cmt' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='mbmt' enabled='no'/>
<event name='mbml' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='cpu_cycles' enabled='no'/>
<event name='instructions' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='cache_references' enabled='no'/>
<event name='cache_misses' enabled='no'/>
</perf>
<devices>
</devices>

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@ -934,6 +934,10 @@ I<--perf> returns the statistics of all enabled perf events:
"perf.cmt" - the cache usage in Byte currently used
"perf.mbmt" - total system bandwidth from one level of cache
"perf.mbml" - bandwidth of memory traffic for a memory controller
"perf.cpu_cycles" - the number of cpu cycles one instruction needs
"perf.instructions" - the count of instructions
"perf.cache_references" - the count of cache hits
"perf.cache_misses" - the count of caches misses
See the B<perf> command for more details about each event.
@ -2237,6 +2241,15 @@ B<Valid perf event names>
mbml - Provides a way to limit the amount of data
(bytes/s) send through the memory controller
on the socket.
cache_misses - Provides the count of cache misses by
applications running on the platform.
cache_references - Provides the count of cache hits by
applications running on th e platform.
instructions - Provides the count of instructions executed
by applications running on the platform.
cpu_cycles - Provides the number of cpu_cycles for one
instruction. May be used with instructions
in order to get a cycles per instruction.
B<Note>: The statistics can be retrieved using the B<domstats> command using
the I<--perf> flag.