[RESEND PATCH v5 0/4] Add perf interface to expose nvdimm

kajoljain kjain at linux.ibm.com
Wed Nov 17 17:17:04 AEDT 2021



On 11/16/21 8:29 PM, LEROY Christophe wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Le 16/11/2021 à 05:49, Kajol Jain a écrit :
>> Patchset adds performance stats reporting support for nvdimm.
>> Added interface includes support for pmu register/unregister
>> functions. A structure is added called nvdimm_pmu to be used for
>> adding arch/platform specific data such as cpumask, nvdimm device
>> pointer and pmu event functions like event_init/add/read/del.
>> User could use the standard perf tool to access perf events
>> exposed via pmu.
>>
>> Interface also defines supported event list, config fields for the
>> event attributes and their corresponding bit values which are exported
>> via sysfs. Patch 3 exposes IBM pseries platform nmem* device
>> performance stats using this interface.
> 
> You resending your v5 series ? Is there any news since your submittion 
> last month that's awaiting in patchwork here at 
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/list/?series=264422 ?

Hi Christophe,
      There is no code side changes from the last v5 version. Since, I
am looking for reviews, again posted this patchset with RESEND tag.

Thanks,
Kajol Jain

> 
> Christophe
> 
> 
>>
>> Result from power9 pseries lpar with 2 nvdimm device:
>>
>> Ex: List all event by perf list
>>
>> command:# perf list nmem
>>
>>    nmem0/cache_rh_cnt/                                [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/cache_wh_cnt/                                [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/cri_res_util/                                [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/ctl_res_cnt/                                 [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/ctl_res_tm/                                  [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/fast_w_cnt/                                  [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/host_l_cnt/                                  [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/host_l_dur/                                  [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/host_s_cnt/                                  [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/host_s_dur/                                  [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/med_r_cnt/                                   [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/med_r_dur/                                   [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/med_w_cnt/                                   [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/med_w_dur/                                   [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/mem_life/                                    [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem0/poweron_secs/                                [Kernel PMU event]
>>    ...
>>    nmem1/mem_life/                                    [Kernel PMU event]
>>    nmem1/poweron_secs/                                [Kernel PMU event]
>>
>> Patch1:
>>          Introduces the nvdimm_pmu structure
>> Patch2:
>>          Adds common interface to add arch/platform specific data
>>          includes nvdimm device pointer, pmu data along with
>>          pmu event functions. It also defines supported event list
>>          and adds attribute groups for format, events and cpumask.
>>          It also adds code for cpu hotplug support.
>> Patch3:
>>          Add code in arch/powerpc/platform/pseries/papr_scm.c to expose
>>          nmem* pmu. It fills in the nvdimm_pmu structure with pmu name,
>>          capabilities, cpumask and event functions and then registers
>>          the pmu by adding callbacks to register_nvdimm_pmu.
>> Patch4:
>>          Sysfs documentation patch
>>
>> Changelog
>> ---
>> v4 -> v5:
>> - Remove multiple variables defined in nvdimm_pmu structure include
>>    name and pmu functions(event_int/add/del/read) as they are just
>>    used to copy them again in pmu variable. Now we are directly doing
>>    this step in arch specific code as suggested by Dan Williams.
>>
>> - Remove attribute group field from nvdimm pmu structure and
>>    defined these attribute groups in common interface which
>>    includes format, event list along with cpumask as suggested by
>>    Dan Williams.
>>    Since we added static defination for attrbute groups needed in
>>    common interface, removes corresponding code from papr.
>>
>> - Add nvdimm pmu event list with event codes in the common interface.
>>
>> - Remove Acked-by/Reviewed-by/Tested-by tags as code is refactored
>>    to handle review comments from Dan.
>>
>> - Make nvdimm_pmu_free_hotplug_memory function static as reported
>>    by kernel test robot, also add corresponding Reported-by tag.
>>
>> - Link to the patchset v4: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/9/3/45
>>
>> v3 -> v4
>> - Rebase code on top of current papr_scm code without any logical
>>    changes.
>>
>> - Added Acked-by tag from Peter Zijlstra and Reviewed by tag
>>    from Madhavan Srinivasan.
>>
>> - Link to the patchset v3: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/17/605
>>
>> v2 -> v3
>> - Added Tested-by tag.
>>
>> - Fix nvdimm mailing list in the ABI Documentation.
>>
>> - Link to the patchset v2: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/14/25
>>
>> v1 -> v2
>> - Fix hotplug code by adding pmu migration call
>>    incase current designated cpu got offline. As
>>    pointed by Peter Zijlstra.
>>
>> - Removed the retun -1 part from cpu hotplug offline
>>    function.
>>
>> - Link to the patchset v1: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/6/8/500
>>
>> Kajol Jain (4):
>>    drivers/nvdimm: Add nvdimm pmu structure
>>    drivers/nvdimm: Add perf interface to expose nvdimm performance stats
>>    powerpc/papr_scm: Add perf interface support
>>    docs: ABI: sysfs-bus-nvdimm: Document sysfs event format entries for
>>      nvdimm pmu
>>
>>   Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-bus-nvdimm |  35 +++
>>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/device.h          |   5 +
>>   arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr_scm.c  | 225 ++++++++++++++
>>   drivers/nvdimm/Makefile                    |   1 +
>>   drivers/nvdimm/nd_perf.c                   | 328 +++++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/linux/nd.h                         |  41 +++
>>   6 files changed, 635 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 drivers/nvdimm/nd_perf.c


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