[PATCH] tools/perf: Fix aggr_printout to display cpu field irrespective of core value

[Disha Goel]

On 9/13/22 5:27 PM, Athira Rajeev wrote:
> perf stat includes option to specify aggr_mode to display
> per-socket, per-core, per-die, per-node counter details.
> Also there is option -A ( AGGR_NONE, -no-aggr ), where the
> counter values are displayed for each cpu along with "CPU"
> value in one field of the output.
>
> Each of the aggregate mode uses the information fetched
> from "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/topology" like core_id,
> physical_package_id. Utility functions in "cpumap.c" fetches
> this information and populates the socket id, core id, cpu etc.
> If the platform does not expose the topology information,
> these values will be set to -1. Example, in case of powerpc,
> details like physical_package_id is restricted to be exposed
> in pSeries platform. So id.socket, id.core, id.cpu all will
> be set as -1.
>
> In case of displaying socket or die value, there is no check
> done in the "aggr_printout" function to see if it points to
> valid socket id or die. But for displaying "cpu" value, there
> is a check for "if (id.core > -1)". In case of powerpc pSeries
> where detail like physical_package_id is restricted to be
> exposed, id.core will be set to -1. Hence the column or field
> itself for CPU won't be displayed in the output.
>
> Result for per-socket:
>
> <<>>
> perf stat -e branches --per-socket -a true
>
>   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>
> S-1      32            416,851      branches
> <<>>
>
> Here S has -1 in above result. But with -A option which also
> expects CPU in one column in the result, below is observed.
>
> <<>>
>   /bin/perf stat -e instructions -A -a true
>
>   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>
>              47,146      instructions
>              45,226      instructions
>              43,354      instructions
>              45,184      instructions
> <<>>
>
> If the cpu id value is pointing to -1 also, it makes sense
> to display the column in the output to replicate the behaviour
> or to be in precedence with other aggr options(like per-socket,
> per-core). Remove the check "id.core" so that CPU field gets
> displayed in the output.
>
> After the fix:
>
> <<>>
> perf stat -e instructions -A -a true
>
>   Performance counter stats for 'system wide':
>
> CPU-1                  64,034      instructions
> CPU-1                  68,941      instructions
> CPU-1                  59,418      instructions
> CPU-1                  70,478      instructions
> CPU-1                  65,201      instructions
> CPU-1                  63,704      instructions
> <<>>
>
> This is caught while running "perf test" for
> "stat+json_output.sh" and "stat+csv_output.sh".
>
> Reported-by: Disha Goel<disgoel at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev<atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Tested-by: Disha Goel<disgoel at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

> ---
>   tools/perf/util/stat-display.c | 6 ++----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
> index b82844cb0ce7..1b751a730271 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/stat-display.c
> @@ -168,10 +168,9 @@ static void aggr_printout(struct perf_stat_config *config,
>   					id.socket,
>   					id.die,
>   					id.core);
> -			} else if (id.core > -1) {
> +			} else
>   				fprintf(config->output, "\"cpu\" : \"%d\", ",
>   					id.cpu.cpu);
> -			}
>   		} else {
>   			if (evsel->percore && !config->percore_show_thread) {
>   				fprintf(config->output, "S%d-D%d-C%*d%s",
> @@ -179,11 +178,10 @@ static void aggr_printout(struct perf_stat_config *config,
>   					id.die,
>   					config->csv_output ? 0 : -3,
>   					id.core, config->csv_sep);
> -			} else if (id.core > -1) {
> +			} else
>   				fprintf(config->output, "CPU%*d%s",
>   					config->csv_output ? 0 : -7,
>   					id.cpu.cpu, config->csv_sep);
> -			}
>   		}
>   		break;
>   	case AGGR_THREAD:
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