[PATCH v3] powerpc/perf: Set cpumode flags using sample address

Anjali K anjalik at linux.ibm.com
Thu Jun 13 19:58:42 AEST 2024


Hi Michael,
Can you please share your review comments on this patch when you get a chance?

On 28/05/24 09:33, Anjali K wrote:
> Currently in some cases, when the sampled instruction address register
> latches to a specific address during sampling, the privilege bits captured
> in the sampled event register are incorrect.
> For example, a snippet from the perf report on a power10 system is:
> Overhead  Address             Command       Shared Object      Symbol
> ........  ..................  ............  .................  .......................
>      2.41%  0x7fff9f94a02c      null_syscall  [unknown]          [k] 0x00007fff9f94a02c
>      2.20%  0x7fff9f94a02c      null_syscall  libc.so.6          [.] syscall
>
> perf_get_misc_flags() function looks at the privilege bits to return the
> corresponding flags to be used for the address symbol and these privilege
> bit details are read from the sampled event register. In the above snippet,
> address "0x00007fff9f94a02c" is shown as "k" (kernel) due to the incorrect
> privilege bits captured in the sampled event register.
> To address this case check whether the sampled address is in the kernel
> area. Since this is specific to the latest platform, a new pmu flag is
> added called "PPMU_P10" and is used to contain the proposed fix.
> PPMU_P10_DD1 marked events are also included under PPMU_P10, hence
> remove the code specific to PPMU_P10_DD1 marked events.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anjali K <anjalik at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> Changelog:
> v2->v3:
> Addressed review comments from Michael Ellerman to change the commit 
> message and update the values of PPMU_P10 and PPMU_HAS_ATTR_CONFIG1 flags
> to move the PPMU_P10 flag near the PPMU_P10_DD1 flag
> Rebased on linux 6.10-rc1
> v2 patch link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/20240517094607.422166-1-anjalik@linux.ibm.com/
>
> v1->v2:
> Fixed the build warning reported by the kernel test bot 
> Added a new flag PPMU_P10 and used it instead of PPMU_ARCH_31 to restrict
> the changes to the current platform (Power10)
> v1 patch link:
> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/20240511075344.1393631-1-anjalik@linux.ibm.com/
>
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h |  3 +-
>  arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c              | 45 +++++++++-----------
>  arch/powerpc/perf/power10-pmu.c              |  3 +-
>  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
> index e2221d29fdf9..5995614e9062 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/perf_event_server.h
> @@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ struct power_pmu {
>  #define PPMU_NO_SIAR		0x00000100 /* Do not use SIAR */
>  #define PPMU_ARCH_31		0x00000200 /* Has MMCR3, SIER2 and SIER3 */
>  #define PPMU_P10_DD1		0x00000400 /* Is power10 DD1 processor version */
> -#define PPMU_HAS_ATTR_CONFIG1	0x00000800 /* Using config1 attribute */
> +#define PPMU_P10		0x00000800 /* For power10 pmu */
> +#define PPMU_HAS_ATTR_CONFIG1	0x00001000 /* Using config1 attribute */
>  
>  /*
>   * Values for flags to get_alternatives()
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
> index 6b5f8a94e7d8..42867469752d 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
> @@ -266,31 +266,12 @@ static inline u32 perf_flags_from_msr(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  static inline u32 perf_get_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  {
>  	bool use_siar = regs_use_siar(regs);
> -	unsigned long mmcra = regs->dsisr;
> -	int marked = mmcra & MMCRA_SAMPLE_ENABLE;
> +	unsigned long siar;
> +	unsigned long addr;
>  
>  	if (!use_siar)
>  		return perf_flags_from_msr(regs);
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * Check the address in SIAR to identify the
> -	 * privilege levels since the SIER[MSR_HV, MSR_PR]
> -	 * bits are not set for marked events in power10
> -	 * DD1.
> -	 */
> -	if (marked && (ppmu->flags & PPMU_P10_DD1)) {
> -		unsigned long siar = mfspr(SPRN_SIAR);
> -		if (siar) {
> -			if (is_kernel_addr(siar))
> -				return PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
> -			return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
> -		} else {
> -			if (is_kernel_addr(regs->nip))
> -				return PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
> -			return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
> -		}
> -	}
> -
>  	/*
>  	 * If we don't have flags in MMCRA, rather than using
>  	 * the MSR, we intuit the flags from the address in
> @@ -298,19 +279,31 @@ static inline u32 perf_get_misc_flags(struct pt_regs *regs)
>  	 * results
>  	 */
>  	if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_NO_SIPR) {
> -		unsigned long siar = mfspr(SPRN_SIAR);
> +		siar = mfspr(SPRN_SIAR);
>  		if (is_kernel_addr(siar))
>  			return PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
>  		return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
>  	}
>  
>  	/* PR has priority over HV, so order below is important */
> -	if (regs_sipr(regs))
> -		return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
> -
> -	if (regs_sihv(regs) && (freeze_events_kernel != MMCR0_FCHV))
> +	if (regs_sipr(regs)) {
> +		if (!(ppmu->flags & PPMU_P10))
> +			return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
> +	} else if (regs_sihv(regs) && (freeze_events_kernel != MMCR0_FCHV))
>  		return PERF_RECORD_MISC_HYPERVISOR;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Check the address in SIAR to identify the
> +	 * privilege levels since the SIER[MSR_HV, MSR_PR]
> +	 * bits are not set correctly in power10 sometimes
> +	 */
> +	if (ppmu->flags & PPMU_P10) {
> +		siar = mfspr(SPRN_SIAR);
> +		addr = siar ? siar : regs->nip;
> +		if (!is_kernel_addr(addr))
> +			return PERF_RECORD_MISC_USER;
> +	}
> +
>  	return PERF_RECORD_MISC_KERNEL;
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/power10-pmu.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/power10-pmu.c
> index 62a68b6b2d4b..bb57b7cfe640 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/perf/power10-pmu.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/power10-pmu.c
> @@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ static struct power_pmu power10_pmu = {
>  	.get_mem_weight		= isa207_get_mem_weight,
>  	.disable_pmc		= isa207_disable_pmc,
>  	.flags			= PPMU_HAS_SIER | PPMU_ARCH_207S |
> -				  PPMU_ARCH_31 | PPMU_HAS_ATTR_CONFIG1,
> +				  PPMU_ARCH_31 | PPMU_HAS_ATTR_CONFIG1 |
> +				  PPMU_P10,
>  	.n_generic		= ARRAY_SIZE(power10_generic_events),
>  	.generic_events		= power10_generic_events,
>  	.cache_events		= &power10_cache_events,
>
> base-commit: 1613e604df0cd359cf2a7fbd9be7a0bcfacfabd0
Thank you,
Anjali K


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