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author | Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com> | 2020-04-20 22:54:17 +0800 |
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committer | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> | 2020-04-23 11:03:46 -0300 |
commit | 197ba86fdc888dc0d3d6b89b402c9c6851d4c6fb (patch) | |
tree | 96e146233c5c79dffd861723ef62b99e2b6eebda /tools/perf | |
parent | 0e0bf1ea1147fcf74eab19c2d3c853cc3740a72f (diff) |
perf stat: Improve runtime stat for interval mode
For interval mode, the metric is printed after the '#' character if it
exists. But it's not calculated by the counts generated in this
interval.
See the following examples:
root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -M CPI -I1000 --interval-count 2
# time counts unit events
1.000422803 764,809 inst_retired.any # 2.9 CPI
1.000422803 2,234,932 cycles
2.001464585 1,960,061 inst_retired.any # 1.6 CPI
2.001464585 4,022,591 cycles
The second CPI should not be 1.6 (4,022,591/1,960,061 is 2.1)
root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -e cycles,instructions -I1000 --interval-count 2
# time counts unit events
1.000429493 2,869,311 cycles
1.000429493 816,875 instructions # 0.28 insn per cycle
2.001516426 9,260,973 cycles
2.001516426 5,250,634 instructions # 0.87 insn per cycle
The second 'insn per cycle' should not be 0.87 (5,250,634/9,260,973 is
0.57).
The current code uses a global variable 'rt_stat' for tracking and
updating the std dev of runtime stat. Unlike the counts, 'rt_stat' is not
reset for interval. While the counts are reset for interval.
perf_stat_process_counter()
{
if (config->interval)
init_stats(ps->res_stats);
}
So for interval mode, the 'rt_stat' variable should be reset too.
This patch resets 'rt_stat' before read_counters(), so the runtime stat
is only calculated by the counts generated in this interval.
With this patch:
root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -M CPI -I1000 --interval-count 2
# time counts unit events
1.000420924 2,408,818 inst_retired.any # 2.1 CPI
1.000420924 5,010,111 cycles
2.001448579 2,798,407 inst_retired.any # 1.6 CPI
2.001448579 4,599,861 cycles
root@kbl-ppc:~# perf stat -e cycles,instructions -I1000 --interval-count 2
# time counts unit events
1.000428555 2,769,714 cycles
1.000428555 774,462 instructions # 0.28 insn per cycle
2.001471562 3,595,904 cycles
2.001471562 1,243,703 instructions # 0.35 insn per cycle
Now the second 'insn per cycle' and CPI are calculated by the counts
generated in this interval.
Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <yao.jin@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Tested-By: Kajol Jain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jin Yao <yao.jin@intel.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200420145417.6864-1-yao.jin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/builtin-stat.c | 1 |
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt index 4d56586b2fb9..3fb5028aef08 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-stat.txt @@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ Print count deltas every N milliseconds (minimum: 1ms) The overhead percentage could be high in some cases, for instance with small, sub 100ms intervals. Use with caution. example: 'perf stat -I 1000 -e cycles -a sleep 5' +If the metric exists, it is calculated by the counts generated in this interval and the metric is printed after #. + --interval-count times:: Print count deltas for fixed number of times. This option should be used together with "-I" option. diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c index 9207b6c45475..3f050d85c277 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c @@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ static void process_interval(void) clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts); diff_timespec(&rs, &ts, &ref_time); + perf_stat__reset_shadow_per_stat(&rt_stat); read_counters(&rs); if (STAT_RECORD) { |