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authorAdrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>2021-02-05 20:53:48 +0300
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2021-02-18 22:03:37 +0300
commit20aa39708a5999b7921b27482a756766272286ac (patch)
tree66de40f6014defdcb5cfc0153ba30bf2164ff433 /tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder
parent03fb0f859b45d1eb05c984ab4bd3bef67e45ede2 (diff)
downloadlinux-20aa39708a5999b7921b27482a756766272286ac.tar.xz
perf intel-pt: Fix premature IPC
The code assumed a change in cycle count means accurate IPC. That is not correct, for example when sampling both branches and instructions, or at a FUP packet (which is not CYC-eligible) address. Fix by using an explicit flag to indicate when IPC can be sampled. Fixes: 5b1dc0fd1da06 ("perf intel-pt: Add support for samples to contain IPC ratio") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210205175350.23817-3-adrian.hunter@intel.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c11
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h1
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
index 91cba0582736..ef29f6b25e60 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.c
@@ -2814,9 +2814,18 @@ const struct intel_pt_state *intel_pt_decode(struct intel_pt_decoder *decoder)
}
if (intel_pt_sample_time(decoder->pkt_state)) {
intel_pt_update_sample_time(decoder);
- if (decoder->sample_cyc)
+ if (decoder->sample_cyc) {
decoder->sample_tot_cyc_cnt = decoder->tot_cyc_cnt;
+ decoder->state.flags |= INTEL_PT_SAMPLE_IPC;
+ decoder->sample_cyc = false;
+ }
}
+ /*
+ * When using only TSC/MTC to compute cycles, IPC can be
+ * sampled as soon as the cycle count changes.
+ */
+ if (!decoder->have_cyc)
+ decoder->state.flags |= INTEL_PT_SAMPLE_IPC;
}
decoder->state.timestamp = decoder->sample_timestamp;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h
index 8645fc265481..b52937b03c8c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/intel-pt-decoder.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
#define INTEL_PT_ABORT_TX (1 << 1)
#define INTEL_PT_ASYNC (1 << 2)
#define INTEL_PT_FUP_IP (1 << 3)
+#define INTEL_PT_SAMPLE_IPC (1 << 4)
enum intel_pt_sample_type {
INTEL_PT_BRANCH = 1 << 0,