summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt5
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/builtin-diff.c143
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/Build1
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/annotate.c4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/annotate.h2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/sort.h4
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/spark.c34
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/spark.h8
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/symbol.h2
9 files changed, 203 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
index d5cc15e651cf..f50ca0fef0a4 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-diff.txt
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ OPTIONS
diff.compute config option. See COMPARISON METHODS section for
more info.
+--cycles-hist::
+ Report a histogram and the standard deviation for cycles data.
+ It can help us to judge if the reported cycles data is noisy or
+ not. This option should be used with '-c cycles'.
+
-p::
--period::
Show period values for both compared hist entries.
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
index c37a78677955..5281629c27b1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-diff.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
#include "util/time-utils.h"
#include "util/annotate.h"
#include "util/map.h"
+#include "util/spark.h"
#include <linux/err.h>
#include <linux/zalloc.h>
#include <subcmd/pager.h>
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ enum {
PERF_HPP_DIFF__FORMULA,
PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA_ABS,
PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES,
+ PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES_HIST,
PERF_HPP_DIFF__MAX_INDEX
};
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ static bool force;
static bool show_period;
static bool show_formula;
static bool show_baseline_only;
+static bool cycles_hist;
static unsigned int sort_compute = 1;
static s64 compute_wdiff_w1;
@@ -164,6 +167,10 @@ static struct header_column {
[PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES] = {
.name = "[Program Block Range] Cycles Diff",
.width = 70,
+ },
+ [PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES_HIST] = {
+ .name = "stddev/Hist",
+ .width = NUM_SPARKS + 9,
}
};
@@ -610,6 +617,9 @@ static void init_block_info(struct block_info *bi, struct symbol *sym,
bi->cycles_aggr = ch->cycles_aggr;
bi->num = ch->num;
bi->num_aggr = ch->num_aggr;
+
+ memcpy(bi->cycles_spark, ch->cycles_spark,
+ NUM_SPARKS * sizeof(u64));
}
static int process_block_per_sym(struct hist_entry *he)
@@ -689,6 +699,21 @@ static struct hist_entry *get_block_pair(struct hist_entry *he,
return NULL;
}
+static void init_spark_values(unsigned long *svals, int num)
+{
+ for (int i = 0; i < num; i++)
+ svals[i] = 0;
+}
+
+static void update_spark_value(unsigned long *svals, int num,
+ struct stats *stats, u64 val)
+{
+ int n = stats->n;
+
+ if (n < num)
+ svals[n] = val;
+}
+
static void compute_cycles_diff(struct hist_entry *he,
struct hist_entry *pair)
{
@@ -697,6 +722,26 @@ static void compute_cycles_diff(struct hist_entry *he,
pair->diff.cycles =
pair->block_info->cycles_aggr / pair->block_info->num_aggr -
he->block_info->cycles_aggr / he->block_info->num_aggr;
+
+ if (!cycles_hist)
+ return;
+
+ init_stats(&pair->diff.stats);
+ init_spark_values(pair->diff.svals, NUM_SPARKS);
+
+ for (int i = 0; i < pair->block_info->num; i++) {
+ u64 val;
+
+ if (i >= he->block_info->num || i >= NUM_SPARKS)
+ break;
+
+ val = labs(pair->block_info->cycles_spark[i] -
+ he->block_info->cycles_spark[i]);
+
+ update_spark_value(pair->diff.svals, NUM_SPARKS,
+ &pair->diff.stats, val);
+ update_stats(&pair->diff.stats, val);
+ }
}
}
@@ -1255,6 +1300,9 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
"Show period values."),
OPT_BOOLEAN('F', "formula", &show_formula,
"Show formula."),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "cycles-hist", &cycles_hist,
+ "Show cycles histogram and standard deviation "
+ "- WARNING: use only with -c cycles."),
OPT_BOOLEAN('D', "dump-raw-trace", &dump_trace,
"dump raw trace in ASCII"),
OPT_BOOLEAN('f', "force", &force, "don't complain, do it"),
@@ -1462,6 +1510,90 @@ static int hpp__color_cycles(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
return __hpp__color_compare(fmt, hpp, he, COMPUTE_CYCLES);
}
+static int all_zero(unsigned long *vals, int len)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+ if (vals[i] != 0)
+ return 0;
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static int print_cycles_spark(char *bf, int size, unsigned long *svals, u64 n)
+{
+ int printed;
+
+ if (n <= 1)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (n > NUM_SPARKS)
+ n = NUM_SPARKS;
+ if (all_zero(svals, n))
+ return 0;
+
+ printed = print_spark(bf, size, svals, n);
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, " ");
+ return printed;
+}
+
+static int hpp__color_cycles_hist(struct perf_hpp_fmt *fmt,
+ struct perf_hpp *hpp, struct hist_entry *he)
+{
+ struct diff_hpp_fmt *dfmt =
+ container_of(fmt, struct diff_hpp_fmt, fmt);
+ struct hist_entry *pair = get_pair_fmt(he, dfmt);
+ struct block_hist *bh = container_of(he, struct block_hist, he);
+ struct block_hist *bh_pair;
+ struct hist_entry *block_he;
+ char spark[32], buf[128];
+ double r;
+ int ret, pad;
+
+ if (!pair) {
+ if (bh->block_idx)
+ hpp->skip = true;
+
+ goto no_print;
+ }
+
+ bh_pair = container_of(pair, struct block_hist, he);
+
+ block_he = hists__get_entry(&bh_pair->block_hists, bh->block_idx);
+ if (!block_he) {
+ hpp->skip = true;
+ goto no_print;
+ }
+
+ ret = print_cycles_spark(spark, sizeof(spark), block_he->diff.svals,
+ block_he->diff.stats.n);
+
+ r = rel_stddev_stats(stddev_stats(&block_he->diff.stats),
+ avg_stats(&block_he->diff.stats));
+
+ if (ret) {
+ /*
+ * Padding spaces if number of sparks less than NUM_SPARKS
+ * otherwise the output is not aligned.
+ */
+ pad = NUM_SPARKS - ((ret - 1) / 3);
+ scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%5.1f%% %s", "\u00B1", r, spark);
+ ret = scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*s",
+ dfmt->header_width, buf);
+
+ if (pad) {
+ ret += scnprintf(hpp->buf + ret, hpp->size - ret,
+ "%-*s", pad, " ");
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+no_print:
+ return scnprintf(hpp->buf, hpp->size, "%*s",
+ dfmt->header_width, " ");
+}
+
static void
hpp__entry_unpair(struct hist_entry *he, int idx, char *buf, size_t size)
{
@@ -1667,6 +1799,10 @@ static void data__hpp_register(struct data__file *d, int idx)
fmt->color = hpp__color_cycles;
fmt->sort = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
break;
+ case PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES_HIST:
+ fmt->color = hpp__color_cycles_hist;
+ fmt->sort = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
+ break;
default:
fmt->sort = hist_entry__cmp_nop;
break;
@@ -1692,10 +1828,14 @@ static int ui_init(void)
* PERF_HPP_DIFF__DELTA
* PERF_HPP_DIFF__RATIO
* PERF_HPP_DIFF__WEIGHTED_DIFF
+ * PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES
*/
data__hpp_register(d, i ? compute_2_hpp[compute] :
PERF_HPP_DIFF__BASELINE);
+ if (cycles_hist && i)
+ data__hpp_register(d, PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES_HIST);
+
/*
* And the rest:
*
@@ -1850,6 +1990,9 @@ int cmd_diff(int argc, const char **argv)
if (quiet)
perf_quiet_option();
+ if (cycles_hist && (compute != COMPUTE_CYCLES))
+ usage_with_options(diff_usage, options);
+
symbol__annotation_init();
if (symbol__init(NULL) < 0)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/Build b/tools/perf/util/Build
index 8dcfca1a882f..39814b1806a6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/Build
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ perf-y += cloexec.o
perf-y += call-path.o
perf-y += rwsem.o
perf-y += thread-stack.o
+perf-y += spark.o
perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += auxtrace.o
perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt-decoder/
perf-$(CONFIG_AUXTRACE) += intel-pt.o
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
index 4036c7f7b0fb..2b856b6b46f6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.c
@@ -853,6 +853,10 @@ static int __symbol__account_cycles(struct cyc_hist *ch,
ch[offset].start < start)
return 0;
}
+
+ if (ch[offset].num < NUM_SPARKS)
+ ch[offset].cycles_spark[ch[offset].num] = cycles;
+
ch[offset].have_start = have_start;
ch[offset].start = start;
ch[offset].cycles += cycles;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
index d76fd0e81f46..3528bd4f8f21 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/annotate.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <pthread.h>
#include <asm/bug.h>
#include "symbol_conf.h"
+#include "spark.h"
struct hist_browser_timer;
struct hist_entry;
@@ -235,6 +236,7 @@ struct cyc_hist {
u64 cycles_aggr;
u64 cycles_max;
u64 cycles_min;
+ s64 cycles_spark[NUM_SPARKS];
u32 num;
u32 num_aggr;
u8 have_start;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sort.h b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
index 7b93f34ac1f4..5aff9542d9b7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sort.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sort.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
#include "callchain.h"
#include "values.h"
#include "hist.h"
+#include "stat.h"
+#include "spark.h"
struct option;
struct thread;
@@ -71,6 +73,8 @@ struct hist_entry_diff {
/* PERF_HPP_DIFF__CYCLES */
s64 cycles;
};
+ struct stats stats;
+ unsigned long svals[NUM_SPARKS];
};
struct hist_entry_ops {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/spark.c b/tools/perf/util/spark.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70272a8b81a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/spark.c
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include "spark.h"
+#include "stat.h"
+
+#define SPARK_SHIFT 8
+
+/* Print spark lines on outf for numval values in val. */
+int print_spark(char *bf, int size, unsigned long *val, int numval)
+{
+ static const char *ticks[NUM_SPARKS] = {
+ "▁", "▂", "▃", "▄", "▅", "▆", "▇", "█"
+ };
+ int i, printed = 0;
+ unsigned long min = ULONG_MAX, max = 0, f;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < numval; i++) {
+ if (val[i] < min)
+ min = val[i];
+ if (val[i] > max)
+ max = val[i];
+ }
+ f = ((max - min) << SPARK_SHIFT) / (NUM_SPARKS - 1);
+ if (f < 1)
+ f = 1;
+ for (i = 0; i < numval; i++) {
+ printed += scnprintf(bf + printed, size - printed, "%s",
+ ticks[((val[i] - min) << SPARK_SHIFT) / f]);
+ }
+
+ return printed;
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/spark.h b/tools/perf/util/spark.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..25402d7d7a64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/perf/util/spark.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef SPARK_H
+#define SPARK_H 1
+
+#define NUM_SPARKS 8
+
+int print_spark(char *bf, int size, unsigned long *val, int numval);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
index 0b0c6b5b1899..cc2a89b99d3d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
#include <stdio.h>
#include "path.h"
#include "symbol_conf.h"
+#include "spark.h"
#ifdef HAVE_LIBELF_SUPPORT
#include <libelf.h>
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ struct block_info {
u64 end;
u64 cycles;
u64 cycles_aggr;
+ s64 cycles_spark[NUM_SPARKS];
int num;
int num_aggr;
refcount_t refcnt;