2:20 a.m.
This patch adds support and documentation for
a generalized hardware cache event called cache_l1drm
perf event for measuring read misses on level 1
data cache
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Konkar <nitkon12(a)linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
docs/formatdomain.html.in | 7 +++++++
docs/news.xml | 4 ++--
docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 1 +
include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h | 11 +++++++++++
src/libvirt-domain.c | 3 +++
src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 1 +
src/util/virperf.c | 7 ++++++-
src/util/virperf.h | 1 +
tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml | 1 +
tools/virsh.pod | 5 ++++-
10 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index a8ee2db..90830fe 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -1938,6 +1938,7 @@
<event name='stalled_cycles_backend' enabled='no'/>
<event name='ref_cpu_cycles' enabled='no'/>
<event name='cache_l1dra' enabled='no'/>
+ <event name='cache_l1drm' enabled='no'/>
</perf>
...
</pre>
@@ -2022,6 +2023,12 @@
applications running on the platform</td>
<td><code>perf.cache_l1dra</code></td>
</tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>cache_l1drm</code></td>
+ <td>the count of total read misses for level 1 data cache by
+ applications running on the platform</td>
+ <td><code>perf.cache_l1drm</code></td>
+ </tr>
</table>
<h3><a name="elementsDevices">Devices</a></h3>
diff --git a/docs/news.xml b/docs/news.xml
index 93ab40c..5be7125 100644
--- a/docs/news.xml
+++ b/docs/news.xml
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
Add support to get the count of branch instructions
executed, branch misses, bus cycles, stalled frontend
cpu cycles, stalled backend cpu cycles, ref cpu
- cycles and cache l1dra by applications running on the
- platform.
+ cycles, cache l1dra and cache l1drm by applications
+ running on the platform.
</description>
</change>
<change>
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index a65ad13..6a7c83c 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@
<value>stalled_cycles_backend</value>
<value>ref_cpu_cycles</value>
<value>cache_l1dra</value>
+ <value>cache_l1drm</value>
</choice>
</attribute>
<attribute name="enabled">
diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index 3da0e9b..009afb9 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -2199,6 +2199,17 @@ void virDomainStatsRecordListFree(virDomainStatsRecordPtr *stats);
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_L1DRA "cache_l1dra"
+/**
+ * VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_L1DRM:
+ *
+ * Macro for typed parameter name that represents cache_l1drm
+ * perf event which can be used to measure the count of total
+ * read misses for level 1 data cache by applications running
+ * on the platform. It corresponds to the "perf.cache_l1drm"
+ * field in the *Stats APIs.
+ */
+# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_L1DRM "cache_l1drm"
+
int virDomainGetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
virTypedParameterPtr *params,
int *nparams,
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index fa39069..7183905 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -11253,6 +11253,9 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
* "perf.cache_l1dra" - The count of total read accesses for level 1 data
* cache as unsigned long long. It is produced by
* cache_l1dra perf event.
+ * "perf.cache_l1drm" - The count of total read misses for level 1 data
+ * cache as unsigned long long. It is produced by
+ * cache_l1drm perf event.
*
* Note that entire stats groups or individual stat fields may be missing from
* the output in case they are not supported by the given hypervisor, are not
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index 7e2ea96..da50f95 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -9878,6 +9878,7 @@ qemuDomainSetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_STALLED_CYCLES_BACKEND,
VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_REF_CPU_CYCLES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_L1DRA, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
+ VIR_PERF_PARAM_CACHE_L1DRM, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
NULL) < 0)
return -1;
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.c b/src/util/virperf.c
index 11e64df..4b9fc9a 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.c
+++ b/src/util/virperf.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virPerfEvent, VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST,
"branch_instructions", "branch_misses",
"bus_cycles", "stalled_cycles_frontend",
"stalled_cycles_backend", "ref_cpu_cycles",
- "cache_l1dra");
+ "cache_l1dra", "cache_l1drm");
struct virPerfEvent {
int type;
@@ -118,6 +118,11 @@ static struct virPerfEventAttr attrs[] = {
.attrConfig = (PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_L1D) |
(PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_READ << 8) |
(PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_ACCESS << 16)},
+ {.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_L1DRM,
+ .attrType = PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE,
+ .attrConfig = (PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_L1D) |
+ (PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_OP_READ << 8) |
+ (PERF_COUNT_HW_CACHE_RESULT_MISS << 16)},
};
typedef struct virPerfEventAttr *virPerfEventAttrPtr;
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.h b/src/util/virperf.h
index 36ceb3a..37058b0 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.h
+++ b/src/util/virperf.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ typedef enum {
processor pipeline */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_REF_CPU_CYCLES, /* Count of ref cpu cycles */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_L1DRA, /* Count of read accesses for level 1 data cache */
+ VIR_PERF_EVENT_CACHE_L1DRM, /* Count of read misses for level 1 data cache */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST
} virPerfEventType;
diff --git a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
index 9b01aef..bb8a085 100644
--- a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
+++ b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
<event name='stalled_cycles_backend' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='ref_cpu_cycles' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='cache_l1dra' enabled='yes'/>
+ <event name='cache_l1drm' enabled='yes'/>
</perf>
<devices>
</devices>
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index 798c02e..c1bdbdd 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -946,7 +946,8 @@ I<--perf> returns the statistics of all enabled perf events:
"perf.stalled_cycles_frontend" - the count of stalled frontend cpu cycles,
"perf.stalled_cycles_backend" - the count of stalled backend cpu cycles,
"perf.ref_cpu_cycles" - the count of ref cpu cycles,
-"perf.cache_l1dra" - the count of read accesses for level 1 data cache
+"perf.cache_l1dra" - the count of read accesses for level 1 data cache,
+"perf.cache_l1drm" - the count of read misses for level 1 data cache
See the B<perf> command for more details about each event.
@@ -2313,6 +2314,8 @@ B<Valid perf event names>
applications running on the platform.
cache_l1dra - Provides the count of total read accesses for level 1
data cache by applications running on the platform.
+ cache_l1drm - Provides the count of total read misses for level 1
+ data cache by applications running on the platform.
B<Note>: The statistics can be retrieved using the B<domstats> command using
the I<--perf> flag.
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1.9.3