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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH] perf cgroup: simplify arguments if track multiple events for a cgroup
2018-01-29 18:39 GMT+08:00 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 01:31:48PM +0800, weiping zhang wrote:
>> if use -G with one cgroup and -e with multiple events, only the first
>> event has correct cgroup setting, all events from the second will track
>> system-wide events.
>>
>> if user want track multiple events for a specific cgroup, user must give
>> parameters like follow:
>> $ perf stat -e e1 -e e2 -e e3 -G test,test,test
>> this patch simplify this case, just type one cgroup, like following:
>> $ perf stat -e e1 -e e2 -e e3 -G test
>>
>> reproduce:
>> $ mkdir -p /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event/test
>> $ perf stat -e cycles -e cache-misses -a -I 1000 -G test
>>
>> before:
>> 1.001007226 <not counted> cycles test
>> 1.001007226 7,506 cache-misses
>>
>> after:
>> 1.000834097 <not counted> cycles test
>> 1.000834097 <not counted> cache-misses test
>>
>> Signed-off-by: weiping zhang <zhangweiping@didichuxing.com>
>> ---
>> tools/perf/util/cgroup.c | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>> 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> please update the -G option documentation
>
OK, I'll add that at V2.
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
>> index d9ffc1e..38aaeb2 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
>> @@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
>> int unset __maybe_unused)
>> {
>> struct perf_evlist *evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value;
>> + struct perf_evsel *counter;
>> + struct cgroup_sel *cgrp = NULL;
>> const char *p, *e, *eos = str + strlen(str);
>> char *s;
>> - int ret;
>> + int ret, i;
>>
>> if (list_empty(&evlist->entries)) {
>> fprintf(stderr, "must define events before cgroups\n");
>> @@ -185,5 +187,18 @@ int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
>> break;
>> str = p+1;
>> }
>> + /* for the case one cgroup combine to multiple events */
>> + i = 0;
>> + if (nr_cgroups == 1) {
>> + evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter) {
>> + if (i == 0)
>> + cgrp = counter->cgrp;
>
> what if the only group is not defined for the first event? like -G ,,krava
>
if there is a comma, the nr_cgrous will > 1, so it will keep original
behavior track system-wide events.
> thanks,
> jirka

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