On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 01:16:08PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> + l2_miss_event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&perf_miss_attr,
> + plr->cpu,
> + NULL, NULL, NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(l2_miss_event))
> + goto out;
> +
> + l2_hit_event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&perf_hit_attr,
> + plr->cpu,
> + NULL, NULL, NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(l2_hit_event))
> + goto out_l2_miss;
> +
> + local_irq_disable();
> + /*
> + * Check any possible error state of events used by performing
> + * one local read.
> + */
> + if (perf_event_read_local(l2_miss_event, &tmp, NULL, NULL)) {
> + local_irq_enable();
> + goto out_l2_hit;
> + }
> + if (perf_event_read_local(l2_hit_event, &tmp, NULL, NULL)) {
> + local_irq_enable();
> + goto out_l2_hit;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Disable hardware prefetchers.
> *
> + * Call wrmsr direcly to avoid the local register variables from
> + * being overwritten due to reordering of their assignment with
> + * the wrmsr calls.
> + */
> + __wrmsr(MSR_MISC_FEATURE_CONTROL, prefetch_disable_bits, 0x0);
> +
> + /* Initialize rest of local variables */
> + /*
> + * Performance event has been validated right before this with
> + * interrupts disabled - it is thus safe to read the counter index.
> + */
> + l2_miss_pmcnum = x86_perf_rdpmc_ctr_get(l2_miss_event);
> + l2_hit_pmcnum = x86_perf_rdpmc_ctr_get(l2_hit_event);
> + line_size = plr->line_size;
> + mem_r = plr->kmem;
> + size = plr->size;
> +
> + /*
> + * Read counter variables twice - first to load the instructions
> + * used in L1 cache, second to capture accurate value that does not
> + * include cache misses incurred because of instruction loads.
> + */
> + rdpmcl(l2_hit_pmcnum, l2_hits_before);
> + rdpmcl(l2_miss_pmcnum, l2_miss_before);
> + /*
> + * From SDM: Performing back-to-back fast reads are not guaranteed
> + * to be monotonic. To guarantee monotonicity on back-toback reads,
> + * a serializing instruction must be placed between the two
> + * RDPMC instructions
> + */
> + rmb();
> + rdpmcl(l2_hit_pmcnum, l2_hits_before);
> + rdpmcl(l2_miss_pmcnum, l2_miss_before);
> + /*
> + * rdpmc is not a serializing instruction. Add barrier to prevent
> + * instructions that follow to begin executing before reading the
> + * counter value.
> + */
> + rmb();
> + for (i = 0; i < size; i += line_size) {
> + /*
> + * Add a barrier to prevent speculative execution of this
> + * loop reading beyond the end of the buffer.
> + */
> + rmb();
> + asm volatile("mov (%0,%1,1), %%eax\n\t"
> + :
> + : "r" (mem_r), "r" (i)
> + : "%eax", "memory");
> + }
> + rdpmcl(l2_hit_pmcnum, l2_hits_after);
> + rdpmcl(l2_miss_pmcnum, l2_miss_after);
> + /*
> + * rdpmc is not a serializing instruction. Add barrier to ensure
> + * events measured have completed and prevent instructions that
> + * follow to begin executing before reading the counter value.
> + */
> + rmb();
> + /* Re-enable hardware prefetchers */
> + wrmsr(MSR_MISC_FEATURE_CONTROL, 0x0, 0x0);
> + local_irq_enable();
> + trace_pseudo_lock_l2(l2_hits_after - l2_hits_before,
> + l2_miss_after - l2_miss_before);
> +
> +out_l2_hit:
> + perf_event_release_kernel(l2_hit_event);
> +out_l2_miss:
> + perf_event_release_kernel(l2_miss_event);
> +out:
> + plr->thread_done = 1;
> + wake_up_interruptible(&plr->lock_thread_wq);
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
The above, looks a _LOT_ like the below. And while C does suck a little,
I'm sure there's something we can do about this.
> + l3_miss_event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&perf_miss_attr,
> + plr->cpu,
> + NULL, NULL,
> + NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(l3_miss_event))
> + goto out;
> +
> + l3_hit_event = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(&perf_hit_attr,
> + plr->cpu,
> + NULL, NULL,
> + NULL);
> + if (IS_ERR(l3_hit_event))
> + goto out_l3_miss;
> +
> local_irq_disable();
> /*
> + * Check any possible error state of events used by performing
> + * one local read.
> + */
> + if (perf_event_read_local(l3_miss_event, &tmp, NULL, NULL)) {
> + local_irq_enable();
> + goto out_l3_hit;
> + }
> + if (perf_event_read_local(l3_hit_event, &tmp, NULL, NULL)) {
> + local_irq_enable();
> + goto out_l3_hit;
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * Disable hardware prefetchers.
> + *
> * Call wrmsr direcly to avoid the local register variables from
> * being overwritten due to reordering of their assignment with
> * the wrmsr calls.
> */
> __wrmsr(MSR_MISC_FEATURE_CONTROL, prefetch_disable_bits, 0x0);
> +
> + /* Initialize rest of local variables */
> + /*
> + * Performance event has been validated right before this with
> + * interrupts disabled - it is thus safe to read the counter index.
> + */
> + l3_hit_pmcnum = x86_perf_rdpmc_ctr_get(l3_hit_event);
> + l3_miss_pmcnum = x86_perf_rdpmc_ctr_get(l3_miss_event);
> + line_size = plr->line_size;
> mem_r = plr->kmem;
> size = plr->size;
> +
> + /*
> + * Read counter variables twice - first to load the instructions
> + * used in L1 cache, second to capture accurate value that does not
> + * include cache misses incurred because of instruction loads.
> + */
> + rdpmcl(l3_hit_pmcnum, l3_hits_before);
> + rdpmcl(l3_miss_pmcnum, l3_miss_before);
> + /*
> + * From SDM: Performing back-to-back fast reads are not guaranteed
> + * to be monotonic. To guarantee monotonicity on back-toback reads,
> + * a serializing instruction must be placed between the two
> + * RDPMC instructions
> + */
> + rmb();
> + rdpmcl(l3_hit_pmcnum, l3_hits_before);
> + rdpmcl(l3_miss_pmcnum, l3_miss_before);
> + /*
> + * rdpmc is not a serializing instruction. Add barrier to prevent
> + * instructions that follow to begin executing before reading the
> + * counter value.
> + */
> + rmb();
> for (i = 0; i < size; i += line_size) {
> + /*
> + * Add a barrier to prevent speculative execution of this
> + * loop reading beyond the end of the buffer.
> + */
> + rmb();
> asm volatile("mov (%0,%1,1), %%eax\n\t"
> :
> : "r" (mem_r), "r" (i)
> : "%eax", "memory");
> }
> + rdpmcl(l3_hit_pmcnum, l3_hits_after);
> + rdpmcl(l3_miss_pmcnum, l3_miss_after);
> /*
> + * rdpmc is not a serializing instruction. Add barrier to ensure
> + * events measured have completed and prevent instructions that
> + * follow to begin executing before reading the counter value.
> */
> + rmb();
> + /* Re-enable hardware prefetchers */
> wrmsr(MSR_MISC_FEATURE_CONTROL, 0x0, 0x0);
> local_irq_enable();
> + l3_miss_after -= l3_miss_before;
> + if (boot_cpu_data.x86_model == INTEL_FAM6_BROADWELL_X) {
> + /*
> + * On BDW references and misses are counted, need to adjust.
> + * Sometimes the "hits" counter is a bit more than the
> + * references, for example, x references but x + 1 hits.
> + * To not report invalid hit values in this case we treat
> + * that as misses equal to references.
> + */
> + /* First compute the number of cache references measured */
> + l3_hits_after -= l3_hits_before;
> + /* Next convert references to cache hits */
> + l3_hits_after -= l3_miss_after > l3_hits_after ?
> + l3_hits_after : l3_miss_after;
> + } else {
> + l3_hits_after -= l3_hits_before;
> }
> + trace_pseudo_lock_l3(l3_hits_after, l3_miss_after);
>
> +out_l3_hit:
> + perf_event_release_kernel(l3_hit_event);
> +out_l3_miss:
> + perf_event_release_kernel(l3_miss_event);
