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perf evsel: Fixes topdown events in a weak group for the hybrid platform

The patch ("perf evlist: Keep topdown counters in weak group") fixes the
perf metrics topdown event issue when the topdown events are in a weak
group on a non-hybrid platform. However, it doesn't work for the hybrid
platform.

$./perf stat -e '{cpu_core/slots/,cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/,
cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/,cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/,
cpu_core/topdown-retiring/,cpu_core/branch-instructions/,
cpu_core/branch-misses/,cpu_core/bus-cycles/,cpu_core/cache-misses/,
cpu_core/cache-references/,cpu_core/cpu-cycles/,cpu_core/instructions/,
cpu_core/mem-loads/,cpu_core/mem-stores/,cpu_core/ref-cycles/,
cpu_core/cache-misses/,cpu_core/cache-references/}:W' -a sleep 1

Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

751,765,068 cpu_core/slots/ (84.07%)
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/
<not supported> cpu_core/topdown-retiring/
12,398,197 cpu_core/branch-instructions/ (84.07%)
1,054,218 cpu_core/branch-misses/ (84.24%)
539,764,637 cpu_core/bus-cycles/ (84.64%)
14,683 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (84.87%)
7,277,809 cpu_core/cache-references/ (77.30%)
222,299,439 cpu_core/cpu-cycles/ (77.28%)
63,661,714 cpu_core/instructions/ (84.85%)
0 cpu_core/mem-loads/ (77.29%)
12,271,725 cpu_core/mem-stores/ (77.30%)
542,241,102 cpu_core/ref-cycles/ (84.85%)
8,854 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (76.71%)
7,179,013 cpu_core/cache-references/ (76.31%)

1.003245250 seconds time elapsed

A hybrid platform has a different PMU name for the core PMUs, while
the current perf hard code the PMU name "cpu".

The evsel->pmu_name can be used to replace the "cpu" to fix the issue.
For a hybrid platform, the pmu_name must be non-NULL. Because there are
at least two core PMUs. The PMU has to be specified.
For a non-hybrid platform, the pmu_name may be NULL. Because there is
only one core PMU, "cpu". For a NULL pmu_name, we can safely assume that
it is a "cpu" PMU.

In case other PMUs also define the "slots" event, checking the PMU type
as well.

With the patch,

$ perf stat -e '{cpu_core/slots/,cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/,
cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/,cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/,
cpu_core/topdown-retiring/,cpu_core/branch-instructions/,
cpu_core/branch-misses/,cpu_core/bus-cycles/,cpu_core/cache-misses/,
cpu_core/cache-references/,cpu_core/cpu-cycles/,cpu_core/instructions/,
cpu_core/mem-loads/,cpu_core/mem-stores/,cpu_core/ref-cycles/,
cpu_core/cache-misses/,cpu_core/cache-references/}:W' -a sleep 1

Performance counter stats for 'system wide':

766,620,266 cpu_core/slots/ (84.06%)
73,172,129 cpu_core/topdown-bad-spec/ # 9.5% bad speculation (84.06%)
193,443,341 cpu_core/topdown-be-bound/ # 25.0% backend bound (84.06%)
403,940,929 cpu_core/topdown-fe-bound/ # 52.3% frontend bound (84.06%)
102,070,237 cpu_core/topdown-retiring/ # 13.2% retiring (84.06%)
12,364,429 cpu_core/branch-instructions/ (84.03%)
1,080,124 cpu_core/branch-misses/ (84.24%)
564,120,383 cpu_core/bus-cycles/ (84.65%)
36,979 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (84.86%)
7,298,094 cpu_core/cache-references/ (77.30%)
227,174,372 cpu_core/cpu-cycles/ (77.31%)
63,886,523 cpu_core/instructions/ (84.87%)
0 cpu_core/mem-loads/ (77.31%)
12,208,782 cpu_core/mem-stores/ (77.31%)
566,409,738 cpu_core/ref-cycles/ (84.87%)
23,118 cpu_core/cache-misses/ (76.71%)
7,212,602 cpu_core/cache-references/ (76.29%)

1.003228667 seconds time elapsed

Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Xing Zhengjun <zhengjun.xing@linux.intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220518143900.1493980-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

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Kan Liang and committed by
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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tools/perf/arch/x86/util/evsel.c
··· 31 31 free(env.cpuid); 32 32 } 33 33 34 + /* Check whether the evsel's PMU supports the perf metrics */ 35 + static bool evsel__sys_has_perf_metrics(const struct evsel *evsel) 36 + { 37 + const char *pmu_name = evsel->pmu_name ? evsel->pmu_name : "cpu"; 38 + 39 + /* 40 + * The PERF_TYPE_RAW type is the core PMU type, e.g., "cpu" PMU 41 + * on a non-hybrid machine, "cpu_core" PMU on a hybrid machine. 42 + * The slots event is only available for the core PMU, which 43 + * supports the perf metrics feature. 44 + * Checking both the PERF_TYPE_RAW type and the slots event 45 + * should be good enough to detect the perf metrics feature. 46 + */ 47 + if ((evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_RAW) && 48 + pmu_have_event(pmu_name, "slots")) 49 + return true; 50 + 51 + return false; 52 + } 53 + 34 54 bool arch_evsel__must_be_in_group(const struct evsel *evsel) 35 55 { 36 - if ((evsel->pmu_name && strcmp(evsel->pmu_name, "cpu")) || 37 - !pmu_have_event("cpu", "slots")) 56 + if (!evsel__sys_has_perf_metrics(evsel)) 38 57 return false; 39 58 40 59 return evsel->name &&