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14 
15 #include "perf_counters.h"
16 
17 #include <cstring>
18 #include <memory>
19 #include <vector>
20 
21 #if defined HAVE_LIBPFM
22 #include "perfmon/pfmlib.h"
23 #include "perfmon/pfmlib_perf_event.h"
24 #endif
25 
26 namespace benchmark {
27 namespace internal {
28 
29 constexpr size_t PerfCounterValues::kMaxCounters;
30 
31 #if defined HAVE_LIBPFM
32 
Read(const std::vector<int> & leaders)33 size_t PerfCounterValues::Read(const std::vector<int>& leaders) {
34   // Create a pointer for multiple reads
35   const size_t bufsize = values_.size() * sizeof(values_[0]);
36   char* ptr = reinterpret_cast<char*>(values_.data());
37   size_t size = bufsize;
38   for (int lead : leaders) {
39     auto read_bytes = ::read(lead, ptr, size);
40     if (read_bytes >= ssize_t(sizeof(uint64_t))) {
41       // Actual data bytes are all bytes minus initial padding
42       std::size_t data_bytes = read_bytes - sizeof(uint64_t);
43       // This should be very cheap since it's in hot cache
44       std::memmove(ptr, ptr + sizeof(uint64_t), data_bytes);
45       // Increment our counters
46       ptr += data_bytes;
47       size -= data_bytes;
48     } else {
49       int err = errno;
50       GetErrorLogInstance() << "Error reading lead " << lead << " errno:" << err
51                             << " " << ::strerror(err) << "\n";
52       return 0;
53     }
54   }
55   return (bufsize - size) / sizeof(uint64_t);
56 }
57 
58 const bool PerfCounters::kSupported = true;
59 
60 // Initializes libpfm only on the first call.  Returns whether that single
61 // initialization was successful.
Initialize()62 bool PerfCounters::Initialize() {
63   // Function-scope static gets initialized only once on first call.
64   static const bool success = []() {
65     return pfm_initialize() == PFM_SUCCESS;
66   }();
67   return success;
68 }
69 
IsCounterSupported(const std::string & name)70 bool PerfCounters::IsCounterSupported(const std::string& name) {
71   Initialize();
72   perf_event_attr_t attr;
73   std::memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
74   pfm_perf_encode_arg_t arg;
75   std::memset(&arg, 0, sizeof(arg));
76   arg.attr = &attr;
77   const int mode = PFM_PLM3;  // user mode only
78   int ret = pfm_get_os_event_encoding(name.c_str(), mode, PFM_OS_PERF_EVENT_EXT,
79                                       &arg);
80   return (ret == PFM_SUCCESS);
81 }
82 
Create(const std::vector<std::string> & counter_names)83 PerfCounters PerfCounters::Create(
84     const std::vector<std::string>& counter_names) {
85   if (!counter_names.empty()) {
86     Initialize();
87   }
88 
89   // Valid counters will populate these arrays but we start empty
90   std::vector<std::string> valid_names;
91   std::vector<int> counter_ids;
92   std::vector<int> leader_ids;
93 
94   // Resize to the maximum possible
95   valid_names.reserve(counter_names.size());
96   counter_ids.reserve(counter_names.size());
97 
98   const int kCounterMode = PFM_PLM3;  // user mode only
99 
100   // Group leads will be assigned on demand. The idea is that once we cannot
101   // create a counter descriptor, the reason is that this group has maxed out
102   // so we set the group_id again to -1 and retry - giving the algorithm a
103   // chance to create a new group leader to hold the next set of counters.
104   int group_id = -1;
105 
106   // Loop through all performance counters
107   for (size_t i = 0; i < counter_names.size(); ++i) {
108     // we are about to push into the valid names vector
109     // check if we did not reach the maximum
110     if (valid_names.size() == PerfCounterValues::kMaxCounters) {
111       // Log a message if we maxed out and stop adding
112       GetErrorLogInstance()
113           << counter_names.size() << " counters were requested. The maximum is "
114           << PerfCounterValues::kMaxCounters << " and " << valid_names.size()
115           << " were already added. All remaining counters will be ignored\n";
116       // stop the loop and return what we have already
117       break;
118     }
119 
120     // Check if this name is empty
121     const auto& name = counter_names[i];
122     if (name.empty()) {
123       GetErrorLogInstance()
124           << "A performance counter name was the empty string\n";
125       continue;
126     }
127 
128     // Here first means first in group, ie the group leader
129     const bool is_first = (group_id < 0);
130 
131     // This struct will be populated by libpfm from the counter string
132     // and then fed into the syscall perf_event_open
133     struct perf_event_attr attr {};
134     attr.size = sizeof(attr);
135 
136     // This is the input struct to libpfm.
137     pfm_perf_encode_arg_t arg{};
138     arg.attr = &attr;
139     const int pfm_get = pfm_get_os_event_encoding(name.c_str(), kCounterMode,
140                                                   PFM_OS_PERF_EVENT, &arg);
141     if (pfm_get != PFM_SUCCESS) {
142       GetErrorLogInstance()
143           << "Unknown performance counter name: " << name << "\n";
144       continue;
145     }
146 
147     // We then proceed to populate the remaining fields in our attribute struct
148     // Note: the man page for perf_event_create suggests inherit = true and
149     // read_format = PERF_FORMAT_GROUP don't work together, but that's not the
150     // case.
151     attr.disabled = is_first;
152     attr.inherit = true;
153     attr.pinned = is_first;
154     attr.exclude_kernel = true;
155     attr.exclude_user = false;
156     attr.exclude_hv = true;
157 
158     // Read all counters in a group in one read.
159     attr.read_format = PERF_FORMAT_GROUP;
160 
161     int id = -1;
162     while (id < 0) {
163       static constexpr size_t kNrOfSyscallRetries = 5;
164       // Retry syscall as it was interrupted often (b/64774091).
165       for (size_t num_retries = 0; num_retries < kNrOfSyscallRetries;
166            ++num_retries) {
167         id = perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, group_id, 0);
168         if (id >= 0 || errno != EINTR) {
169           break;
170         }
171       }
172       if (id < 0) {
173         // If the file descriptor is negative we might have reached a limit
174         // in the current group. Set the group_id to -1 and retry
175         if (group_id >= 0) {
176           // Create a new group
177           group_id = -1;
178         } else {
179           // At this point we have already retried to set a new group id and
180           // failed. We then give up.
181           break;
182         }
183       }
184     }
185 
186     // We failed to get a new file descriptor. We might have reached a hard
187     // hardware limit that cannot be resolved even with group multiplexing
188     if (id < 0) {
189       GetErrorLogInstance() << "***WARNING** Failed to get a file descriptor "
190                                "for performance counter "
191                             << name << ". Ignoring\n";
192 
193       // We give up on this counter but try to keep going
194       // as the others would be fine
195       continue;
196     }
197     if (group_id < 0) {
198       // This is a leader, store and assign it to the current file descriptor
199       leader_ids.push_back(id);
200       group_id = id;
201     }
202     // This is a valid counter, add it to our descriptor's list
203     counter_ids.push_back(id);
204     valid_names.push_back(name);
205   }
206 
207   // Loop through all group leaders activating them
208   // There is another option of starting ALL counters in a process but
209   // that would be far reaching an intrusion. If the user is using PMCs
210   // by themselves then this would have a side effect on them. It is
211   // friendlier to loop through all groups individually.
212   for (int lead : leader_ids) {
213     if (ioctl(lead, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE) != 0) {
214       // This should never happen but if it does, we give up on the
215       // entire batch as recovery would be a mess.
216       GetErrorLogInstance() << "***WARNING*** Failed to start counters. "
217                                "Claring out all counters.\n";
218 
219       // Close all peformance counters
220       for (int id : counter_ids) {
221         ::close(id);
222       }
223 
224       // Return an empty object so our internal state is still good and
225       // the process can continue normally without impact
226       return NoCounters();
227     }
228   }
229 
230   return PerfCounters(std::move(valid_names), std::move(counter_ids),
231                       std::move(leader_ids));
232 }
233 
CloseCounters() const234 void PerfCounters::CloseCounters() const {
235   if (counter_ids_.empty()) {
236     return;
237   }
238   for (int lead : leader_ids_) {
239     ioctl(lead, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
240   }
241   for (int fd : counter_ids_) {
242     close(fd);
243   }
244 }
245 #else   // defined HAVE_LIBPFM
Read(const std::vector<int> &)246 size_t PerfCounterValues::Read(const std::vector<int>&) { return 0; }
247 
248 const bool PerfCounters::kSupported = false;
249 
Initialize()250 bool PerfCounters::Initialize() { return false; }
251 
IsCounterSupported(const std::string &)252 bool PerfCounters::IsCounterSupported(const std::string&) { return false; }
253 
Create(const std::vector<std::string> & counter_names)254 PerfCounters PerfCounters::Create(
255     const std::vector<std::string>& counter_names) {
256   if (!counter_names.empty()) {
257     GetErrorLogInstance() << "Performance counters not supported.";
258   }
259   return NoCounters();
260 }
261 
CloseCounters() const262 void PerfCounters::CloseCounters() const {}
263 #endif  // defined HAVE_LIBPFM
264 
PerfCountersMeasurement(const std::vector<std::string> & counter_names)265 PerfCountersMeasurement::PerfCountersMeasurement(
266     const std::vector<std::string>& counter_names)
267     : start_values_(counter_names.size()), end_values_(counter_names.size()) {
268   counters_ = PerfCounters::Create(counter_names);
269 }
270 
operator =(PerfCounters && other)271 PerfCounters& PerfCounters::operator=(PerfCounters&& other) noexcept {
272   if (this != &other) {
273     CloseCounters();
274 
275     counter_ids_ = std::move(other.counter_ids_);
276     leader_ids_ = std::move(other.leader_ids_);
277     counter_names_ = std::move(other.counter_names_);
278   }
279   return *this;
280 }
281 }  // namespace internal
282 }  // namespace benchmark
283