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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
Initialize()60 bool PerfCounters::Initialize() { return pfm_initialize() == PFM_SUCCESS; }
61
IsCounterSupported(const std::string & name)62 bool PerfCounters::IsCounterSupported(const std::string& name) {
63 perf_event_attr_t attr;
64 std::memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
65 pfm_perf_encode_arg_t arg;
66 std::memset(&arg, 0, sizeof(arg));
67 arg.attr = &attr;
68 const int mode = PFM_PLM3; // user mode only
69 int ret = pfm_get_os_event_encoding(name.c_str(), mode, PFM_OS_PERF_EVENT_EXT,
70 &arg);
71 return (ret == PFM_SUCCESS);
72 }
73
Create(const std::vector<std::string> & counter_names)74 PerfCounters PerfCounters::Create(
75 const std::vector<std::string>& counter_names) {
76 // Valid counters will populate these arrays but we start empty
77 std::vector<std::string> valid_names;
78 std::vector<int> counter_ids;
79 std::vector<int> leader_ids;
80
81 // Resize to the maximum possible
82 valid_names.reserve(counter_names.size());
83 counter_ids.reserve(counter_names.size());
84
85 const int kCounterMode = PFM_PLM3; // user mode only
86
87 // Group leads will be assigned on demand. The idea is that once we cannot
88 // create a counter descriptor, the reason is that this group has maxed out
89 // so we set the group_id again to -1 and retry - giving the algorithm a
90 // chance to create a new group leader to hold the next set of counters.
91 int group_id = -1;
92
93 // Loop through all performance counters
94 for (size_t i = 0; i < counter_names.size(); ++i) {
95 // we are about to push into the valid names vector
96 // check if we did not reach the maximum
97 if (valid_names.size() == PerfCounterValues::kMaxCounters) {
98 // Log a message if we maxed out and stop adding
99 GetErrorLogInstance()
100 << counter_names.size() << " counters were requested. The maximum is "
101 << PerfCounterValues::kMaxCounters << " and " << valid_names.size()
102 << " were already added. All remaining counters will be ignored\n";
103 // stop the loop and return what we have already
104 break;
105 }
106
107 // Check if this name is empty
108 const auto& name = counter_names[i];
109 if (name.empty()) {
110 GetErrorLogInstance()
111 << "A performance counter name was the empty string\n";
112 continue;
113 }
114
115 // Here first means first in group, ie the group leader
116 const bool is_first = (group_id < 0);
117
118 // This struct will be populated by libpfm from the counter string
119 // and then fed into the syscall perf_event_open
120 struct perf_event_attr attr {};
121 attr.size = sizeof(attr);
122
123 // This is the input struct to libpfm.
124 pfm_perf_encode_arg_t arg{};
125 arg.attr = &attr;
126 const int pfm_get = pfm_get_os_event_encoding(name.c_str(), kCounterMode,
127 PFM_OS_PERF_EVENT, &arg);
128 if (pfm_get != PFM_SUCCESS) {
129 GetErrorLogInstance()
130 << "Unknown performance counter name: " << name << "\n";
131 continue;
132 }
133
134 // We then proceed to populate the remaining fields in our attribute struct
135 // Note: the man page for perf_event_create suggests inherit = true and
136 // read_format = PERF_FORMAT_GROUP don't work together, but that's not the
137 // case.
138 attr.disabled = is_first;
139 attr.inherit = true;
140 attr.pinned = is_first;
141 attr.exclude_kernel = true;
142 attr.exclude_user = false;
143 attr.exclude_hv = true;
144
145 // Read all counters in a group in one read.
146 attr.read_format = PERF_FORMAT_GROUP;
147
148 int id = -1;
149 while (id < 0) {
150 static constexpr size_t kNrOfSyscallRetries = 5;
151 // Retry syscall as it was interrupted often (b/64774091).
152 for (size_t num_retries = 0; num_retries < kNrOfSyscallRetries;
153 ++num_retries) {
154 id = perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, group_id, 0);
155 if (id >= 0 || errno != EINTR) {
156 break;
157 }
158 }
159 if (id < 0) {
160 // If the file descriptor is negative we might have reached a limit
161 // in the current group. Set the group_id to -1 and retry
162 if (group_id >= 0) {
163 // Create a new group
164 group_id = -1;
165 } else {
166 // At this point we have already retried to set a new group id and
167 // failed. We then give up.
168 break;
169 }
170 }
171 }
172
173 // We failed to get a new file descriptor. We might have reached a hard
174 // hardware limit that cannot be resolved even with group multiplexing
175 if (id < 0) {
176 GetErrorLogInstance() << "***WARNING** Failed to get a file descriptor "
177 "for performance counter "
178 << name << ". Ignoring\n";
179
180 // We give up on this counter but try to keep going
181 // as the others would be fine
182 continue;
183 }
184 if (group_id < 0) {
185 // This is a leader, store and assign it to the current file descriptor
186 leader_ids.push_back(id);
187 group_id = id;
188 }
189 // This is a valid counter, add it to our descriptor's list
190 counter_ids.push_back(id);
191 valid_names.push_back(name);
192 }
193
194 // Loop through all group leaders activating them
195 // There is another option of starting ALL counters in a process but
196 // that would be far reaching an intrusion. If the user is using PMCs
197 // by themselves then this would have a side effect on them. It is
198 // friendlier to loop through all groups individually.
199 for (int lead : leader_ids) {
200 if (ioctl(lead, PERF_EVENT_IOC_ENABLE) != 0) {
201 // This should never happen but if it does, we give up on the
202 // entire batch as recovery would be a mess.
203 GetErrorLogInstance() << "***WARNING*** Failed to start counters. "
204 "Claring out all counters.\n";
205
206 // Close all peformance counters
207 for (int id : counter_ids) {
208 ::close(id);
209 }
210
211 // Return an empty object so our internal state is still good and
212 // the process can continue normally without impact
213 return NoCounters();
214 }
215 }
216
217 return PerfCounters(std::move(valid_names), std::move(counter_ids),
218 std::move(leader_ids));
219 }
220
CloseCounters() const221 void PerfCounters::CloseCounters() const {
222 if (counter_ids_.empty()) {
223 return;
224 }
225 for (int lead : leader_ids_) {
226 ioctl(lead, PERF_EVENT_IOC_DISABLE);
227 }
228 for (int fd : counter_ids_) {
229 close(fd);
230 }
231 }
232 #else // defined HAVE_LIBPFM
Read(const std::vector<int> &)233 size_t PerfCounterValues::Read(const std::vector<int>&) { return 0; }
234
235 const bool PerfCounters::kSupported = false;
236
Initialize()237 bool PerfCounters::Initialize() { return false; }
238
IsCounterSupported(const std::string &)239 bool PerfCounters::IsCounterSupported(const std::string&) { return false; }
240
Create(const std::vector<std::string> & counter_names)241 PerfCounters PerfCounters::Create(
242 const std::vector<std::string>& counter_names) {
243 if (!counter_names.empty()) {
244 GetErrorLogInstance() << "Performance counters not supported.";
245 }
246 return NoCounters();
247 }
248
CloseCounters() const249 void PerfCounters::CloseCounters() const {}
250 #endif // defined HAVE_LIBPFM
251
PerfCountersMeasurement(const std::vector<std::string> & counter_names)252 PerfCountersMeasurement::PerfCountersMeasurement(
253 const std::vector<std::string>& counter_names)
254 : start_values_(counter_names.size()), end_values_(counter_names.size()) {
255 counters_ = PerfCounters::Create(counter_names);
256 }
257
operator =(PerfCounters && other)258 PerfCounters& PerfCounters::operator=(PerfCounters&& other) noexcept {
259 if (this != &other) {
260 CloseCounters();
261
262 counter_ids_ = std::move(other.counter_ids_);
263 leader_ids_ = std::move(other.leader_ids_);
264 counter_names_ = std::move(other.counter_names_);
265 }
266 return *this;
267 }
268 } // namespace internal
269 } // namespace benchmark
270