/* * self.c - example of a simple self monitoring task * * Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. * Contributed by Stephane Eranian * * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies * of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, * subject to the following conditions: * * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all * copies or substantial portions of the Software. * * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, * INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A * PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF * CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE * OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. * * This file is part of libpfm, a performance monitoring support library for * applications on Linux. */ #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "detect_pmcs.h" #define NUM_PMCS PFMLIB_MAX_PMCS #define NUM_PMDS PFMLIB_MAX_PMDS static volatile int quit; void sig_handler(int n) { quit = 1; } /* * our test code (function cannot be made static otherwise it is optimized away) */ void noploop(void) { for(;quit == 0;); } static void fatal_error(char *fmt,...) __attribute__((noreturn)); static void fatal_error(char *fmt, ...) { va_list ap; va_start(ap, fmt); vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap); va_end(ap); exit(1); } int main(int argc, char **argv) { char **p; unsigned int i; int ret, ctx_fd; pfmlib_input_param_t inp; pfmlib_output_param_t outp; pfarg_pmd_t pd[NUM_PMDS]; pfarg_pmc_t pc[NUM_PMCS]; pfarg_ctx_t ctx; pfarg_load_t load_args; pfmlib_options_t pfmlib_options; unsigned int num_counters; size_t len; char *name; /* * pass options to library (optional) */ memset(&pfmlib_options, 0, sizeof(pfmlib_options)); pfmlib_options.pfm_debug = 0; /* set to 1 for debug */ pfmlib_options.pfm_verbose = 1; /* set to 1 for verbose */ pfm_set_options(&pfmlib_options); /* * Initialize pfm library (required before we can use it) */ ret = pfm_initialize(); if (ret != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("Cannot initialize library: %s\n", pfm_strerror(ret)); pfm_get_max_event_name_len(&len); name = malloc(len+1); if (!name) fatal_error("cannot allocate event name buffer\n"); pfm_get_num_counters(&num_counters); memset(pd, 0, sizeof(pd)); memset(pc, 0, sizeof(pc)); memset(&ctx, 0, sizeof(ctx)); memset(&load_args, 0, sizeof(load_args)); /* * prepare parameters to library. */ memset(&inp,0, sizeof(inp)); memset(&outp,0, sizeof(outp)); /* * be nice to user! */ if (argc > 1) { p = argv+1; for (i=0; *p ; i++, p++) { ret = pfm_find_full_event(*p, &inp.pfp_events[i]); if (ret != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("event %s: %s\n", *p, pfm_strerror(ret)); } } else { if (pfm_get_cycle_event(&inp.pfp_events[0]) != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("cannot find cycle event\n"); if (pfm_get_inst_retired_event(&inp.pfp_events[1]) != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("cannot find inst retired event\n"); i = 2; } /* * set the default privilege mode for all counters: * PFM_PLM3 : user level only */ inp.pfp_dfl_plm = PFM_PLM3; if (i > num_counters) { i = num_counters; printf("too many events provided (max=%d events), using first %d event(s)\n", num_counters, i); } /* * how many counters we use */ inp.pfp_event_count = i; /* * now create a new context, per process context. * This just creates a new context with some initial state, it is not * active nor attached to any process. */ ctx_fd = pfm_create_context(&ctx, NULL, NULL, 0); if (ctx_fd == -1) { if (errno == ENOSYS) fatal_error("Your kernel does not have performance monitoring support!\n"); fatal_error("Can't create PFM context %s\n", strerror(errno)); } /* * build the pfp_unavail_pmcs bitmask by looking * at what perfmon has available. It is not always * the case that all PMU registers are actually available * to applications. For instance, on IA-32 platforms, some * registers may be reserved for the NMI watchdog timer. * * With this bitmap, the library knows which registers NOT to * use. Of source, it is possible that no valid assignement may * be possible if certain PMU registers are not available. */ detect_unavail_pmcs(ctx_fd, &inp.pfp_unavail_pmcs); printf("una=0x%lx\n", inp.pfp_unavail_pmcs.bits[0]); /* * let the library figure out the values for the PMCS */ if ((ret=pfm_dispatch_events(&inp, NULL, &outp, NULL)) != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("cannot configure events: %s\n", pfm_strerror(ret)); /* * Now prepare the argument to initialize the PMDs and PMCS. * We use pfp_pmc_count to determine the number of PMC to intialize. * We use pfp_pmd_count to determine the number of PMD to initialize. * Some events/features may cause extra PMCs to be used, leading to: * - pfp_pmc_count may be >= pfp_event_count * - pfp_pmd_count may be >= pfp_event_count */ for (i=0; i < outp.pfp_pmc_count; i++) { pc[i].reg_num = outp.pfp_pmcs[i].reg_num; pc[i].reg_value = outp.pfp_pmcs[i].reg_value; } for (i=0; i < outp.pfp_pmd_count; i++) { pd[i].reg_num = outp.pfp_pmds[i].reg_num; } /* * Now program the registers */ if (pfm_write_pmcs(ctx_fd, pc, outp.pfp_pmc_count)) fatal_error("pfm_write_pmcs error errno %d\n",errno); if (pfm_write_pmds(ctx_fd, pd, outp.pfp_pmd_count)) fatal_error("pfm_write_pmds error errno %d\n",errno); /* * now we load (i.e., attach) the context to ourself */ load_args.load_pid = getpid(); if (pfm_load_context(ctx_fd, &load_args)) fatal_error("pfm_load_context error errno %d\n",errno); /* * Let's roll now */ if (pfm_start(ctx_fd, NULL)) fatal_error("pfm_start error errno %d\n",errno); signal(SIGALRM, sig_handler); alarm(10); noploop(); if (pfm_stop(ctx_fd)) fatal_error("pfm_stop error errno %d\n",errno); /* * now read the results. We use pfp_event_count because * libpfm guarantees that counters for the events always * come first. */ if (pfm_read_pmds(ctx_fd, pd, inp.pfp_event_count)) fatal_error( "pfm_read_pmds error errno %d\n",errno); /* * print the results */ for (i=0; i < inp.pfp_event_count; i++) { pfm_get_full_event_name(&inp.pfp_events[i], name, len+1); printf("PMD%-3u %20"PRIu64" %s\n", pd[i].reg_num, pd[i].reg_value, name); } free(name); /* * and destroy our context */ close(ctx_fd); return 0; }