/* * smpl_core_pebs.c - Intel Core processor PEBS example * * Copyright (c) 2006 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 #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include "../detect_pmcs.h" #define SMPL_EVENT "INSTRUCTIONS_RETIRED" /* not all event support PEBS */ #define NUM_PMCS 16 #define NUM_PMDS 16 #define SMPL_PERIOD 100000ULL /* must not use more bits than actual HW counter width */ typedef pfm_pebs_core_smpl_hdr_t smpl_hdr_t; typedef pfm_pebs_core_smpl_entry_t smpl_entry_t; typedef pfm_pebs_core_smpl_arg_t smpl_arg_t; #define FMT_NAME PFM_PEBS_CORE_SMPL_NAME static uint64_t collected_samples; 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); } static void warning(char *fmt, ...) { va_list ap; va_start(ap, fmt); vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap); va_end(ap); } int child(char **arg) { /* * force the task to stop before executing the first * user level instruction */ ptrace(PTRACE_TRACEME, 0, NULL, NULL); execvp(arg[0], arg); /* not reached */ exit(1); } static void process_smpl_buf(smpl_hdr_t *hdr) { static uint64_t last_overflow = ~0; /* initialize to biggest value possible */ static uint64_t last_count; smpl_entry_t *ent; uint64_t entry; uint64_t count; count = (hdr->ds.pebs_index - hdr->ds.pebs_buf_base)/sizeof(*ent); if (hdr->overflows == last_overflow && last_count == count) { warning("skipping identical set of samples %"PRIu64" = %"PRIu64"\n", hdr->overflows, last_overflow); return; } last_count = count; last_overflow = hdr->overflows; /* * the beginning of the buffer does not necessarily follow the header * due to alignement. */ ent = (smpl_entry_t *)((unsigned long)(hdr+1)+ hdr->start_offs); entry = collected_samples; while(count--) { /* * print some of the machine registers of each sample */ printf("entry %06"PRIu64" eflags:0x%08llx EAX:0x%08llx ESP:0x%08llx IP:0x%08llx\n", entry, (unsigned long long)ent->eflags, (unsigned long long)ent->eax, (unsigned long long)ent->esp, (unsigned long long)ent->ip); ent++; entry++; } collected_samples = entry; } int main(int argc, char **argv) { pfmlib_input_param_t inp; pfmlib_output_param_t outp; pfmlib_core_input_param_t mod_inp; pfmlib_options_t pfmlib_options; pfarg_pmr_t pc[NUM_PMCS]; pfarg_pmd_attr_t pd[NUM_PMDS]; pfarg_sinfo_t sif; smpl_arg_t buf_arg; pfarg_msg_t msg; smpl_hdr_t *hdr; void *buf_addr; uint64_t pebs_size; pid_t pid; int ret, fd, status, type; unsigned int i; uint32_t ctx_flags; if (argc < 2) fatal_error("you need to pass a program to sample\n"); if (pfm_initialize() != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("libpfm intialization failed\n"); /* * check we are on an Intel Core PMU */ pfm_get_pmu_type(&type); if (type != PFMLIB_INTEL_CORE_PMU && type != PFMLIB_INTEL_ATOM_PMU) fatal_error("This program only works with an Intel Core processor\n"); /* * 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); memset(pd, 0, sizeof(pd)); memset(pc, 0, sizeof(pc)); memset(&inp, 0, sizeof(inp)); memset(&outp, 0, sizeof(outp)); memset(&mod_inp, 0, sizeof(mod_inp)); memset(&sif, 0, sizeof(sif)); memset(&buf_arg, 0, sizeof(buf_arg)); /* * search for our sampling event */ if (pfm_find_full_event(SMPL_EVENT, &inp.pfp_events[0]) != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("cannot find sampling event %s\n", SMPL_EVENT); inp.pfp_event_count = 1; inp.pfp_dfl_plm = PFM_PLM3|PFM_PLM0; /* * important: inform libpfm we do use PEBS */ mod_inp.pfp_core_pebs.pebs_used = 1; /* * sampling buffer size * * requested size includes space for: * - buffer header * - alignment padding (up to 1ULL<3 -1) * - actual PEBS buffer */ pebs_size = 3 * getpagesize(); buf_arg.buf_size = pebs_size; /* * sampling period cannot use more bits than HW counter can supoprt */ buf_arg.cnt_reset = -SMPL_PERIOD; /* * we want to block the monitored thread when the buffer becomes full */ ctx_flags = PFM_FL_NOTIFY_BLOCK | PFM_FL_SMPL_FMT; /* * trigger notification (interrupt) when reached 90% of entries * are recorded. */ buf_arg.intr_thres = (pebs_size/sizeof(smpl_entry_t))*90/100; printf("ent=%zu pebs_sz=%"PRIu64" max=%"PRIu64" thr=%"PRIu64"\n", sizeof(smpl_entry_t), pebs_size, pebs_size/sizeof(smpl_entry_t), (pebs_size*90/100)/sizeof(smpl_entry_t)); /* * create session and sampling buffer */ fd = pfm_create(ctx_flags, &sif, FMT_NAME, &buf_arg, sizeof(buf_arg)); if (fd == -1) { if (errno == ENOSYS) { fatal_error("Your kernel does not have performance monitoring support!\n"); } fatal_error("cannot create session %s, maybe you do not have the PEBS sampling format in the kernel.\nCheck /sys/kernel/perfmon/formats\n", strerror(errno)); } /* * map buffer into our address space */ buf_addr = mmap(NULL, (size_t)buf_arg.buf_size, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, fd, 0); printf("session [%d] buffer mapped @%p\n", fd, buf_addr); if (buf_addr == MAP_FAILED) fatal_error("cannot mmap sampling buffer errno %d\n", errno); hdr = (smpl_hdr_t *)buf_addr; printf("pebs_base=0x%llx pebs_end=0x%llx index=0x%llx\n" "intr=0x%llx version=%u.%u\n" "entry_size=%zu ds_size=%zu\n", (unsigned long long)hdr->ds.pebs_buf_base, (unsigned long long)hdr->ds.pebs_abs_max, (unsigned long long)hdr->ds.pebs_index, (unsigned long long)hdr->ds.pebs_intr_thres, PFM_VERSION_MAJOR(hdr->version), PFM_VERSION_MINOR(hdr->version), sizeof(smpl_entry_t), sizeof(hdr->ds)); if (PFM_VERSION_MAJOR(hdr->version) < 1) fatal_error("invalid buffer format version\n"); /* * get which PMC registers are available */ detect_unavail_pmu_regs(&sif, &inp.pfp_unavail_pmcs, NULL); /* * let libpfm figure out how to assign event onto PMU registers */ if (pfm_dispatch_events(&inp, &mod_inp, &outp, NULL) != PFMLIB_SUCCESS) fatal_error("cannot assign event %s\n", SMPL_EVENT); /* * propagate PMC setup from libpfm to perfmon */ 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; /* * must disable 64-bit emulation on the PMC0 counter * PMC0 is the only counter useable with PEBS. We must disable * 64-bit emulation to avoid getting interrupts for each * sampling period, PEBS takes care of this part. */ if (pc[i].reg_num == 0) pc[i].reg_flags = PFM_REGFL_NO_EMUL64; } /* * propagate PMD set from libpfm to perfmon */ for (i=0; i < outp.pfp_pmd_count; i++) pd[i].reg_num = outp.pfp_pmds[i].reg_num; /* * setup sampling period for first counter * we want notification on overflow, i.e., when buffer is full */ pd[0].reg_flags = PFM_REGFL_OVFL_NOTIFY; pd[0].reg_value = -SMPL_PERIOD; pd[0].reg_long_reset = -SMPL_PERIOD; pd[0].reg_short_reset = -SMPL_PERIOD; /* * Now program the registers */ if (pfm_write(fd, 0, PFM_RW_PMC, pc, outp.pfp_pmc_count * sizeof(*pc)) == -1) fatal_error("pfm_write error errno %d\n",errno); if (pfm_write(fd, 0, PFM_RW_PMD_ATTR, pd, outp.pfp_pmd_count * sizeof(*pd)) == -1) fatal_error("pfm_write(PMD) error errno %d\n",errno); signal(SIGCHLD, SIG_IGN); /* * Create the child task */ if ((pid=fork()) == -1) fatal_error("Cannot fork process\n"); /* * In order to get the PFM_END_MSG message, it is important * to ensure that the child task does not inherit the file * descriptor of the session. By default, file descriptor * are inherited during exec(). We explicitely close it * here. We could have set it up through fcntl(FD_CLOEXEC) * to achieve the same thing. */ if (pid == 0) { close(fd); child(argv+1); } /* * wait for the child to exec */ waitpid(pid, &status, WUNTRACED); /* * process is stopped at this point */ if (WIFEXITED(status)) { warning("task %s [%d] exited already status %d\n", argv[1], pid, WEXITSTATUS(status)); goto terminate_session; } /* * attach the session to child */ if (pfm_attach(fd, 0, pid) == -1) fatal_error("pfm_attach error errno %d\n",errno); /* * start monitoring */ if (pfm_set_state(fd, 0, PFM_ST_START) == -1) fatal_error("pfm_set_state(start) error errno %d\n",errno); /* * detach child. Side effect includes * activation of monitoring. */ ptrace(PTRACE_DETACH, pid, NULL, 0); /* * core loop */ for(;;) { /* * wait for overflow/end notification messages */ ret = read(fd, &msg, sizeof(msg)); if (ret == -1) { if(ret == -1 && errno == EINTR) { warning("read interrupted, retrying\n"); continue; } fatal_error("cannot read perfmon msg: %s\n", strerror(errno)); } switch(msg.type) { case PFM_MSG_OVFL: /* the sampling buffer is full */ process_smpl_buf(hdr); /* * reactivate monitoring once we are done with the samples * * Note that this call can fail with EBUSY in non-blocking mode * as the task may have disappeared while we were processing * the samples. */ if (pfm_set_state(fd, 0, PFM_ST_RESTART) == -1) { if (errno != EBUSY) fatal_error("pfm_set_state(restart) error errno %d\n",errno); else warning("pfm_set_state(restart): task has probably terminated \n"); } break; case PFM_MSG_END: /* monitored task terminated */ warning("task terminated\n"); goto terminate_session; default: fatal_error("unknown message type %d\n", msg.type); } } terminate_session: /* * cleanup child */ wait4(pid, &status, 0, NULL); /* * check for any leftover samples */ process_smpl_buf(hdr); /* * close session */ close(fd); /* * unmap sampling buffer and actually free the perfmon session */ munmap(buf_addr, (size_t)buf_arg.buf_size); return 0; }