linux-uconsole/tools
Srikar Dronamraju 5b67a4721d perf stat: Reset previous counts on repeat with interval
[ Upstream commit b63fd11cce ]

When using 'perf stat' with repeat and interval option, it shows wrong
values for events.

The wrong values will be shown for the first interval on the second and
subsequent repetitions.

Without the fix:

  # perf stat -r 3 -I 2000 -e faults -e sched:sched_switch -a sleep 5

     2.000282489                 53      faults
     2.000282489                513      sched:sched_switch
     4.005478208              3,721      faults
     4.005478208              2,666      sched:sched_switch
     5.025470933                395      faults
     5.025470933              1,307      sched:sched_switch
     2.009602825 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,47,520      faults 		<------
     2.009602825 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,49,568      sched:sched_switch  <------
     4.019612206              4,730      faults
     4.019612206              2,746      sched:sched_switch
     5.039615484              3,953      faults
     5.039615484              1,496      sched:sched_switch
     2.000274620 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,47,520      faults		<------
     2.000274620 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,47,520      sched:sched_switch	<------
     4.000480342              4,282      faults
     4.000480342              2,303      sched:sched_switch
     5.000916811              1,322      faults
     5.000916811              1,064      sched:sched_switch
  #

prev_raw_counts is allocated when using intervals. This is used when
calculating the difference in the counts of events when using interval.

The current counts are stored in prev_raw_counts to calculate the
differences in the next iteration.

On the first interval of the second and subsequent repetitions,
prev_raw_counts would be the values stored in the last interval of the
previous repetitions, while the current counts will only be for the
first interval of the current repetition.

Hence there is a possibility of events showing up as big number.

Fix this by resetting prev_raw_counts whenever perf stat repeats the
command.

With the fix:

  # perf stat -r 3 -I 2000 -e faults -e sched:sched_switch -a sleep 5

     2.019349347              2,597      faults
     2.019349347              2,753      sched:sched_switch
     4.019577372              3,098      faults
     4.019577372              2,532      sched:sched_switch
     5.019415481              1,879      faults
     5.019415481              1,356      sched:sched_switch
     2.000178813              8,468      faults
     2.000178813              2,254      sched:sched_switch
     4.000404621              7,440      faults
     4.000404621              1,266      sched:sched_switch
     5.040196079              2,458      faults
     5.040196079                556      sched:sched_switch
     2.000191939              6,870      faults
     2.000191939              1,170      sched:sched_switch
     4.000414103                541      faults
     4.000414103                902      sched:sched_switch
     5.000809863                450      faults
     5.000809863                364      sched:sched_switch
  #

Committer notes:

This was broken since the cset introducing the --interval feature, i.e.
--repeat + --interval wasn't tested at that point, add the Fixes tag so
that automatic scripts can pick this up.

Fixes: 13370a9b5b ("perf stat: Add interval printing")
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.9+
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190904094738.9558-2-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
[ Fixed up conflicts with libperf, i.e. some perf_{evsel,evlist} lost the 'perf' prefix ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
2019-10-11 18:21:29 +02:00
..
accounting
arch jump_label: move 'asm goto' support test to Kconfig 2019-06-04 08:02:34 +02:00
bpf tools: bpftool: close prog FD before exit on showing a single program 2019-09-21 07:16:52 +02:00
build perf build: Don't unconditionally link the libbfd feature test to -liberty and -lz 2019-02-12 19:47:16 +01:00
cgroup
firewire
gpio
hv Tools: hv: kvp: eliminate 'may be used uninitialized' warning 2019-09-10 10:33:50 +01:00
iio iio: iio-utils: Fix possible incorrect mask calculation 2019-07-31 07:27:02 +02:00
include tools headers: Fixup bitsperlong per arch includes 2019-10-05 13:09:45 +02:00
kvm/kvm_stat tools/kvm_stat: fix fields filter for child events 2019-06-19 08:18:05 +02:00
laptop
leds
lib tools lib traceevent: Do not free tep->cmdlines in add_new_comm() on failure 2019-10-11 18:21:27 +02:00
memory-model tools/memory-model: Rename litmus tests to comply to norm7 2018-07-17 09:30:36 +02:00
nfsd
objtool objtool: Clobber user CFLAGS variable 2019-10-01 08:26:07 +02:00
pci tools: PCI: Add MSI-X support 2018-07-19 11:47:13 +01:00
pcmcia
perf perf stat: Reset previous counts on repeat with interval 2019-10-11 18:21:29 +02:00
power tools/power turbostat: fix buffer overrun 2019-09-21 07:17:09 +02:00
scripts
spi
testing libnvdimm/nfit_test: Fix acpi_handle redefinition 2019-10-11 18:21:21 +02:00
thermal/tmon
time
usb usbip: fix vhci_hcd controller counting 2019-04-20 09:16:01 +02:00
virtio virtio: fix test build after uio.h change 2019-01-13 09:51:03 +01:00
vm tools/vm/page-types.c: fix "defined but not used" warning 2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
wmi
Makefile