This patch adds support and documentation
for the stalled_cycles_frontend perf event.
Signed-off-by: Nitesh Konkar <nitkon12@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
docs/formatdomain.html.in | 6 ++++++
docs/news.html.in | 6 +++---
docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng | 1 +
include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h | 10 ++++++++++
src/libvirt-domain.c | 3 +++
src/qemu/qemu_driver.c | 1 +
src/util/virperf.c | 5 ++++-
src/util/virperf.h | 1 +
tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml | 1 +
tools/virsh.pod | 8 ++++++--
10 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
index cd3182b..424b4de 100644
--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
@@ -1930,6 +1930,7 @@
<event name='branch_instructions' enabled='no'/>
<event name='branch_misses' enabled='no'/>
<event name='bus_cycles' enabled='no'/>
+ <event name='stalled_cycles_frontend' enabled='no'/>
</perf>
...
</pre>
@@ -1990,6 +1991,11 @@
<td>the count of bus cycles by applications running on the platform</td>
<td><code>perf.bus_cycles</code></td>
</tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td><code>stalled_cycles_frontend</code></td>
+ <td>the count of stalled cycles frontend by applications running on the platform</td>
+ <td><code>perf.stalled_cycles_frontend</code></td>
+ </tr>
</table>
<h3><a name="elementsDevices">Devices</a></h3>
diff --git a/docs/news.html.in b/docs/news.html.in
index f246b2a..ea91d99 100644
--- a/docs/news.html.in
+++ b/docs/news.html.in
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
<li><strong>Improvements</strong>
<ul>
<li>perf: Add more perf statistics<br/>
- Add support to get the count of branch instructions executed
- and branch misses and bus cycles by applications running on
- the platform
+ Add support to get the count of branch instructions
+ executed, branch misses, bus cycles, stalled cycles
+ frontend by applications running on the platform
</li>
</ul>
</li>
diff --git a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
index 21a7afa..9ce7cc9 100644
--- a/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
+++ b/docs/schemas/domaincommon.rng
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@
<value>branch_instructions</value>
<value>branch_misses</value>
<value>bus_cycles</value>
+ <value>stalled_cycles_frontend</value>
</choice>
</attribute>
<attribute name="enabled">
diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index 6d74238..0741d14 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -2155,6 +2155,16 @@ void virDomainStatsRecordListFree(virDomainStatsRecordPtr *stats);
*/
# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_BUS_CYCLES "bus_cycles"
+/**
+ * VIR_PERF_PARAM_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND:
+ *
+ * Macro for typed parameter name that represents stalled_cycles_frontend
+ * perf event which can be used to measure the count of stalled cycles frontend
+ * by applications running on the platform. It corresponds to the
+ * "perf.stalled_cycles_frontend" field in the *Stats APIs.
+ */
+# define VIR_PERF_PARAM_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND "stalled_cycles_frontend"
+
int virDomainGetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
virTypedParameterPtr *params,
int *nparams,
diff --git a/src/libvirt-domain.c b/src/libvirt-domain.c
index 19e323d..0d23d31 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-domain.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-domain.c
@@ -11236,6 +11236,9 @@ virConnectGetDomainCapabilities(virConnectPtr conn,
* long. It is produced by branch_misses perf event.
* "perf.bus_cycles" - The count of bus cycles as unsigned long
* long. It is produced by bus_cycles perf event.
+ * "perf.stalled_cycles_frontend" - The count of stalled cycles frontend
+ * as unsigned long long. It is produced
+ * by stalled_cycles_frontend perf event.
*
* Note that entire stats groups or individual stat fields may be missing from
* the output in case they are not supported by the given hypervisor, are not
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index cf0f5e0..273dbeb 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -9855,6 +9855,7 @@ qemuDomainSetPerfEvents(virDomainPtr dom,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_BRANCH_INSTRUCTIONS, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_BRANCH_MISSES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
VIR_PERF_PARAM_BUS_CYCLES, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
+ VIR_PERF_PARAM_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND, VIR_TYPED_PARAM_BOOLEAN,
NULL) < 0)
return -1;
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.c b/src/util/virperf.c
index 31a5585..c21147a 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.c
+++ b/src/util/virperf.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virPerfEvent, VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST,
"cpu_cycles", "instructions",
"cache_references", "cache_misses",
"branch_instructions", "branch_misses",
- "bus_cycles");
+ "bus_cycles", "stalled_cycles_frontend");
struct virPerfEvent {
int type;
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ static struct virPerfEventAttr attrs[] = {
{.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_BUS_CYCLES,
.attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
.attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_BUS_CYCLES},
+ {.type = VIR_PERF_EVENT_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND,
+ .attrType = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE,
+ .attrConfig = PERF_COUNT_HW_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND},
};
typedef struct virPerfEventAttr *virPerfEventAttrPtr;
diff --git a/src/util/virperf.h b/src/util/virperf.h
index ac6d789..0aee1ba 100644
--- a/src/util/virperf.h
+++ b/src/util/virperf.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ typedef enum {
for applications */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_BRANCH_MISSES, /* Count of branch misses for applications */
VIR_PERF_EVENT_BUS_CYCLES, /* Count of bus cycles for applications*/
+ VIR_PERF_EVENT_STALLED_CYCLES_FRONTEND, /*Count of stalled cycles frontend*/
VIR_PERF_EVENT_LAST
} virPerfEventType;
diff --git a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
index 56a6173..db76843 100644
--- a/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
+++ b/tests/genericxml2xmlindata/generic-perf.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
<event name='branch_instructions' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='branch_misses' enabled='yes'/>
<event name='bus_cycles' enabled='yes'/>
+ <event name='stalled_cycles_frontend' enabled='yes'/>
</perf>
<devices>
</devices>
diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
index d844dc8..f9a6a19 100644
--- a/tools/virsh.pod
+++ b/tools/virsh.pod
@@ -947,8 +947,9 @@ I<--perf> returns the statistics of all enabled perf events:
"perf.cache_references" - the count of cache hits,
"perf.cache_misses" - the count of caches misses,
"perf.branch_instructions" - the count of branch instructions,
-"perf.branch_misses" - the count of branch misses
-"perf.bus_cycles" - the count of bus cycles
+"perf.branch_misses" - the count of branch misses,
+"perf.bus_cycles" - the count of bus cycles,
+"perf.stalled_cycles_frontend" - the count of stalled cycles frontend
See the B<perf> command for more details about each event.
@@ -2302,6 +2303,9 @@ B<Valid perf event names>
by applications running on the platform.
bus_cycles - Provides the count of bus cycles executed
by applications running on the platform.
+ stalled_cycles_frontend - Provides the count of stalled cycles
+ frontend by applications running on
+ the platform.
B<Note>: The statistics can be retrieved using the B<domstats> command using
the I<--perf> flag.
--
1.9.3
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