From: Christopher
s-o-b: Wei
On Wed, Nov 02, 2016 at 05:22:17PM -0500, Wei Huang wrote:
> Calculate the numbers of cycles per instruction (CPI) implied by ARM
> PMU cycle counter values.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christopher Covington <cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arm/pmu.c | 109 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 108 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arm/pmu.c b/arm/pmu.c
> index 65b7df1..ca00422 100644
> --- a/arm/pmu.c
> +++ b/arm/pmu.c
> @@ -62,6 +62,23 @@ static inline void disable_counter(uint32_t idx)
> {
> asm volatile("mrc p15, 0, %0, c9, c12, 1" : : "r" (1 << idx));
> }
> +
> +/*
> + * Extra instructions inserted by the compiler would be difficult to compensate
> + * for, so hand assemble everything between, and including, the PMCR accesses
> + * to start and stop counting.
> + */
> +static inline void loop(int i, uint32_t pmcr)
> +{
> + asm volatile(
> + " mcr p15, 0, %[pmcr], c9, c12, 0\n"
> + "1: subs %[i], %[i], #1\n"
> + " bgt 1b\n"
> + " mcr p15, 0, %[z], c9, c12, 0\n"
> + : [i] "+r" (i)
> + : [pmcr] "r" (pmcr), [z] "r" (0)
> + : "cc");
> +}
> #elif defined(__aarch64__)
> static inline uint32_t get_pmcr(void)
> {
> @@ -98,6 +115,23 @@ static inline void disable_counter(uint32_t idx)
> {
> asm volatile("msr pmcntensclr_el0, %0" : : "r" (1 << idx));
> }
> +
> +/*
> + * Extra instructions inserted by the compiler would be difficult to compensate
> + * for, so hand assemble everything between, and including, the PMCR accesses
> + * to start and stop counting.
> + */
> +static inline void loop(int i, uint32_t pmcr)
> +{
> + asm volatile(
> + " msr pmcr_el0, %[pmcr]\n"
> + "1: subs %[i], %[i], #1\n"
> + " b.gt 1b\n"
> + " msr pmcr_el0, xzr\n"
> + : [i] "+r" (i)
> + : [pmcr] "r" (pmcr)
> + : "cc");
> +}
> #endif
>
> struct pmu_data {
> @@ -171,12 +205,85 @@ static bool check_cycles_increase(void)
> return true;
> }
>
> -int main(void)
> +/*
> + * Execute a known number of guest instructions. Only odd instruction counts
> + * greater than or equal to 3 are supported by the in-line assembly code. The
> + * control register (PMCR_EL0) is initialized with the provided value (allowing
> + * for example for the cycle counter or event counters to be reset). At the end
> + * of the exact instruction loop, zero is written to PMCR_EL0 to disable
> + * counting, allowing the cycle counter or event counters to be read at the
> + * leisure of the calling code.
> + */
> +static void measure_instrs(int num, uint32_t pmcr)
> +{
> + int i = (num - 1) / 2;
> +
> + assert(num >= 3 && ((num - 1) % 2 == 0));
> + loop(i, pmcr);
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Measure cycle counts for various known instruction counts. Ensure that the
> + * cycle counter progresses (similar to check_cycles_increase() but with more
> + * instructions and using reset and stop controls). If supplied a positive,
> + * nonzero CPI parameter, also strictly check that every measurement matches
> + * it. Strict CPI checking is used to test -icount mode.
> + */
> +static bool check_cpi(int cpi)
> +{
> + struct pmu_data pmu = {{0}};
> +
> + enable_counter(ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX);
> + set_pmccfiltr(0); /* count cycles in EL0, EL1, but not EL2 */
> +
> + pmu.cycle_counter_reset = 1;
> + pmu.enable = 1;
> +
> + if (cpi > 0)
> + printf("Checking for CPI=%d.\n", cpi);
> + printf("instrs : cycles0 cycles1 ...\n");
> +
> + for (int i = 3; i < 300; i += 32) {
> + int avg, sum = 0;
> +
> + printf("%d :", i);
> + for (int j = 0; j < NR_SAMPLES; j++) {
> + int cycles;
> +
> + measure_instrs(i, pmu.pmcr_el0);
> + cycles = get_pmccntr();
> + printf(" %d", cycles);
> +
> + if (!cycles || (cpi > 0 && cycles != i * cpi)) {
> + printf("\n");
> + return false;
> + }
> +
> + sum += cycles;
> + }
> + avg = sum / NR_SAMPLES;
> + printf(" sum=%d avg=%d avg_ipc=%d avg_cpi=%d\n",
> + sum, avg, i / avg, avg / i);
> + }
> +
> + pmu.enable = 0;
> + set_pmcr(pmu.pmcr_el0);
> +
> + return true;
> +}
> +
> +int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> + int cpi = 0;
> +
> + if (argc >= 1)
> + cpi = atol(argv[0]);
> +
> report_prefix_push("pmu");
>
> report("Control register", check_pmcr());
> report("Monotonically increasing cycle count", check_cycles_increase());
> + report("Cycle/instruction ratio", check_cpi(cpi));
>
> return report_summary();
> }
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
>
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