On Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:30:23 +0800
Zhangshaokun <zhangshaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> On 2017/8/15 17:50, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 08:10:37PM +0800, Shaokun Zhang wrote:
> >> This patch adds documentation for the uncore PMUs on HiSilicon SoC.
> >>
> >> Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Anurup M <anurup.m@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >> 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+)
> >> create mode 100644 Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt
> >>
> >> diff --git a/Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt b/Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..f45a03d
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/Documentation/perf/hisi-pmu.txt
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
> >> +HiSilicon SoC uncore Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU)
> >> +======================================================
> >> +The HiSilicon SoC chip comprehends various independent system device PMUs
> >
> > Nit: s/comprehends/comprises/ would be easier to read.
> >
>
> Ok.
s/comprises/includes/ would perhaps be even better. There are a few other
things in the SoC beyond independent system device PMUs :)
(good spot though - I completely missed comprehends when doing the internal
review!)
>
> >> +such as L3 cache (L3C), Hydra Home Agent (HHA) and DDRC. These PMUs are
> >> +independent and have hardware logic to gather statistics and performance
> >> +information.
> >> +
> >> +HiSilicon SoC encapsulates multiple CPU and IO dies. Each CPU cluster
> >
> > Nit: The Hisilicon SoC
> >
>
> Ok.
I disagree. It is odd but the company name is HiSilicon with the capital S.
>
> >> +(CCL) is made up of 4 cpu cores sharing one L3 cache; Each CPU die is
> >
> > Nit: s/Each/each/
> >
>
> Ok.
>
> >> +called Super CPU cluster (SCCL) and is made up of 6 CCLs. Each SCCL has
> >> +two HHAs (0 - 1) and four DDRCs (0 - 3), respectively.
> >> +
> >> +HiSilicon SoC uncore PMU driver
> >> +---------------------------------------
> >> +Each device PMU has separate registers for event counting, control and
> >> +interrupt, and the PMU driver shall register perf PMU drivers like L3C,
> >> +HHA and DDRC etc. The available events and configuration options shall
> >> +be described in the sysfs, see /sys/devices/hisi_*
> >
> > What exactly its exposed under /sys/devices/hisi_* ?
> >
>
> Apologies that i shall list /sys/devices/hisi_sccl{X}_<l3c{Y}/hha{Y}/ddrc{Y}>/ and
> will change it in next version.
>
> >> or /sys/bus/
> >> +event_source/devices/hisi_*.
> >
> > Please don't wrap paths; keep this on one line.
> >
>
> Ok.
>
> >> +The "perf list" command shall list the available events from sysfs.
> >> +
> >> +Each L3C, HHA and DDRC in one SCCL are registered as an separate PMU with perf.
> >> +The PMU name will appear in event listing as hisi_module <index-id>_<sccl-id>.
> >> +where "index-id" is the index of module and "sccl-id" is the identifier of
> >> +the SCCL.
> >> +e.g. hisi_l3c0_1/rd_hit_cpipe is READ_HIT_CPIPE event of L3C index #0 and SCCL
> >> +ID #1.
> >> +e.g. hisi_hha0_1/rx_operations is RX_OPERATIONS event of HHA index #0 and SCCL
> >> +ID #1.
> >
> > It would make more sense for this to be hierarichal, e.g. hisi_sccl{X}_l3c{Y}.
> >
>
> Surely, it is nicer.
>
> Thanks.
> Shaokun
>
> > Other than the above nits, this documentation is very useful. Thanks for
> > putting this together.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mark.
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