This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf evlist: Fix evlist__new_default() for > 1 core PMU
to the 6.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
perf-evlist-fix-evlist__new_default-for-1-core-pmu.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 6c9c35e5158836f73033bf0be59fc4dfcc764943
Author: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed Jan 24 09:43:57 2024 +0000
perf evlist: Fix evlist__new_default() for > 1 core PMU
[ Upstream commit 7814fe24a6211a610db0b408d87420403b5b7a36 ]
The 'Session topology' test currently fails with this message when
evlist__new_default() opens more than one event:
32: Session topology :
--- start ---
templ file: /tmp/perf-test-vv5YzZ
Using CPUID 0x00000000410fd070
Opening: unknown-hardware:HG
------------------------------------------------------------
perf_event_attr:
type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
config 0xb00000000
disabled 1
------------------------------------------------------------
sys_perf_event_open: pid 0 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 4
Opening: unknown-hardware:HG
------------------------------------------------------------
perf_event_attr:
type 0 (PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE)
config 0xa00000000
disabled 1
------------------------------------------------------------
sys_perf_event_open: pid 0 cpu -1 group_fd -1 flags 0x8 = 5
non matching sample_type
FAILED tests/topology.c:73 can't get session
---- end ----
Session topology: FAILED!
This is because when re-opening the file and parsing the header, Perf
expects that any file that has more than one event has the sample ID
flag set. Perf record already sets the flag in a similar way when there
is more than one event, so add the same logic to evlist__new_default().
evlist__new_default() is only currently used in tests, so I don't
expect this change to have any other side effects. The other tests that
use it don't save and re-open the file so don't hit this issue.
The session topology test has been failing on Arm big.LITTLE platforms
since commit 251aa040244a3b17 ("perf parse-events: Wildcard most
"numeric" events") when evlist__new_default() started opening multiple
events for 'cycles'.
Fixes: 251aa040244a3b17 ("perf parse-events: Wildcard most "numeric" events")
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxx>
[ This was failing as well on a Rocket Lake Refresh/14700k Intel hybrid system - Arnaldo ]
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Changbin Du <changbin.du@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAP-5=fWVQ-7ijjK3-w1q+k2WYVNHbAcejb-xY0ptbjRw476VKA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240124094358.489372-1-james.clark@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index c779b9f2e622..8a8fe1fa0d38 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -103,7 +103,14 @@ struct evlist *evlist__new_default(void)
err = parse_event(evlist, can_profile_kernel ? "cycles:P" : "cycles:Pu");
if (err) {
evlist__delete(evlist);
- evlist = NULL;
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (evlist->core.nr_entries > 1) {
+ struct evsel *evsel;
+
+ evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
+ evsel__set_sample_id(evsel, /*can_sample_identifier=*/false);
}
return evlist;
