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perf parse-events: Set exclude_guest=1 for user-space counting
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Currently if we run 'perf record -e cycles:u', exclude_guest=0.

But it doesn't make sense in most cases that we request for
user-space counting but we also get the guest report.

Of course, we also need to consider 'perf kvm' usage case that
authorized perf users on the host may only want to count guest user
space events. For example,

  # perf kvm --guest record -e cycles:u

When we have 'exclude_guest=1' for 'perf kvm' usage, we may get nothing
from guest events.

To keep perf semantics consistent and clear, this patch sets
exclude_guest=1 for user-space counting but except for 'perf kvm' usage.

Before:

  perf record -e cycles:u ./div
  perf evlist -v
  cycles:u: ..., exclude_kernel: 1, exclude_hv: 1, ...

After:
  perf record -e cycles:u ./div
  perf evlist -v
  cycles:u: ..., exclude_kernel: 1, exclude_hv: 1,  exclude_guest: 1, ...

Before:
  perf kvm --guest record -e cycles:u -vvv

perf_event_attr:

  size                             120
  { sample_period, sample_freq }   4000
  sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|ID|CPU|PERIOD
  read_format                      ID
  disabled                         1
  inherit                          1
  exclude_kernel                   1
  exclude_hv                       1
  freq                             1
  sample_id_all                    1

After:

  perf kvm --guest record -e cycles:u -vvv

perf_event_attr:
  size                             120
  { sample_period, sample_freq }   4000
  sample_type                      IP|TID|TIME|ID|CPU|PERIOD
  read_format                      ID
  disabled                         1
  inherit                          1
  exclude_kernel                   1
  exclude_hv                       1
  freq                             1
  sample_id_all                    1

For Before/After, exclude_guest are both 0 for perf kvm usage.

perf test 6

 6: Parse event definition strings             : Ok

Signed-off-by: Jin Yao <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Like Xu <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]>
Cc: Andi Kleen <[email protected]>
Cc: Jin Yao <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Kan Liang <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
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Jin Yao authored and acmel committed Sep 1, 2020
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions tools/perf/tests/parse-events.c
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Expand Up @@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static int test__group2(struct evlist *evlist)
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong leader", evsel__is_group_leader(evsel));
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TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_user", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_user);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_kernel", evsel->core.attr.exclude_kernel);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude_hv", evsel->core.attr.exclude_hv);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude guest", evsel->core.attr.exclude_guest);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong exclude host", !evsel->core.attr.exclude_host);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong precise_ip", !evsel->core.attr.precise_ip);
TEST_ASSERT_VAL("wrong leader", evsel__is_group_leader(evsel));
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions tools/perf/util/parse-events.c
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Expand Up @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
#include "util/evsel_config.h"
#include "util/event.h"
#include "util/pfm.h"
#include "perf.h"

#define MAX_NAME_LEN 100

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1794,6 +1795,8 @@ static int get_event_modifier(struct event_modifier *mod, char *str,
if (*str == 'u') {
if (!exclude)
exclude = eu = ek = eh = 1;
if (!exclude_GH && !perf_guest)
eG = 1;
eu = 0;
} else if (*str == 'k') {
if (!exclude)
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