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Mon, 01 Sep 2025 05:42:05 -0700 (PDT) From: James Clark Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2025 13:40:41 +0100 Subject: [PATCH v8 12/12] perf docs: arm-spe: Document new SPE filtering features Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <20250901-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v8-12-2e2738f24559@linaro.org> References: <20250901-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v8-0-2e2738f24559@linaro.org> In-Reply-To: <20250901-james-perf-feat_spe_eft-v8-0-2e2738f24559@linaro.org> To: Catalin Marinas , Will Deacon , Mark Rutland , Jonathan Corbet , Marc Zyngier , Oliver Upton , Joey Gouly , Suzuki K Poulose , Zenghui Yu , Peter Zijlstra , Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , Alexander Shishkin , Jiri Olsa , Ian Rogers , Adrian Hunter , Leo Yan , Anshuman Khandual Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, James Clark X-Mailer: b4 0.14.0 FEAT_SPE_EFT and FEAT_SPE_FDS etc have new user facing format attributes so document them. Also document existing 'event_filter' bits that were missing from the doc and the fact that latency values are stored in the weight field. Reviewed-by: Leo Yan Tested-by: Leo Yan Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers Signed-off-by: James Clark --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt | 104 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++= +--- 1 file changed, 95 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt b/tools/perf/Documen= tation/perf-arm-spe.txt index 37afade4f1b2..c7d1032ff219 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-arm-spe.txt @@ -141,27 +141,65 @@ Config parameters These are placed between the // in the event and comma separated. For exam= ple '-e arm_spe/load_filter=3D1,min_latency=3D10/' =20 - branch_filter=3D1 - collect branches only (PMSFCR.B) - event_filter=3D - filter on specific events (PMSEVFR) - see bitfie= ld description below + event_filter=3D - logical AND filter on specific events (PMSEVFR) = - see bitfield description below + inv_event_filter=3D - logical OR to filter out specific events (PM= SNEVFR, FEAT_SPEv1p2) - see bitfield description below jitter=3D1 - use jitter to avoid resonance when sampling (PMS= IRR.RND) - load_filter=3D1 - collect loads only (PMSFCR.LD) min_latency=3D - collect only samples with this latency or higher= * (PMSLATFR) pa_enable=3D1 - collect physical address (as well as VA) of load= s/stores (PMSCR.PA) - requires privilege pct_enable=3D1 - collect physical timestamp instead of virtual ti= mestamp (PMSCR.PCT) - requires privilege - store_filter=3D1 - collect stores only (PMSFCR.ST) ts_enable=3D1 - enable timestamping with value of generic timer = (PMSCR.TS) discard=3D1 - enable SPE PMU events but don't collect sample d= ata - see 'Discard mode' (PMBLIMITR.FM =3D DISCARD) + data_src_filter=3D - mask to filter from 0-63 possible data source= s (PMSDSFR, FEAT_SPE_FDS) - See 'Data source filtering' =20 +++*+++ Latency is the total latency from the point at which sampling star= ted on that instruction, rather than only the execution latency. =20 -Only some events can be filtered on; these include: - - bit 1 - instruction retired (i.e. omit speculative instructions) +Only some events can be filtered on using 'event_filter' bits. The overall +filter is the logical AND of these bits, for example if bits 3 and 5 are s= et +only samples that have both 'L1D cache refill' AND 'TLB walk' are recorded= . When +FEAT_SPEv1p2 is implemented 'inv_event_filter' can also be used to exclude +events that have any (OR) of the filter's bits set. For example setting bi= ts 3 +and 5 in 'inv_event_filter' will exclude any events that are either L1D ca= che +refill OR TLB walk. If the same bit is set in both filters it's UNPREDICTA= BLE +whether the sample is included or excluded. Filter bits for both event_fil= ter +and inv_event_filter are: + + bit 1 - Instruction retired (i.e. omit speculative instructions) + bit 2 - L1D access (FEAT_SPEv1p4) bit 3 - L1D refill + bit 4 - TLB access (FEAT_SPEv1p4) bit 5 - TLB refill - bit 7 - mispredict - bit 11 - misaligned access + bit 6 - Not taken event (FEAT_SPEv1p2) + bit 7 - Mispredict + bit 8 - Last level cache access (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 9 - Last level cache miss (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 10 - Remote access (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 11 - Misaligned access (FEAT_SPEv1p1) + bit 12-15 - IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED events (when implemented) + bit 16 - Transaction (FEAT_TME) + bit 17 - Partial or empty SME or SVE predicate (FEAT_SPEv1p1) + bit 18 - Empty SME or SVE predicate (FEAT_SPEv1p1) + bit 19 - L2D access (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 20 - L2D miss (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 21 - Cache data modified (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 22 - Recently fetched (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 23 - Data snooped (FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 24 - Streaming SVE mode event (when FEAT_SPE_SME is implemented),= or + IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED event 24 (when implemented, only vers= ions + less than FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 25 - SMCU or external coprocessor operation event when FEAT_SPE_S= ME is + implemented, or IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED event 25 (when implem= ented, + only versions less than FEAT_SPEv1p4) + bit 26-31 - IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED events (only versions less than FEAT_= SPEv1p4) + bit 48-63 - IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED events (when implemented) + +For IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED bits, refer to the CPU TRM if these bits are +implemented. + +The driver will reject events if requested filter bits require unimplement= ed SPE +versions, but will not reject filter bits for unimplemented IMPDEF bits or= when +their related feature is not present (e.g. SME). For example, if FEAT_SPEv= 1p2 is +not implemented, filtering on "Not taken event" (bit 6) will be rejected. =20 So to sample just retired instructions: =20 @@ -171,6 +209,31 @@ or just mispredicted branches: =20 perf record -e arm_spe/event_filter=3D0x80/ -- ./mybench =20 +When set, the following filters can be used to select samples that match a= ny of +the operation types (OR filtering). If only one is set then only samples o= f that +type are collected: + + branch_filter=3D1 - Collect branches (PMSFCR.B) + load_filter=3D1 - Collect loads (PMSFCR.LD) + store_filter=3D1 - Collect stores (PMSFCR.ST) + +When extended filtering is supported (FEAT_SPE_EFT), SIMD and float +pointer operations can also be selected: + + simd_filter=3D1 - Collect SIMD loads, stores and operations (PMS= FCR.SIMD) + float_filter=3D1 - Collect floating point loads, stores and opera= tions (PMSFCR.FP) + +When extended filtering is supported (FEAT_SPE_EFT), operation type filter= s can +be changed to AND using _mask fields. For example samples could be selecte= d if +they are store AND SIMD by setting 'store_filter=3D1,simd_filter=3D1, +store_filter_mask=3D1,simd_filter_mask=3D1'. The new masks are as follows: + + branch_filter_mask=3D1 - Change branch filter behavior from OR to AND (= PMSFCR.Bm) + load_filter_mask=3D1 - Change load filter behavior from OR to AND (PM= SFCR.LDm) + store_filter_mask=3D1 - Change store filter behavior from OR to AND (P= MSFCR.STm) + simd_filter_mask=3D1 - Change SIMD filter behavior from OR to AND (PM= SFCR.SIMDm) + float_filter_mask=3D1 - Change floating point filter behavior from OR = to AND (PMSFCR.FPm) + Viewing the data ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 @@ -204,6 +267,10 @@ Memory access details are also stored on the samples a= nd this can be viewed with =20 perf report --mem-mode =20 +The latency value from the SPE sample is stored in the 'weight' field of t= he +Perf samples and can be displayed in Perf script and report outputs by ena= bling +its display from the command line. + Common errors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ =20 @@ -247,6 +314,25 @@ to minimize output. Then run perf stat: perf record -e arm_spe/discard/ -a -N -B --no-bpf-event -o - > /dev/null= & perf stat -e SAMPLE_FEED_LD =20 +Data source filtering +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +When FEAT_SPE_FDS is present, 'inv_data_src_filter' can be used as a mask = to +filter on a subset (0 - 63) of possible data source IDs. The full range of= data +sources is 0 - 65535 although these are unlikely to be used in practice. D= ata +sources are IMPDEF so refer to the TRM for the mappings. Each bit N of the +filter maps to data source N. The filter is an OR of all the bits, and the= value +provided inv_data_src_filter is inverted before writing to PMSDSFR_EL1 so = that +set bits exclude that data source and cleared bits include that data sourc= e. +Therefore the default value of 0 is equivalent to no filtering (all data s= ources +included). + +For example, to include only data sources 0 and 3, clear bits 0 and 3 +(0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF6) + +When 'inv_data_src_filter' is set to 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF, any samples with = any +data source set are excluded. + SEE ALSO -------- =20 --=20 2.34.1