perf/core: Optimize side-band event delivery

The perf_event_aux() function iterates all PMUs and all events in
their respective per-CPU contexts to find the events to deliver
side-band records to.

For example, the brk test case in lkp triggers many mmap() operations,
which, if we're also running perf, results in many perf_event_aux()
invocations.

If we enable uncore PMU support (even when uncore events are not used),
dozens of uncore PMUs will be iterated, which can significantly
decrease brk_test's throughput.

For example, the brk throughput:

  without uncore PMUs: 2647573 ops_per_sec
  with    uncore PMUs: 1768444 ops_per_sec

... a 33% reduction.

To get at the per-CPU events that need side-band records, this patch
puts these events on a per-CPU list, this avoids iterating the PMUs
and any events that do not need side-band records.

Per task events are unchanged to avoid extra overhead on the context
switch paths.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reported-by: Huang, Ying <ying.huang@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1458757477-3781-1-git-send-email-kan.liang@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

2 files changed, 79 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 0e43355..92e9ce7 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -517,6 +517,11 @@ struct swevent_hlist {
 struct perf_cgroup;
 struct ring_buffer;
 
+struct pmu_event_list {
+	raw_spinlock_t		lock;
+	struct list_head	list;
+};
+
 /**
  * struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation:
  */
@@ -675,6 +680,7 @@ struct perf_event {
 	int				cgrp_defer_enabled;
 #endif
 
+	struct list_head		sb_list;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
 };
 
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 79363f2..6615c89 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ static atomic_t perf_sched_count;
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, perf_cgroup_events);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, perf_sched_cb_usages);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct pmu_event_list, pmu_sb_events);
 
 static atomic_t nr_mmap_events __read_mostly;
 static atomic_t nr_comm_events __read_mostly;
@@ -3665,6 +3666,26 @@ static void free_event_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
 static void ring_buffer_attach(struct perf_event *event,
 			       struct ring_buffer *rb);
 
+static void detach_sb_event(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	struct pmu_event_list *pel = per_cpu_ptr(&pmu_sb_events, event->cpu);
+
+	raw_spin_lock(&pel->lock);
+	list_del_rcu(&event->sb_list);
+	raw_spin_unlock(&pel->lock);
+}
+
+static void unaccount_pmu_sb_event(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	if (event->parent)
+		return;
+
+	if (event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)
+		return;
+
+	detach_sb_event(event);
+}
+
 static void unaccount_event_cpu(struct perf_event *event, int cpu)
 {
 	if (event->parent)
@@ -3728,6 +3749,8 @@ static void unaccount_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	}
 
 	unaccount_event_cpu(event, event->cpu);
+
+	unaccount_pmu_sb_event(event);
 }
 
 static void perf_sched_delayed(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -5888,13 +5911,25 @@ perf_event_aux_task_ctx(perf_event_aux_output_cb output, void *data,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+static void perf_event_sb_iterate(perf_event_aux_output_cb output, void *data)
+{
+	struct pmu_event_list *pel = this_cpu_ptr(&pmu_sb_events);
+	struct perf_event *event;
+
+	list_for_each_entry_rcu(event, &pel->list, sb_list) {
+		if (event->state < PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE)
+			continue;
+		if (!event_filter_match(event))
+			continue;
+		output(event, data);
+	}
+}
+
 static void
 perf_event_aux(perf_event_aux_output_cb output, void *data,
 	       struct perf_event_context *task_ctx)
 {
-	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
 	struct perf_event_context *ctx;
-	struct pmu *pmu;
 	int ctxn;
 
 	/*
@@ -5909,20 +5944,15 @@ perf_event_aux(perf_event_aux_output_cb output, void *data,
 	}
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	list_for_each_entry_rcu(pmu, &pmus, entry) {
-		cpuctx = get_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
-		if (cpuctx->unique_pmu != pmu)
-			goto next;
-		perf_event_aux_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx, output, data, false);
-		ctxn = pmu->task_ctx_nr;
-		if (ctxn < 0)
-			goto next;
+	preempt_disable();
+	perf_event_sb_iterate(output, data);
+
+	for_each_task_context_nr(ctxn) {
 		ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn]);
 		if (ctx)
 			perf_event_aux_ctx(ctx, output, data, false);
-next:
-		put_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
 	}
+	preempt_enable();
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
@@ -8615,6 +8645,32 @@ unlock:
 	return pmu;
 }
 
+static void attach_sb_event(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	struct pmu_event_list *pel = per_cpu_ptr(&pmu_sb_events, event->cpu);
+
+	raw_spin_lock(&pel->lock);
+	list_add_rcu(&event->sb_list, &pel->list);
+	raw_spin_unlock(&pel->lock);
+}
+
+static void account_pmu_sb_event(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	struct perf_event_attr *attr = &event->attr;
+
+	if (event->parent)
+		return;
+
+	if (event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)
+		return;
+
+	if (attr->mmap || attr->mmap_data || attr->mmap2 ||
+	    attr->comm || attr->comm_exec ||
+	    attr->task ||
+	    attr->context_switch)
+		attach_sb_event(event);
+}
+
 static void account_event_cpu(struct perf_event *event, int cpu)
 {
 	if (event->parent)
@@ -8695,6 +8751,8 @@ static void account_event(struct perf_event *event)
 enabled:
 
 	account_event_cpu(event, event->cpu);
+
+	account_pmu_sb_event(event);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -10203,6 +10261,9 @@ static void __init perf_event_init_all_cpus(void)
 		swhash = &per_cpu(swevent_htable, cpu);
 		mutex_init(&swhash->hlist_mutex);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_cpu(active_ctx_list, cpu));
+
+		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&per_cpu(pmu_sb_events.list, cpu));
+		raw_spin_lock_init(&per_cpu(pmu_sb_events.lock, cpu));
 	}
 }