From e50b291fbb6e317547f1124e90f1d0864a99f2d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leo Yan Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2025 08:55:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] perf arm-spe: Report error if set frequency When users set the parameter '-F' to specify frequency for Arm SPE, the tool reports error: perf record -F 1000 -e arm_spe_0// -- sleep 1 Error: Invalid event (arm_spe_0//) in per-thread mode, enable system wide with '-a'. The output logs are confused and it does not give the correct reminding. Arm SPE does not support frequency setting given it adopts a statistical based approach. Alternatively, Arm SPE supports setting period. This commit adds a for frequency setting. It reports error and reminds users to set period instead. After: perf record -F 1000 -e arm_spe_0// -- sleep 1 Arm SPE: Frequency is not supported. Set period with -c option or PMU parameter (-e arm_spe_0/period=NUM/). Signed-off-by: Leo Yan Reviewed-by: James Clark Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250227085544.2154136-1-leo.yan@arm.com Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim --- tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c index 4301181b8e45..4f2833b62ff5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c +++ b/tools/perf/arch/arm64/util/arm-spe.c @@ -40,6 +40,19 @@ struct arm_spe_recording { bool *wrapped; }; +/* Iterate config list to detect if the "freq" parameter is set */ +static bool arm_spe_is_set_freq(struct evsel *evsel) +{ + struct evsel_config_term *term; + + list_for_each_entry(term, &evsel->config_terms, list) { + if (term->type == EVSEL__CONFIG_TERM_FREQ) + return true; + } + + return false; +} + /* * arm_spe_find_cpus() returns a new cpu map, and the caller should invoke * perf_cpu_map__put() to release the map after use. @@ -389,6 +402,14 @@ static int arm_spe_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr, return -EINVAL; } opts->full_auxtrace = true; + + if (opts->user_freq != UINT_MAX || + arm_spe_is_set_freq(evsel)) { + pr_err("Arm SPE: Frequency is not supported. " + "Set period with -c option or PMU parameter (-e %s/period=NUM/).\n", + evsel->pmu->name); + return -EINVAL; + } } } -- 2.50.1