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1 //===-- PerfHelper.h ------------------------------------------*- C++ -*-===//
2 //
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
6 //
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
8 ///
9 /// \file
10 /// Helpers for measuring perf events.
11 ///
12 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
13 
14 #ifndef LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_EXEGESIS_PERFHELPER_H
15 #define LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_EXEGESIS_PERFHELPER_H
16 
17 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallVector.h"
18 #include "llvm/ADT/StringRef.h"
19 #include "llvm/Config/config.h"
20 #include "llvm/Support/Error.h"
21 
22 #include <cstdint>
23 #include <functional>
24 #include <memory>
25 
26 #ifdef _MSC_VER
27 typedef int pid_t;
28 #else
29 #include <sys/types.h>
30 #endif // _MSC_VER
31 
32 struct perf_event_attr;
33 
34 namespace llvm {
35 namespace exegesis {
36 namespace pfm {
37 
38 // Returns true on error.
39 bool pfmInitialize();
40 void pfmTerminate();
41 
42 // Retrieves the encoding for the event described by pfm_event_string.
43 // NOTE: pfm_initialize() must be called before creating PerfEvent objects.
44 class PerfEvent {
45 public:
46   // Dummy event that does not require access to counters (for tests).
47   static const char *const DummyEventString;
48 
49   // http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/manv4/libpfm.html
50   // Events are expressed as strings. e.g. "INSTRUCTION_RETIRED"
51   explicit PerfEvent(StringRef PfmEventString);
52 
53   PerfEvent(const PerfEvent &) = delete;
54   PerfEvent(PerfEvent &&other);
55   ~PerfEvent();
56 
57   // The pfm_event_string passed at construction time.
58   StringRef name() const;
59 
60   // Whether the event was successfully created.
61   bool valid() const;
62 
63   // The encoded event to be passed to the Kernel.
64   const perf_event_attr *attribute() const;
65 
66   // The fully qualified name for the event.
67   // e.g. "snb_ep::INSTRUCTION_RETIRED:e=0:i=0:c=0:t=0:u=1:k=0:mg=0:mh=1"
68   StringRef getPfmEventString() const;
69 
70 protected:
71   PerfEvent() = default;
72   std::string EventString;
73   std::string FullQualifiedEventString;
74   perf_event_attr *Attr;
75 
76 private:
77   void initRealEvent(StringRef PfmEventString);
78 };
79 
80 // Represents a single event that has been configured in the Linux perf
81 // subsystem.
82 class ConfiguredEvent {
83 public:
84   ConfiguredEvent(PerfEvent &&EventToConfigure);
85 
86   void initRealEvent(const pid_t ProcessID, const int GroupFD = -1);
87   Expected<SmallVector<int64_t>> readOrError(StringRef FunctionBytes) const;
getFileDescriptor()88   int getFileDescriptor() const { return FileDescriptor; }
isDummyEvent()89   bool isDummyEvent() const {
90     return Event.name() == PerfEvent::DummyEventString;
91   }
92 
93   ConfiguredEvent(const ConfiguredEvent &) = delete;
94   ConfiguredEvent(ConfiguredEvent &&other) = default;
95 
96   ~ConfiguredEvent();
97 
98 private:
99   PerfEvent Event;
100   int FileDescriptor = -1;
101 };
102 
103 // Consists of a counter measuring a specific event and associated validation
104 // counters measuring execution conditions. All counters in a group are part
105 // of a single event group and are thus scheduled on and off the CPU as a single
106 // unit.
107 class CounterGroup {
108 public:
109   // event: the PerfEvent to measure.
110   explicit CounterGroup(PerfEvent &&event, std::vector<PerfEvent> &&ValEvents,
111                         pid_t ProcessID = 0);
112 
113   CounterGroup(const CounterGroup &) = delete;
114   CounterGroup(CounterGroup &&other) = default;
115 
116   virtual ~CounterGroup() = default;
117 
118   /// Starts the measurement of the event.
119   virtual void start();
120 
121   /// Stops the measurement of the event.
122   void stop();
123 
124   /// Returns the current value of the counter or error if it cannot be read.
125   /// FunctionBytes: The benchmark function being executed.
126   /// This is used to filter out the measurements to ensure they are only
127   /// within the benchmarked code.
128   /// If empty (or not specified), then no filtering will be done.
129   /// Not all counters choose to use this.
130   virtual Expected<SmallVector<int64_t, 4>>
131   readOrError(StringRef FunctionBytes = StringRef()) const;
132 
133   virtual Expected<SmallVector<int64_t>> readValidationCountersOrError() const;
134 
135   virtual int numValues() const;
136 
getFileDescriptor()137   int getFileDescriptor() const { return EventCounter.getFileDescriptor(); }
138 
139 protected:
140   ConfiguredEvent EventCounter;
141   bool IsDummyEvent;
142   std::vector<ConfiguredEvent> ValidationEventCounters;
143 
144 private:
145   void initRealEvent(pid_t ProcessID);
146 };
147 
148 } // namespace pfm
149 } // namespace exegesis
150 } // namespace llvm
151 
152 #endif // LLVM_TOOLS_LLVM_EXEGESIS_PERFHELPER_H
153