perf script python: Allow reporting the [un]throttle PERF_RECORD_ meta event

perf_events may sometimes throttle an event due to creating too many
samples during a given timer tick.

As of now, the perf tool will not report on throttling, which means this
is a silent error.

Implement a callback for the throttle and unthrottle events within the
Python scripting engine, which can allow scripts to detect and report
when events may have been lost due to throttling.

The simplest script to report throttle events is:

  def throttle(*args):
      print("throttle" + repr(args))

  def unthrottle(*args):
      print("unthrottle" + repr(args))

Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210901210815.133251-1-stephen.s.brennan@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
index f469354..0e824f7 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-script.c
@@ -2492,6 +2492,17 @@ process_lost_event(struct perf_tool *tool,
                           sample->tid);
 }
 
+static int
+process_throttle_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
+                      union perf_event *event,
+                      struct perf_sample *sample,
+                      struct machine *machine)
+{
+       if (scripting_ops && scripting_ops->process_throttle)
+               scripting_ops->process_throttle(event, sample, machine);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int
 process_finished_round_event(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
                             union perf_event *event,
@@ -3652,6 +3663,8 @@ int cmd_script(int argc, const char **argv)
                        .stat_config     = process_stat_config_event,
                        .thread_map      = process_thread_map_event,
                        .cpu_map         = process_cpu_map_event,
+                       .throttle        = process_throttle_event,
+                       .unthrottle      = process_throttle_event,
                        .ordered_events  = true,
                        .ordering_requires_timestamps = true,
                },

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
index 69129e2..c0c0103 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/scripting-engines/trace-event-python.c
@@ -1422,6 +1422,37 @@ static void python_process_event(union perf_event *event,
        }
 }
 
+static void python_process_throttle(union perf_event *event,
+                                   struct perf_sample *sample,
+                                   struct machine *machine)
+{
+       const char *handler_name;
+       PyObject *handler, *t;
+
+       if (event->header.type == PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE)
+               handler_name = "throttle";
+       else
+               handler_name = "unthrottle";
+       handler = get_handler(handler_name);
+       if (!handler)
+               return;
+
+       t = tuple_new(6);
+       if (!t)
+               return;
+
+       tuple_set_u64(t, 0, event->throttle.time);
+       tuple_set_u64(t, 1, event->throttle.id);
+       tuple_set_u64(t, 2, event->throttle.stream_id);
+       tuple_set_s32(t, 3, sample->cpu);
+       tuple_set_s32(t, 4, sample->pid);
+       tuple_set_s32(t, 5, sample->tid);
+
+       call_object(handler, t, handler_name);
+
+       Py_DECREF(t);
+}
+
 static void python_do_process_switch(union perf_event *event,
                                     struct perf_sample *sample,
                                     struct machine *machine)
@@ -2079,5 +2110,6 @@ struct scripting_ops python_scripting_ops = {
        .process_auxtrace_error = python_process_auxtrace_error,
        .process_stat           = python_process_stat,
        .process_stat_interval  = python_process_stat_interval,
+       .process_throttle       = python_process_throttle,
        .generate_script        = python_generate_script,
 };

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
index 54aadee..6409811 100644 (file)
--- a/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/trace-event.h
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@ struct scripting_ops {
        void (*process_stat)(struct perf_stat_config *config,
                             struct evsel *evsel, u64 tstamp);
        void (*process_stat_interval)(u64 tstamp);
+       void (*process_throttle)(union perf_event *event,
+                                struct perf_sample *sample,
+                                struct machine *machine);
        int (*generate_script) (struct tep_handle *pevent, const char *outfile);
 };