perf/x86/amd: Add AMD branch sampling period adjustment

Add code to adjust the sampling event period when used with the Branch
Sampling feature (BRS). Given the depth of the BRS (16), the period is
reduced by that depth such that in the best case scenario, BRS saturates at
the desired sampling period. In practice, though, the processor may execute
more branches. Given a desired period P and a depth D, the kernel programs
the actual period at P - D. After P occurrences of the sampling event, the
counter overflows. It then may take X branches (skid) before the NMI is
caught and held by the hardware and BRS activates. Then, after D branches,
BRS saturates and the NMI is delivered.  With no skid, the effective period
would be (P - D) + D = P. In practice, however, it will likely be (P - D) +
X + D. There is no way to eliminate X or predict X.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220322221517.2510440-7-eranian@google.com

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 7ada9172b07490cae2169d25efbea615851a666b..54f992e65252a95ffe9dc737f643edac5eb5798c 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1374,6 +1374,13 @@ int x86_perf_event_set_period(struct perf_event *event)
            x86_pmu.set_topdown_event_period)
                return x86_pmu.set_topdown_event_period(event);
 
+       /*
+        * decrease period by the depth of the BRS feature to get
+        * the last N taken branches and approximate the desired period
+        */
+       if (has_branch_stack(event))
+               period = amd_brs_adjust_period(period);
+
        /*
         * If we are way outside a reasonable range then just skip forward:
         */

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index 6f1265163c9f02e935af03235a11cd9ce0ef7567..d91ff2c6cefe1e46ea6409dd3efb2601659d0917 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -1263,6 +1263,14 @@ static inline bool amd_brs_active(void)
        return cpuc->brs_active;
 }
 
+static inline s64 amd_brs_adjust_period(s64 period)
+{
+       if (period > x86_pmu.lbr_nr)
+               return period - x86_pmu.lbr_nr;
+
+       return period;
+}
+
 #else /* CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD */
 
 static inline int amd_pmu_init(void)
@@ -1287,6 +1295,10 @@ static inline void amd_brs_disable_all(void)
 {
 }
 
+static inline s64 amd_brs_adjust_period(s64 period)
+{
+       return period;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_CPU_SUP_AMD */
 
 static inline int is_pebs_pt(struct perf_event *event)