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authorIan Rogers <irogers@google.com>2026-01-27 10:44:47 -0800
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>2026-01-28 15:18:45 -0300
commit7eb9fa417c0218fd4e3b8d18894d7b89c15fb8ba (patch)
tree29de0fcf6358c84c17adf6e87516027eec62d8d8 /tools/perf
parent17d616b7d98dcc15561b83a7e1c78f304b8cea74 (diff)
perf jevents: Mark metrics with experimental events as experimental
When metrics are made with experimental events it is desirable the metric description also carries this information in case of metric inaccuracies. Suggested-by: Perry Taylor <perry.taylor@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Tested-by: Thomas Falcon <thomas.falcon@intel.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Benjamin Gray <bgray@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Caleb Biggers <caleb.biggers@intel.com> Cc: Edward Baker <edward.baker@intel.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Cc: Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@linux.alibaba.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com> Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@amd.com> Cc: Weilin Wang <weilin.wang@intel.com> Cc: Xu Yang <xu.yang_2@nxp.com> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools/perf')
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/pmu-events/metric.py44
1 files changed, 44 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/metric.py b/tools/perf/pmu-events/metric.py
index 62d1a1e1d458..2029b6e28365 100644
--- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/metric.py
+++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/metric.py
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Tuple, Union
all_pmus = set()
all_events = set()
+experimental_events = set()
def LoadEvents(directory: str) -> None:
"""Populate a global set of all known events for the purpose of validating Event names"""
global all_pmus
global all_events
+ global experimental_events
all_events = {
"context\\-switches",
"cpu\\-cycles",
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ def LoadEvents(directory: str) -> None:
all_pmus.add(x["Unit"])
if "EventName" in x:
all_events.add(x["EventName"])
+ if "Experimental" in x and x["Experimental"] == "1":
+ experimental_events.add(x["EventName"])
elif "ArchStdEvent" in x:
all_events.add(x["ArchStdEvent"])
except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
@@ -61,6 +65,18 @@ def CheckEvent(name: str) -> bool:
return name in all_events
+def IsExperimentalEvent(name: str) -> bool:
+ global experimental_events
+ if ':' in name:
+ # Remove trailing modifier.
+ name = name[:name.find(':')]
+ elif '/' in name:
+ # Name could begin with a PMU or an event, for now assume it is not experimental.
+ return False
+
+ return name in experimental_events
+
+
class MetricConstraint(Enum):
GROUPED_EVENTS = 0
NO_GROUP_EVENTS = 1
@@ -82,6 +98,10 @@ class Expression:
"""Returns a simplified version of self."""
raise NotImplementedError()
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ """Are experimental events used in the expression?"""
+ raise NotImplementedError()
+
def Equals(self, other) -> bool:
"""Returns true when two expressions are the same."""
raise NotImplementedError()
@@ -249,6 +269,9 @@ class Operator(Expression):
return Operator(self.operator, lhs, rhs)
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ return self.lhs.HasExperimentalEvents() or self.rhs.HasExperimentalEvents()
+
def Equals(self, other: Expression) -> bool:
if isinstance(other, Operator):
return self.operator == other.operator and self.lhs.Equals(
@@ -297,6 +320,10 @@ class Select(Expression):
return Select(true_val, cond, false_val)
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ return (self.cond.HasExperimentalEvents() or self.true_val.HasExperimentalEvents() or
+ self.false_val.HasExperimentalEvents())
+
def Equals(self, other: Expression) -> bool:
if isinstance(other, Select):
return self.cond.Equals(other.cond) and self.false_val.Equals(
@@ -345,6 +372,9 @@ class Function(Expression):
return Function(self.fn, lhs, rhs)
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ return self.lhs.HasExperimentalEvents() or (self.rhs and self.rhs.HasExperimentalEvents())
+
def Equals(self, other: Expression) -> bool:
if isinstance(other, Function):
result = self.fn == other.fn and self.lhs.Equals(other.lhs)
@@ -384,6 +414,9 @@ class Event(Expression):
global all_events
raise Exception(f"No event {error} in:\n{all_events}")
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ return IsExperimentalEvent(self.name)
+
def ToPerfJson(self):
result = re.sub('/', '@', self.name)
return result
@@ -416,6 +449,9 @@ class MetricRef(Expression):
def Simplify(self) -> Expression:
return self
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ return False
+
def Equals(self, other: Expression) -> bool:
return isinstance(other, MetricRef) and self.name == other.name
@@ -443,6 +479,9 @@ class Constant(Expression):
def Simplify(self) -> Expression:
return self
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ return False
+
def Equals(self, other: Expression) -> bool:
return isinstance(other, Constant) and self.value == other.value
@@ -465,6 +504,9 @@ class Literal(Expression):
def Simplify(self) -> Expression:
return self
+ def HasExperimentalEvents(self) -> bool:
+ return False
+
def Equals(self, other: Expression) -> bool:
return isinstance(other, Literal) and self.value == other.value
@@ -527,6 +569,8 @@ class Metric:
self.name = name
self.description = description
self.expr = expr.Simplify()
+ if self.expr.HasExperimentalEvents():
+ self.description += " (metric should be considered experimental as it contains experimental events)."
# Workraound valid_only_metric hiding certain metrics based on unit.
scale_unit = scale_unit.replace('/sec', ' per sec')
if scale_unit[0].isdigit():