tree 78987bbc23811048f9644363a5703d67a8fae522
parent b295c3e39c1383e06ba1db4dd836018502e2ff3a
author Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> 1567590457 +0530
committer Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> 1568986106 -0300

perf stat: Reset previous counts on repeat with interval

When using 'perf stat' with repeat and interval option, it shows wrong
values for events.

The wrong values will be shown for the first interval on the second and
subsequent repetitions.

Without the fix:

  # perf stat -r 3 -I 2000 -e faults -e sched:sched_switch -a sleep 5

     2.000282489                 53      faults
     2.000282489                513      sched:sched_switch
     4.005478208              3,721      faults
     4.005478208              2,666      sched:sched_switch
     5.025470933                395      faults
     5.025470933              1,307      sched:sched_switch
     2.009602825 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,47,520      faults 		<------
     2.009602825 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,49,568      sched:sched_switch  <------
     4.019612206              4,730      faults
     4.019612206              2,746      sched:sched_switch
     5.039615484              3,953      faults
     5.039615484              1,496      sched:sched_switch
     2.000274620 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,47,520      faults		<------
     2.000274620 1,84,46,74,40,73,70,95,47,520      sched:sched_switch	<------
     4.000480342              4,282      faults
     4.000480342              2,303      sched:sched_switch
     5.000916811              1,322      faults
     5.000916811              1,064      sched:sched_switch
  #

prev_raw_counts is allocated when using intervals. This is used when
calculating the difference in the counts of events when using interval.

The current counts are stored in prev_raw_counts to calculate the
differences in the next iteration.

On the first interval of the second and subsequent repetitions,
prev_raw_counts would be the values stored in the last interval of the
previous repetitions, while the current counts will only be for the
first interval of the current repetition.

Hence there is a possibility of events showing up as big number.

Fix this by resetting prev_raw_counts whenever perf stat repeats the
command.

With the fix:

  # perf stat -r 3 -I 2000 -e faults -e sched:sched_switch -a sleep 5

     2.019349347              2,597      faults
     2.019349347              2,753      sched:sched_switch
     4.019577372              3,098      faults
     4.019577372              2,532      sched:sched_switch
     5.019415481              1,879      faults
     5.019415481              1,356      sched:sched_switch
     2.000178813              8,468      faults
     2.000178813              2,254      sched:sched_switch
     4.000404621              7,440      faults
     4.000404621              1,266      sched:sched_switch
     5.040196079              2,458      faults
     5.040196079                556      sched:sched_switch
     2.000191939              6,870      faults
     2.000191939              1,170      sched:sched_switch
     4.000414103                541      faults
     4.000414103                902      sched:sched_switch
     5.000809863                450      faults
     5.000809863                364      sched:sched_switch
  #

Committer notes:

This was broken since the cset introducing the --interval feature, i.e.
--repeat + --interval wasn't tested at that point, add the Fixes tag so
that automatic scripts can pick this up.

Fixes: 13370a9b5bb8 ("perf stat: Add interval printing")
Signed-off-by: Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Tested-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v3.9+
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20190904094738.9558-2-srikar@linux.vnet.ibm.com
[ Fixed up conflicts with libperf, i.e. some perf_{evsel,evlist} lost the 'perf' prefix ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>