Documentation/admin-guide/perf/hisi-pcie-pmu.rst

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HiSilicon PCIe Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU)
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On Hip09, HiSilicon PCIe Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) could monitor
bandwidth, latency, bus utilization and buffer occupancy data of PCIe.

Each PCIe Core has a PMU to monitor multi Root Ports of this PCIe Core and
all Endpoints downstream these Root Ports.


HiSilicon PCIe PMU driver
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The PCIe PMU driver registers a perf PMU with the name of its sicl-id and PCIe
Core id.::

  /sys/bus/event_source/hisi_pcie<sicl>_<core>

PMU driver provides description of available events and filter options in sysfs,
see /sys/bus/event_source/devices/hisi_pcie<sicl>_<core>.

The "format" directory describes all formats of the config (events) and config1
(filter options) fields of the perf_event_attr structure. The "events" directory
describes all documented events shown in perf list.

The "identifier" sysfs file allows users to identify the version of the
PMU hardware device.

The "bus" sysfs file allows users to get the bus number of Root Ports
monitored by PMU.

Example usage of perf::

  $# perf list
  hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mwr_latency/ [kernel PMU event]
  hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mwr_cnt/ [kernel PMU event]
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  $# perf stat -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mwr_latency/
  $# perf stat -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mwr_cnt/
  $# perf stat -g -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mwr_latency/ -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mwr_cnt/

The current driver does not support sampling. So "perf record" is unsupported.
Also attach to a task is unsupported for PCIe PMU.

Filter options
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1. Target filter
PMU could only monitor the performance of traffic downstream target Root Ports
or downstream target Endpoint. PCIe PMU driver support "port" and "bdf"
interfaces for users, and these two interfaces aren't supported at the same
time.

-port
"port" filter can be used in all PCIe PMU events, target Root Port can be
selected by configuring the 16-bits-bitmap "port". Multi ports can be selected
for AP-layer-events, and only one port can be selected for TL/DL-layer-events.

For example, if target Root Port is 0000:00:00.0 (x8 lanes), bit0 of bitmap
should be set, port=0x1; if target Root Port is 0000:00:04.0 (x4 lanes),
bit8 is set, port=0x100; if these two Root Ports are both monitored, port=0x101.

Example usage of perf::

  $# perf stat -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mwr_latency,port=0x1/ sleep 5

-bdf

"bdf" filter can only be used in bandwidth events, target Endpoint is selected
by configuring BDF to "bdf". Counter only counts the bandwidth of message
requested by target Endpoint.

For example, "bdf=0x3900" means BDF of target Endpoint is 0000:39:00.0.

Example usage of perf::

  $# perf stat -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mrd_flux,bdf=0x3900/ sleep 5

2. Trigger filter
Event statistics start when the first time TLP length is greater/smaller
than trigger condition. You can set the trigger condition by writing "trig_len",
and set the trigger mode by writing "trig_mode". This filter can only be used
in bandwidth events.

For example, "trig_len=4" means trigger condition is 2^4 DW, "trig_mode=0"
means statistics start when TLP length > trigger condition, "trig_mode=1"
means start when TLP length < condition.

Example usage of perf::

  $# perf stat -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mrd_flux,trig_len=0x4,trig_mode=1/ sleep 5

3. Threshold filter
Counter counts when TLP length within the specified range. You can set the
threshold by writing "thr_len", and set the threshold mode by writing
"thr_mode". This filter can only be used in bandwidth events.

For example, "thr_len=4" means threshold is 2^4 DW, "thr_mode=0" means
counter counts when TLP length >= threshold, and "thr_mode=1" means counts
when TLP length < threshold.

Example usage of perf::

  $# perf stat -e hisi_pcie0_0/rx_mrd_flux,thr_len=0x4,thr_mode=1/ sleep 5