[Intel-gfx] [PATCH i-g-t] intel_gpu_top: Use actual period when calculating client busyness

[Umesh Nerlige Ramappa]

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 09:20:49AM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>
>Hi Umesh,
>
>On 14/03/2023 18:25, Umesh Nerlige Ramappa wrote:
>>lgtm,
>>
>>Reviewed-by: Umesh Nerlige Ramappa <umesh.nerlige.ramappa at intel.com>
>
>Thanks - I had one second thought though. See below please.
>
>>On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 12:17:40PM +0000, Tvrtko Ursulin wrote:
>>>From: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>>>
>>>On a slow machine, or with many processes and/or file descriptors to
>>>parse, the period of the scanning loop can drift significantly from the
>>>assumed value. This results in artificially inflated client busyness
>>>percentages.
>>>
>>>To alleviate the issue take some real timestamps and use actual elapsed
>>>time when calculating relative busyness.
>>>
>>>Signed-off-by: Tvrtko Ursulin <tvrtko.ursulin at intel.com>
>>>---
>>>tools/intel_gpu_top.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>1 file changed, 38 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>>diff --git a/tools/intel_gpu_top.c b/tools/intel_gpu_top.c
>>>index e13e35b71f4b..af4b350da8e4 100644
>>>--- a/tools/intel_gpu_top.c
>>>+++ b/tools/intel_gpu_top.c
>>>@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
>>>#include <sys/types.h>
>>>#include <unistd.h>
>>>#include <termios.h>
>>>+#include <time.h>
>>>#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
>>>
>>>#include "igt_perf.h"
>>>@@ -2524,6 +2525,38 @@ static void show_help_screen(void)
>>>"\n");
>>>}
>>>
>>>+static int gettime(struct timespec *ts)
>>>+{
>>>+    memset(ts, 0, sizeof(*ts));
>>>+
>>>+#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW
>>>+    if (!clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW, ts))
>>>+        return 0;
>>>+#endif
>>>+#ifdef CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE
>>>+    if (!clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE, ts))
>>>+        return 0;
>>>+#endif
>
>So I copied this (with some edits) from igt_core.c but I think I 
>should actually remove the CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE option. The usage in 
>intel_gpu_top is not performance sensitive and tick granularity 
>actually defeats to point of this patch.
>
>Okay to keep the r-b if I remove it?

Sure, okay to keep the R-b.

Regards,
Umesh
>
>Regards,
>
>Tvrtko
>
>>>+
>>>+    return clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, ts);
>>>+}
>>>+
>>>+static unsigned long elapsed_us(struct timespec *prev, unsigned 
>>>int period_us)
>>>+{
>>>+    unsigned long elapsed;
>>>+    struct timespec now;
>>>+
>>>+    if (gettime(&now))
>>>+        return period_us;
>>>+
>>>+    elapsed = ((now.tv_nsec - prev->tv_nsec) / 1000 +
>>>+               (unsigned long)USEC_PER_SEC * (now.tv_sec - 
>>>prev->tv_sec));
>>>+
>>>+    *prev = now;
>>>+
>>>+    return elapsed;
>>>+}
>>>+
>>>int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>>{
>>>    unsigned int period_us = DEFAULT_PERIOD_MS * 1000;
>>>@@ -2537,6 +2570,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>>    char *pmu_device, *opt_device = NULL;
>>>    struct igt_device_card card;
>>>    char *codename = NULL;
>>>+    struct timespec ts;
>>>
>>>    /* Parse options */
>>>    while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "o:s:d:pcJLlh")) != -1) {
>>>@@ -2690,6 +2724,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>>
>>>    pmu_sample(engines);
>>>    scan_clients(clients, false);
>>>+    gettime(&ts);
>>>    codename = igt_device_get_pretty_name(&card, false);
>>>
>>>    if (output_mode == JSON)
>>>@@ -2698,6 +2733,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>>    while (!stop_top) {
>>>        struct clients *disp_clients;
>>>        bool consumed = false;
>>>+        unsigned int scan_us;
>>>        int j, lines = 0;
>>>        struct winsize ws;
>>>        struct client *c;
>>>@@ -2720,6 +2756,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>>        t = (double)(engines->ts.cur - engines->ts.prev) / 1e9;
>>>
>>>        disp_clients = scan_clients(clients, true);
>>>+        scan_us = elapsed_us(&ts, period_us);
>>>
>>>        if (stop_top)
>>>            break;
>>>@@ -2757,7 +2794,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>>>
>>>                    lines = print_client(c, engines, t,
>>>                                 lines, con_w,
>>>-                                 con_h, period_us,
>>>+                                 con_h, scan_us,
>>>                                 &class_w);
>>>                }
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>2.37.2
>>>