KVM: stats: Support linear and logarithmic histogram statistics

Add new types of KVM stats, linear and logarithmic histogram.
Histogram are very useful for observing the value distribution
of time or size related stats.

Signed-off-by: Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@google.com>
Message-Id: <20210802165633.1866976-2-jingzhangos@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Jing Zhang 2021-08-02 16:56:29 +00:00 committed by Paolo Bonzini
parent 73143035c2
commit f95937ccf5
8 changed files with 82 additions and 43 deletions

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@ -1965,7 +1965,9 @@ struct kvm_stats_header {
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_CUMULATIVE (0x0 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_INSTANT (0x1 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_PEAK (0x2 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MAX KVM_STATS_TYPE_PEAK
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_LINEAR_HIST (0x3 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_LOG_HIST (0x4 << KVM_STATS_TYPE_SHIFT)
#define KVM_STATS_TYPE_MAX KVM_STATS_TYPE_LOG_HIST
#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT 4
#define KVM_STATS_UNIT_MASK (0xF << KVM_STATS_UNIT_SHIFT)
@ -1988,8 +1990,9 @@ struct kvm_stats_header {
* @size: The number of data items for this stats.
* Every data item is of type __u64.
* @offset: The offset of the stats to the start of stat structure in
* struture kvm or kvm_vcpu.
* @unused: Unused field for future usage. Always 0 for now.
* structure kvm or kvm_vcpu.
* @bucket_size: A parameter value used for histogram stats. It is only used
* for linear histogram stats, specifying the size of the bucket;
* @name: The name string for the stats. Its size is indicated by the
* &kvm_stats_header->name_size.
*/
@ -1998,7 +2001,7 @@ struct kvm_stats_desc {
__s16 exponent;
__u16 size;
__u32 offset;
__u32 unused;
__u32 bucket_size;
char name[];
};