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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2012-03-12 20:46:35 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2012-03-12 20:47:05 +0100 |
commit | bea95c152dee1791dd02cbc708afbb115bb00f9a (patch) | |
tree | af9994c42c5fdd81ba3dadd7b812e2fa85273353 /kernel | |
parent | f9b4eeb809c6d031cc9561cc34dd691701cb2c2a (diff) | |
parent | 24bff2dc0f77b1f186b7bdf30060caf3df191a68 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'perf/hw-branch-sampling' into perf/core
Merge reason: The 'perf record -b' hardware branch sampling feature is ready for upstream.
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 177 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 6 |
2 files changed, 183 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index e8b32ac75ce3..c61234b1a988 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ static int cpu_function_call(int cpu, int (*func) (void *info), void *info) PERF_FLAG_FD_OUTPUT |\ PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP) +/* + * branch priv levels that need permission checks + */ +#define PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PERM_PLM \ + (PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL |\ + PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV) + enum event_type_t { EVENT_FLEXIBLE = 0x1, EVENT_PINNED = 0x2, @@ -130,6 +137,7 @@ enum event_type_t { */ struct static_key_deferred perf_sched_events __read_mostly; static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, perf_cgroup_events); +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(atomic_t, perf_branch_stack_events); static atomic_t nr_mmap_events __read_mostly; static atomic_t nr_comm_events __read_mostly; @@ -881,6 +889,9 @@ list_add_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx) if (is_cgroup_event(event)) ctx->nr_cgroups++; + if (has_branch_stack(event)) + ctx->nr_branch_stack++; + list_add_rcu(&event->event_entry, &ctx->event_list); if (!ctx->nr_events) perf_pmu_rotate_start(ctx->pmu); @@ -1020,6 +1031,9 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx) cpuctx->cgrp = NULL; } + if (has_branch_stack(event)) + ctx->nr_branch_stack--; + ctx->nr_events--; if (event->attr.inherit_stat) ctx->nr_stat--; @@ -2195,6 +2209,66 @@ static void perf_event_context_sched_in(struct perf_event_context *ctx, } /* + * When sampling the branck stack in system-wide, it may be necessary + * to flush the stack on context switch. This happens when the branch + * stack does not tag its entries with the pid of the current task. + * Otherwise it becomes impossible to associate a branch entry with a + * task. This ambiguity is more likely to appear when the branch stack + * supports priv level filtering and the user sets it to monitor only + * at the user level (which could be a useful measurement in system-wide + * mode). In that case, the risk is high of having a branch stack with + * branch from multiple tasks. Flushing may mean dropping the existing + * entries or stashing them somewhere in the PMU specific code layer. + * + * This function provides the context switch callback to the lower code + * layer. It is invoked ONLY when there is at least one system-wide context + * with at least one active event using taken branch sampling. + */ +static void perf_branch_stack_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev, + struct task_struct *task) +{ + struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx; + struct pmu *pmu; + unsigned long flags; + + /* no need to flush branch stack if not changing task */ + if (prev == task) + return; + + local_irq_save(flags); + + rcu_read_lock(); + + list_for_each_entry_rcu(pmu, &pmus, entry) { + cpuctx = this_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context); + + /* + * check if the context has at least one + * event using PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK + */ + if (cpuctx->ctx.nr_branch_stack > 0 + && pmu->flush_branch_stack) { + + pmu = cpuctx->ctx.pmu; + + perf_ctx_lock(cpuctx, cpuctx->task_ctx); + + perf_pmu_disable(pmu); + + pmu->flush_branch_stack(); + + perf_pmu_enable(pmu); + + perf_ctx_unlock(cpuctx, cpuctx->task_ctx); + } + } + + rcu_read_unlock(); + + local_irq_restore(flags); +} + +/* * Called from scheduler to add the events of the current task * with interrupts disabled. * @@ -2225,6 +2299,10 @@ void __perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev, */ if (atomic_read(&__get_cpu_var(perf_cgroup_events))) perf_cgroup_sched_in(prev, task); + + /* check for system-wide branch_stack events */ + if (atomic_read(&__get_cpu_var(perf_branch_stack_events))) + perf_branch_stack_sched_in(prev, task); } static u64 perf_calculate_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 nsec, u64 count) @@ -2791,6 +2869,14 @@ static void free_event(struct perf_event *event) atomic_dec(&per_cpu(perf_cgroup_events, event->cpu)); static_key_slow_dec_deferred(&perf_sched_events); } + + if (has_branch_stack(event)) { + static_key_slow_dec_deferred(&perf_sched_events); + /* is system-wide event */ + if (!(event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)) + atomic_dec(&per_cpu(perf_branch_stack_events, + event->cpu)); + } } if (event->rb) { @@ -3907,6 +3993,24 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle, } } } + + if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) { + if (data->br_stack) { + size_t size; + + size = data->br_stack->nr + * sizeof(struct perf_branch_entry); + + perf_output_put(handle, data->br_stack->nr); + perf_output_copy(handle, data->br_stack->entries, size); + } else { + /* + * we always store at least the value of nr + */ + u64 nr = 0; + perf_output_put(handle, nr); + } + } } void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header, @@ -3949,6 +4053,15 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header, WARN_ON_ONCE(size & (sizeof(u64)-1)); header->size += size; } + + if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) { + int size = sizeof(u64); /* nr */ + if (data->br_stack) { + size += data->br_stack->nr + * sizeof(struct perf_branch_entry); + } + header->size += size; + } } static void perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event, @@ -5010,6 +5123,12 @@ static int perf_swevent_init(struct perf_event *event) if (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) return -ENOENT; + /* + * no branch sampling for software events + */ + if (has_branch_stack(event)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + switch (event_id) { case PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK: case PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK: @@ -5120,6 +5239,12 @@ static int perf_tp_event_init(struct perf_event *event) if (event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) return -ENOENT; + /* + * no branch sampling for tracepoint events + */ + if (has_branch_stack(event)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + err = perf_trace_init(event); if (err) return err; @@ -5345,6 +5470,12 @@ static int cpu_clock_event_init(struct perf_event *event) if (event->attr.config != PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK) return -ENOENT; + /* + * no branch sampling for software events + */ + if (has_branch_stack(event)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(event); return 0; @@ -5419,6 +5550,12 @@ static int task_clock_event_init(struct perf_event *event) if (event->attr.config != PERF_COUNT_SW_TASK_CLOCK) return -ENOENT; + /* + * no branch sampling for software events + */ + if (has_branch_stack(event)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + perf_swevent_init_hrtimer(event); return 0; @@ -5866,6 +6003,12 @@ done: return ERR_PTR(err); } } + if (has_branch_stack(event)) { + static_key_slow_inc(&perf_sched_events.key); + if (!(event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK)) + atomic_inc(&per_cpu(perf_branch_stack_events, + event->cpu)); + } } return event; @@ -5935,6 +6078,40 @@ static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user *uattr, if (attr->read_format & ~(PERF_FORMAT_MAX-1)) return -EINVAL; + if (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) { + u64 mask = attr->branch_sample_type; + + /* only using defined bits */ + if (mask & ~(PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_MAX-1)) + return -EINVAL; + + /* at least one branch bit must be set */ + if (!(mask & ~PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL)) + return -EINVAL; + + /* kernel level capture: check permissions */ + if ((mask & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PERM_PLM) + && perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) + return -EACCES; + + /* propagate priv level, when not set for branch */ + if (!(mask & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL)) { + + /* exclude_kernel checked on syscall entry */ + if (!attr->exclude_kernel) + mask |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL; + + if (!attr->exclude_user) + mask |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_USER; + + if (!attr->exclude_hv) + mask |= PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV; + /* + * adjust user setting (for HW filter setup) + */ + attr->branch_sample_type = mask; + } + } out: return ret; diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c index 3330022a7ac1..bb38c4d3ee12 100644 --- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c +++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -581,6 +581,12 @@ static int hw_breakpoint_event_init(struct perf_event *bp) if (bp->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT) return -ENOENT; + /* + * no branch sampling for breakpoint events + */ + if (has_branch_stack(bp)) + return -EOPNOTSUPP; + err = register_perf_hw_breakpoint(bp); if (err) return err; |