From: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
x86@kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v18 03/11] perf/hw_breakpoint: Add register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked() API
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 20:11:29 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179033468904.136630.17162448537904534428.stgit@devnote2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <179033464327.136630.864883694296882051.stgit@devnote2>
From: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Add register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked() which registers a wide
hardware breakpoint across all online CPUs while caller holds
cpus_read_lock(). This allows callers who need to perform additional
setup under cpus_read_lock() without releasing it to avoid races with
CPU hotplug and without triggering recursive lockdep warnings.
Refactor register_wide_hw_breakpoint() as a wrapper around
register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked().
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Masami Hiramatsu (Google) <mhiramat@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 9 +++++++++
kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
index bf65c7fffd99..65efe55fef14 100644
--- a/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
void *context,
int cpu);
+extern struct perf_event * __percpu *
+register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
+ perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
+ void *context);
+
extern struct perf_event * __percpu *
register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
@@ -123,6 +128,10 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpu(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
void *context,
int cpu) { return NULL; }
static inline struct perf_event * __percpu *
+register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
+ perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
+ void *context) { return NULL; }
+static inline struct perf_event * __percpu *
register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
void *context) { return NULL; }
diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index 69bfb17b87c4..5627ad97600a 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -832,27 +832,30 @@ void unregister_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_hw_breakpoint);
/**
- * register_wide_hw_breakpoint - register a wide breakpoint in the kernel
+ * register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked - register a wide breakpoint with cpus locked
* @attr: breakpoint attributes
* @triggered: callback to trigger when we hit the breakpoint
* @context: context data could be used in the triggered callback
*
+ * Same as register_wide_hw_breakpoint(), but caller must hold cpus_read_lock().
+ *
* @return a set of per_cpu pointers to perf events
*/
struct perf_event * __percpu *
-register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
- perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
- void *context)
+register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
+ perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
+ void *context)
{
struct perf_event * __percpu *cpu_events, *bp;
long err = 0;
int cpu;
+ lockdep_assert_cpus_held();
+
cpu_events = alloc_percpu(typeof(*cpu_events));
if (!cpu_events)
return ERR_PTR_PCPU(-ENOMEM);
- cpus_read_lock();
for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
bp = perf_event_create_kernel_counter(attr, cpu, NULL,
triggered, context);
@@ -863,7 +866,6 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
per_cpu(*cpu_events, cpu) = bp;
}
- cpus_read_unlock();
if (likely(!err))
return cpu_events;
@@ -871,6 +873,30 @@ register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
unregister_wide_hw_breakpoint(cpu_events);
return ERR_PTR_PCPU(err);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked);
+
+/**
+ * register_wide_hw_breakpoint - register a wide breakpoint in the kernel
+ * @attr: breakpoint attributes
+ * @triggered: callback to trigger when we hit the breakpoint
+ * @context: context data could be used in the triggered callback
+ *
+ * @return a set of per_cpu pointers to perf events
+ */
+struct perf_event * __percpu *
+register_wide_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
+ perf_overflow_handler_t triggered,
+ void *context)
+{
+ struct perf_event * __percpu *cpu_events;
+
+ cpus_read_lock();
+ cpu_events = register_wide_hw_breakpoint_cpuslocked(attr, triggered,
+ context);
+ cpus_read_unlock();
+
+ return cpu_events;
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(register_wide_hw_breakpoint);
/**
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-25 11:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-25 11:10 [PATCH v18 00/11] tracing: wprobe: x86: Add wprobe for watchpoint Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:11 ` [PATCH v18 01/11] x86/hw_breakpoints: Add arch_modify_local_hw_breakpoint_addr() API Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:11 ` Masami Hiramatsu (Google) [this message]
2026-09-25 11:11 ` [PATCH v18 04/11] tracing/wprobe: Add wprobe (watchpoint probe) trace event support Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:12 ` [PATCH v18 05/11] x86: hw_breakpoint: Add a kconfig to clarify when a breakpoint fires Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:12 ` [PATCH v18 06/11] selftests: tracing: Add a basic testcase for wprobe Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:12 ` [PATCH v18 07/11] selftests: tracing: Add syntax " Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:12 ` [PATCH v18 08/11] tracing/wprobe: Add set_wprobe and clear_wprobe event triggers Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:13 ` [PATCH v18 09/11] selftests: tracing: Add wprobe trigger testcases Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:13 ` [PATCH v18 10/11] tracing/wprobe: Support BTF typecast in fetchargs Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
2026-09-25 11:13 ` [PATCH v18 11/11] tracing/wprobe: Support BTF struct offset resolution in set_wprobe trigger Masami Hiramatsu (Google)
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