From: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
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Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 08/10] Documentation: admin-guide: Add riscv sysctl_perf_user_access
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:30:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20230630083013.102334-9-alexghiti@rivosinc.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20230630083013.102334-1-alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
riscv now uses this sysctl so document its usage for this architecture.
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 26 +++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index d85d90f5d000..c376692b372b 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -941,16 +941,34 @@ enabled, otherwise writing to this file will return ``-EBUSY``.
The default value is 8.
-perf_user_access (arm64 only)
-=================================
+perf_user_access (arm64 and riscv only)
+=======================================
+
+Controls user space access for reading perf event counters.
-Controls user space access for reading perf event counters. When set to 1,
-user space can read performance monitor counter registers directly.
+arm64
+=====
The default value is 0 (access disabled).
+When set to 1, user space can read performance monitor counter registers
+directly.
See Documentation/arm64/perf.rst for more information.
+riscv
+=====
+
+When set to 0, user access is disabled.
+
+When set to 1, user space can read performance monitor counter registers
+directly only through perf, any direct access without perf intervention will
+trigger an illegal instruction.
+
+The default value is 2, which enables legacy mode (user space has direct
+access to cycle and insret CSRs only). Note that this legacy value
+is deprecated and will be removed once all userspace applications are fixed.
+
+Note that the time CSR is for now always accessible to all modes.
pid_max
=======
--
2.39.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-06-30 8:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-06-30 8:30 [PATCH v3 00/10] riscv: Allow userspace to directly access perf counters Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] perf: Fix wrong comment about default event_idx Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] include: riscv: Fix wrong include guard in riscv_pmu.h Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] riscv: Make legacy counter enum match the HW numbering Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 10:35 ` Andrew Jones
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] drivers: perf: Rename riscv pmu sbi driver Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] riscv: Prepare for user-space perf event mmap support Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] drivers: perf: Implement perf event mmap support in the legacy backend Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] drivers: perf: Implement perf event mmap support in the SBI backend Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 11:08 ` Andrew Jones
2023-07-03 9:21 ` Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` Alexandre Ghiti [this message]
2023-06-30 11:16 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] Documentation: admin-guide: Add riscv sysctl_perf_user_access Andrew Jones
2023-07-03 9:45 ` Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] tools: lib: perf: Implement riscv mmap support Alexandre Ghiti
2023-06-30 8:30 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] perf: tests: Adapt mmap-basic.c for riscv Alexandre Ghiti
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