From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
To: will@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com, sj@kernel.org,
akpm@linux-foundation.org, shuah@kernel.org,
kunwu.chan@linux.dev
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org, damon@lists.linux.dev,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>,
Lian Wang <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 1/4] mm/damon/perf: introduce AUX backend interface and Kconfig
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:22:18 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260816142222.689624-2-kunwu.chan@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260816142222.689624-1-kunwu.chan@linux.dev>
From: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
Add the backend operations used by AUX trace-buffer PMUs, backend state
to damon_perf_event, and stubs for configurations without AUX support.
Add CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_AUX for the ARM SPE transport and a separate
CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_SPE_KUNIT_TEST option. The current transport requires
ARM SPE to be built into the kernel; it remains independent of the
optional observability counters and tracepoints.
Co-developed-by: Lian Wang (ProcessMission) <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lian Wang (ProcessMission) <lianux.mm@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Kunwu Chan <kunwu.chan@gmail.com>
---
include/linux/damon.h | 5 +++
mm/damon/Kconfig | 28 +++++++++++++++
mm/damon/perf/aux_backend.h | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 105 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 mm/damon/perf/aux_backend.h
diff --git a/include/linux/damon.h b/include/linux/damon.h
index c191c065b0e4..a27c5f6c459b 100644
--- a/include/linux/damon.h
+++ b/include/linux/damon.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#ifndef _DAMON_H_
#define _DAMON_H_
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
#include <linux/math64.h>
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/mutex.h>
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ struct damon_target {
enum damon_report_source {
DAMON_REPORT_SRC_PERF_OVERFLOW = 0, /* overflow_handler (IBS, PEBS) */
DAMON_REPORT_SRC_PAGE_FAULT, /* damon_report_page_fault() */
+ DAMON_REPORT_SRC_PERF_AUX, /* AUX trace-buffer backend */
};
/**
@@ -538,6 +540,7 @@ struct damos_filter {
struct damon_ctx;
struct damon_target_lookup;
struct damos;
+struct damon_perf_backend_ops;
/**
* struct damos_walk_control - Control damos_walk().
@@ -1056,6 +1059,8 @@ struct damon_perf_event_attr {
struct damon_perf_event {
struct damon_perf_event_attr attr;
void *priv;
+ const struct damon_perf_backend_ops *ops;
+ cpumask_t aux_cpumask;
struct list_head list;
struct hlist_node hlist_node;
bool init_complete;
diff --git a/mm/damon/Kconfig b/mm/damon/Kconfig
index 9fac286df124..e9fb62ec186f 100644
--- a/mm/damon/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/damon/Kconfig
@@ -149,4 +149,32 @@ config DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE
If unsure, say N.
+
+config DAMON_PERF_AUX
+ bool "DAMON AUX trace-buffer backend support"
+ depends on DAMON
+ depends on PERF_EVENTS
+ depends on ARM_SPE_PMU=y
+ default n
+ help
+ Enable the functional AUX trace-buffer transport for DAMON perf
+ events. This provides backend selection and drain scheduling for
+ ARM SPE, which does not deliver samples through an overflow
+ callback. ARM SPE must be built into the kernel.
+
+ This transport is independent of CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_OBSERVE.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
+
+config DAMON_PERF_SPE_KUNIT_TEST
+ bool "Test the DAMON perf SPE parser" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ depends on DAMON_PERF_AUX && KUNIT=y
+ default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
+ help
+ Test the ARM SPE parser with byte-exact packet streams. The cases
+ cover valid records, truncation, alignment, error resynchronization
+ and consumed-length accounting. Results can be exposed through
+ debugfs when CONFIG_KUNIT_DEBUGFS is enabled.
+
+ If unsure, say N.
endmenu
diff --git a/mm/damon/perf/aux_backend.h b/mm/damon/perf/aux_backend.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70e6ac6771bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mm/damon/perf/aux_backend.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _DAMON_PERF_AUX_BACKEND_H
+#define _DAMON_PERF_AUX_BACKEND_H
+
+#include <linux/bits.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct damon_ctx;
+struct damon_perf_event;
+
+/**
+ * struct damon_perf_backend_ops - PMU-specific AUX backend operations
+ * @name: Human-readable backend name.
+ * @flags: Bitmask of DAMON_PERF_BACKEND_* flags.
+ * @match_pmu: Return true when this backend claims @perf_event.
+ * @init: Allocate per-event, per-CPU resources.
+ * @cleanup: Release resources initialized for one CPU.
+ * @arm: Prepare the AUX producer before perf_event_enable().
+ * @disarm: Quiesce backend state after perf_event_disable().
+ * @drain: Parse pending AUX data into DAMON access reports.
+ *
+ * All callbacks run in process context. The caller serializes resource
+ * lifetime against CPU hotplug and invokes @drain only for CPUs recorded
+ * in damon_perf_event::aux_cpumask.
+ */
+struct damon_perf_backend_ops {
+ const char *name;
+ u32 flags;
+ bool (*match_pmu)(struct perf_event *perf_event);
+ int (*init)(struct damon_perf_event *event, int cpu,
+ struct perf_event *perf_event);
+ void (*cleanup)(struct damon_perf_event *event, int cpu);
+ int (*arm)(struct damon_perf_event *event, int cpu);
+ void (*disarm)(struct damon_perf_event *event, int cpu);
+ unsigned int (*drain)(struct damon_perf_event *event, int cpu);
+};
+
+#define DAMON_PERF_BACKEND_AUX BIT(0)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_DAMON_PERF_AUX
+void damon_perf_aux_drain(struct damon_ctx *ctx);
+int damon_perf_aux_register_backend(const struct damon_perf_backend_ops *ops);
+const struct damon_perf_backend_ops *
+damon_perf_aux_find_backend(struct perf_event *perf_event);
+void damon_perf_aux_select(struct damon_perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_event *perf_event);
+#else
+static inline void damon_perf_aux_drain(struct damon_ctx *ctx)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int
+damon_perf_aux_register_backend(const struct damon_perf_backend_ops *ops)
+{
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+static inline const struct damon_perf_backend_ops *
+damon_perf_aux_find_backend(struct perf_event *perf_event)
+{
+ return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void damon_perf_aux_select(struct damon_perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_event *perf_event)
+{
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _DAMON_PERF_AUX_BACKEND_H */
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-16 14:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-16 14:22 [RFC PATCH 0/4] mm/damon/perf: add ARM SPE AUX backend Kunwu Chan
2026-08-16 14:22 ` Kunwu Chan [this message]
2026-08-16 14:22 ` [RFC PATCH 2/4] mm/damon/perf: add AUX trace-buffer PMU backend for ARM SPE Kunwu Chan
2026-08-16 14:22 ` [RFC PATCH 3/4] mm/damon/perf: add KUnit tests for the SPE record parser Kunwu Chan
2026-08-16 14:22 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] selftests/damon: add DAMON perf AUX backend test Kunwu Chan
2026-08-16 16:56 ` [RFC PATCH 0/4] mm/damon/perf: add ARM SPE AUX backend SJ Park
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