Re: [PATCHv3 0/8] hw_breakpoint: Breakpoint modification fixes and new modify ioctl

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 07:37:47AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> * Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> wrote:
> 
> > Jiri Olsa (7):
> >       hw_breakpoint: Pass bp_type directly as find_slot_idx argument
> >       hw_breakpoint: Pass bp_type argument to __reserve_bp_slot|__release_bp_slot
> >       hw_breakpoint: Add modify_bp_slot function
> >       hw_breakpoint: Factor out __modify_user_hw_breakpoint function
> >       hw_breakpoint: Add perf_event_attr fields check in __modify_user_hw_breakpoint
> >       perf/core: Move perf_event_attr::sample_max_stack into perf_copy_attr
> >       perf tests: Add breakpoint accounting/modify test
> > 
> > Milind Chabbi (1):
> >       perf/core: fast breakpoint modification via _IOC_MODIFY_ATTRIBUTES.
> > 
> >  include/linux/hw_breakpoint.h         |   7 +++++
> >  include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h       |  23 ++++++++-------
> >  kernel/events/core.c                  |  54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c         | 115 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> >  tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |  23 ++++++++-------
> >  tools/perf/tests/Build                |   1 +
> >  tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c         | 195 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c       |   4 +++
> >  tools/perf/tests/tests.h              |   1 +
> >  9 files changed, 365 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 tools/perf/tests/bp_account.c
> 
> Note, there's a new PARISC build failure:
> 
>  home/mingo/tip/kernel/events/core.c:2858:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'modify_user_hw_breakpoint_check' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
>    err = modify_user_hw_breakpoint_check(bp, attr, true);
> 
> will only be able to push it out to -next once this is fixed.

ok, checking on that

jirka