Re: [RFC 1/2] perf core: Add PERF_COUNT_SW_CGROUP_SWITCHES event

Namhyung Kim
2020-12-03T02:11:41Z

On Thu, Dec 3, 2020 at 1:19 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:

> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index 9a38f579bc76..5eb284819ee5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -1174,25 +1174,19 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct pt_regs, __perf_regs[4]);
> * which is guaranteed by us not actually scheduling inside other swevents
> * because those disable preemption.
> */
> -static __always_inline void
> -perf_sw_event_sched(u32 event_id, u64 nr, u64 addr)
> +static __always_inline void __perf_sw_event_sched(u32 event_id, u64 nr, u64 addr)

It'd be nice to avoid the __ prefix if possible.

> {
> - if (static_key_false(&perf_swevent_enabled[event_id])) {
> - struct pt_regs *regs = this_cpu_ptr(&__perf_regs[0]);
> + struct pt_regs *regs = this_cpu_ptr(&__perf_regs[0]);
>
> - perf_fetch_caller_regs(regs);
> - ___perf_sw_event(event_id, nr, regs, addr);
> - }
> + perf_fetch_caller_regs(regs);
> + ___perf_sw_event(event_id, nr, regs, addr);
> }
>
> extern struct static_key_false perf_sched_events;
>
> -static __always_inline bool
> -perf_sw_migrate_enabled(void)
> +static __always_inline bool __perf_sw_enabled(int swevt)

Ditto.

> {
> - if (static_key_false(&perf_swevent_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS]))
> - return true;
> - return false;
> + return static_key_false(&perf_swevent_enabled[swevt]);
> }
>
> static inline void perf_event_task_migrate(struct task_struct *task)
> @@ -1207,11 +1201,9 @@ static inline void perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
> if (static_branch_unlikely(&perf_sched_events))
> __perf_event_task_sched_in(prev, task);
>
> - if (perf_sw_migrate_enabled() && task->sched_migrated) {
> - struct pt_regs *regs = this_cpu_ptr(&__perf_regs[0]);
> -
> - perf_fetch_caller_regs(regs);
> - ___perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS, 1, regs, 0);
> + if (__perf_sw_enabled(PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS) &&
> + task->sched_migrated) {

It seems task->sched_migrate is set only if the event is enabled,
then can we just check the value here?

> + __perf_sw_event_sched(PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_MIGRATIONS, 1, 0);
> task->sched_migrated = 0;
> }
> }
> @@ -1219,7 +1211,13 @@ static inline void perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
> static inline void perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *prev,
> struct task_struct *next)
> {
> - perf_sw_event_sched(PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES, 1, 0);
> + if (__perf_sw_enabled(PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES))
> + __perf_sw_event_sched(PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES, 1, 0);
> +
> + if (__perf_sw_enabled(PERF_COUNT_SW_CGROUP_SWITCHES) &&
> + (task_css_check(prev, perf_event_cgrp_id, 1)->cgroup !=
> + task_css_check(next, perf_event_cgrp_id, 1)->cgroup))
> + __perf_sw_event_sched(PERF_COUNT_SW_CGROUP_SWITCHES, 1, 0);

I was not clear about the RCU protection here. Is it ok to access
the task's css_set directly?

Thanks,
Namhyung

>
> if (static_branch_unlikely(&perf_sched_events))
> __perf_event_task_sched_out(prev, next);
> @@ -1475,8 +1473,6 @@ static inline int perf_event_refresh(struct perf_event *event, int refresh)
> static inline void
> perf_sw_event(u32 event_id, u64 nr, struct pt_regs *regs, u64 addr) { }
> static inline void
> -perf_sw_event_sched(u32 event_id, u64 nr, u64 addr) { }
> -static inline void
> perf_bp_event(struct perf_event *event, void *data) { }
>
> static inline int perf_register_guest_info_callbacks