From: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Eranian Stephane <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
broonie@kernel.org, Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Zide Chen <zide.chen@intel.com>,
Falcon Thomas <thomas.falcon@intel.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@intel.com>,
Xudong Hao <xudong.hao@intel.com>,
Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>,
Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Subject: [Patch v5 08/19] perf/x86: Enable XMM sampling using sample_simd_vec_reg_* fields
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:54:49 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20251203065500.2597594-9-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251203065500.2597594-1-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
This patch adds support for sampling XMM registers using the
sample_simd_vec_reg_* fields.
When sample_simd_regs_enabled is set, the original XMM space in the
sample_regs_* field is treated as reserved. An INVAL error will be
reported to user space if any bit is set in the original XMM space while
sample_simd_regs_enabled is set.
The perf_reg_value function requires ABI information to understand the
layout of sample_regs. To accommodate this, a new abi field is introduced
in the struct x86_perf_regs to represent ABI information.
Additionally, the X86-specific perf_simd_reg_value function is implemented
to retrieve the XMM register values.
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>
Co-developed-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com>
---
arch/x86/events/core.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/events/perf_event.h | 12 +++++
arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h | 17 ++++++
arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c | 51 +++++++++++++++++-
6 files changed, 158 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 0d33668b1927..8f7e7e81daaf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -719,6 +719,22 @@ int x86_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event)
return -EINVAL;
if (!event->attr.precise_ip)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (event->attr.sample_simd_regs_enabled)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (event_has_simd_regs(event)) {
+ if (!(event->pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_SIMD_REGS))
+ return -EINVAL;
+ /* Not require any vector registers but set width */
+ if (event->attr.sample_simd_vec_reg_qwords &&
+ !event->attr.sample_simd_vec_reg_intr &&
+ !event->attr.sample_simd_vec_reg_user)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ /* The vector registers set is not supported */
+ if (event_needs_xmm(event) &&
+ !(x86_pmu.ext_regs_mask & XFEATURE_MASK_SSE))
+ return -EINVAL;
}
}
@@ -1760,6 +1776,7 @@ x86_pmu_perf_get_regs_user(struct perf_sample_data *data,
struct x86_perf_regs *x86_regs_user = this_cpu_ptr(&x86_user_regs);
struct perf_regs regs_user;
+ x86_regs_user->abi = PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE;
perf_get_regs_user(®s_user, regs);
data->regs_user.abi = regs_user.abi;
if (regs_user.regs) {
@@ -1772,9 +1789,26 @@ x86_pmu_perf_get_regs_user(struct perf_sample_data *data,
static bool x86_pmu_user_req_pt_regs_only(struct perf_event *event)
{
+ if (event->attr.sample_simd_regs_enabled)
+ return false;
return !(event->attr.sample_regs_user & PERF_REG_EXTENDED_MASK);
}
+static inline void
+x86_pmu_update_ext_regs_size(struct perf_event_attr *attr,
+ struct perf_sample_data *data,
+ struct pt_regs *regs,
+ u64 mask, u16 pred_mask)
+{
+ u16 pred_qwords = attr->sample_simd_pred_reg_qwords;
+ u16 vec_qwords = attr->sample_simd_vec_reg_qwords;
+ u64 pred_bitmap = pred_mask;
+ u64 bitmap = mask;
+
+ data->dyn_size += (hweight64(bitmap) * vec_qwords +
+ hweight64(pred_bitmap) * pred_qwords) * sizeof(u64);
+}
+
inline void x86_pmu_clear_perf_regs(struct pt_regs *regs)
{
struct x86_perf_regs *perf_regs = container_of(regs, struct x86_perf_regs, regs);
@@ -1795,6 +1829,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_setup_basic_regs_data(struct perf_event *event,
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER) {
perf_regs = container_of(regs, struct x86_perf_regs, regs);
+ perf_regs->abi = PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE;
if (user_mode(regs)) {
data->regs_user.abi = perf_reg_abi(current);
@@ -1817,17 +1852,24 @@ static void x86_pmu_setup_basic_regs_data(struct perf_event *event,
data->dyn_size += sizeof(u64);
if (data->regs_user.regs)
data->dyn_size += hweight64(attr->sample_regs_user) * sizeof(u64);
+ perf_regs->abi |= data->regs_user.abi;
+ if (attr->sample_simd_regs_enabled)
+ perf_regs->abi |= PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_SIMD;
data->sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER;
}
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR) {
perf_regs = container_of(regs, struct x86_perf_regs, regs);
+ perf_regs->abi = PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE;
data->regs_intr.regs = regs;
data->regs_intr.abi = perf_reg_abi(current);
data->dyn_size += sizeof(u64);
if (data->regs_intr.regs)
data->dyn_size += hweight64(attr->sample_regs_intr) * sizeof(u64);
+ perf_regs->abi |= data->regs_intr.abi;
+ if (attr->sample_simd_regs_enabled)
+ perf_regs->abi |= PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_SIMD;
data->sample_flags |= PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR;
}
}
@@ -1839,7 +1881,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_sample_ext_regs(struct perf_event *event,
struct x86_perf_regs *perf_regs = container_of(regs, struct x86_perf_regs, regs);
u64 mask = 0;
- if (event_has_extended_regs(event))
+ if (event_needs_xmm(event))
mask |= XFEATURE_MASK_SSE;
mask &= ~ignore_mask;
@@ -1847,6 +1889,39 @@ static void x86_pmu_sample_ext_regs(struct perf_event *event,
x86_pmu_get_ext_regs(perf_regs, mask);
}
+static void x86_pmu_setup_extended_regs_data(struct perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_sample_data *data,
+ struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+ struct perf_event_attr *attr = &event->attr;
+ u64 sample_type = attr->sample_type;
+
+ if (!attr->sample_simd_regs_enabled)
+ return;
+
+ if (!(attr->sample_type & (PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR | PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER)))
+ return;
+
+ /* Update the data[] size */
+ if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER && data->regs_user.abi) {
+ /* num and qwords of vector and pred registers */
+ data->dyn_size += sizeof(u64);
+ data->regs_user.abi |= PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_SIMD;
+ x86_pmu_update_ext_regs_size(attr, data, data->regs_user.regs,
+ attr->sample_simd_vec_reg_user,
+ attr->sample_simd_pred_reg_user);
+ }
+
+ if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR && data->regs_intr.abi) {
+ /* num and qwords of vector and pred registers */
+ data->dyn_size += sizeof(u64);
+ data->regs_intr.abi |= PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_SIMD;
+ x86_pmu_update_ext_regs_size(attr, data, data->regs_intr.regs,
+ attr->sample_simd_vec_reg_intr,
+ attr->sample_simd_pred_reg_intr);
+ }
+}
+
void x86_pmu_setup_regs_data(struct perf_event *event,
struct perf_sample_data *data,
struct pt_regs *regs,
@@ -1858,6 +1933,7 @@ void x86_pmu_setup_regs_data(struct perf_event *event,
* which is unnessary to sample again.
*/
x86_pmu_sample_ext_regs(event, regs, ignore_mask);
+ x86_pmu_setup_extended_regs_data(event, data, regs);
}
int x86_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
index af462f69cd1c..79cba323eeb1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ static u64 pebs_update_adaptive_cfg(struct perf_event *event)
if (gprs || (attr->precise_ip < 2) || tsx_weight)
pebs_data_cfg |= PEBS_DATACFG_GP;
- if (event_has_extended_regs(event))
+ if (event_needs_xmm(event))
pebs_data_cfg |= PEBS_DATACFG_XMMS;
if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
index 3c470d79aa65..e5d8ad024553 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/events/perf_event.h
@@ -133,6 +133,18 @@ static inline bool is_acr_event_group(struct perf_event *event)
return check_leader_group(event->group_leader, PERF_X86_EVENT_ACR);
}
+static inline bool event_needs_xmm(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ if (event->attr.sample_simd_regs_enabled &&
+ event->attr.sample_simd_vec_reg_qwords >= PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS)
+ return true;
+
+ if (!event->attr.sample_simd_regs_enabled &&
+ event_has_extended_regs(event))
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}
+
struct amd_nb {
int nb_id; /* NorthBridge id */
int refcnt; /* reference count */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 3b368de9f803..5d623805bf87 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -704,6 +704,7 @@ extern void perf_events_lapic_init(void);
struct pt_regs;
struct x86_perf_regs {
struct pt_regs regs;
+ u64 abi;
union {
u64 *xmm_regs;
u32 *xmm_space; /* for xsaves */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
index 7c9d2bb3833b..c3862e5fdd6d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/perf_regs.h
@@ -55,4 +55,21 @@ enum perf_event_x86_regs {
#define PERF_REG_EXTENDED_MASK (~((1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_XMM0) - 1))
+enum {
+ PERF_REG_X86_XMM,
+ PERF_REG_X86_MAX_SIMD_REGS,
+};
+
+enum {
+ PERF_X86_SIMD_XMM_REGS = 16,
+ PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_REGS_MAX = PERF_X86_SIMD_XMM_REGS,
+};
+
+#define PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_MASK GENMASK_ULL(PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_REGS_MAX - 1, 0)
+
+enum {
+ PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS = 2,
+ PERF_X86_SIMD_QWORDS_MAX = PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS,
+};
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_PERF_REGS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
index 81204cb7f723..9947a6b5c260 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/perf_regs.c
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ u64 perf_reg_value(struct pt_regs *regs, int idx)
if (idx >= PERF_REG_X86_XMM0 && idx < PERF_REG_X86_XMM_MAX) {
perf_regs = container_of(regs, struct x86_perf_regs, regs);
+ /* SIMD registers are moved to dedicated sample_simd_vec_reg */
+ if (perf_regs->abi & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_SIMD)
+ return 0;
if (!perf_regs->xmm_regs)
return 0;
return perf_regs->xmm_regs[idx - PERF_REG_X86_XMM0];
@@ -74,6 +77,51 @@ u64 perf_reg_value(struct pt_regs *regs, int idx)
return regs_get_register(regs, pt_regs_offset[idx]);
}
+u64 perf_simd_reg_value(struct pt_regs *regs, int idx,
+ u16 qwords_idx, bool pred)
+{
+ struct x86_perf_regs *perf_regs =
+ container_of(regs, struct x86_perf_regs, regs);
+
+ if (pred)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(idx >= PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_REGS_MAX ||
+ qwords_idx >= PERF_X86_SIMD_QWORDS_MAX))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (qwords_idx < PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS) {
+ if (!perf_regs->xmm_regs)
+ return 0;
+ return perf_regs->xmm_regs[idx * PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS +
+ qwords_idx];
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+int perf_simd_reg_validate(u16 vec_qwords, u64 vec_mask,
+ u16 pred_qwords, u32 pred_mask)
+{
+ /* pred_qwords implies sample_simd_{pred,vec}_reg_* are supported */
+ if (!pred_qwords)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (!vec_qwords) {
+ if (vec_mask)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ if (vec_qwords != PERF_X86_XMM_QWORDS)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (vec_mask & ~PERF_X86_SIMD_VEC_MASK)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ if (pred_mask)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
#define PERF_REG_X86_RESERVED (((1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_XMM0) - 1) & \
~((1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_MAX) - 1))
@@ -108,7 +156,8 @@ u64 perf_reg_abi(struct task_struct *task)
int perf_reg_validate(u64 mask)
{
- if (!mask || (mask & (REG_NOSUPPORT | PERF_REG_X86_RESERVED)))
+ /* The mask could be 0 if only the SIMD registers are interested */
+ if (mask & (REG_NOSUPPORT | PERF_REG_X86_RESERVED))
return -EINVAL;
return 0;
--
2.34.1
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Thread overview: 86+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-12-03 6:54 [Patch v5 00/19] Support SIMD/eGPRs/SSP registers sampling for perf Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 01/19] perf: Eliminate duplicate arch-specific functions definations Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 02/19] perf/x86: Use x86_perf_regs in the x86 nmi handler Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 03/19] perf/x86: Introduce x86-specific x86_pmu_setup_regs_data() Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 04/19] x86/fpu/xstate: Add xsaves_nmi() helper Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 05/19] perf: Move and rename has_extended_regs() for ARCH-specific use Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 06/19] perf/x86: Add support for XMM registers in non-PEBS and REGS_USER Dapeng Mi
2025-12-04 15:17 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-04 15:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-05 6:37 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-04 18:59 ` Dave Hansen
2025-12-05 8:42 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 07/19] perf: Add sampling support for SIMD registers Dapeng Mi
2025-12-05 11:07 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-08 5:24 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-05 11:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-08 6:00 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-03 6:54 ` Dapeng Mi [this message]
2025-12-05 11:25 ` [Patch v5 08/19] perf/x86: Enable XMM sampling using sample_simd_vec_reg_* fields Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-08 6:10 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 09/19] perf/x86: Enable YMM " Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 10/19] perf/x86: Enable ZMM " Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 11/19] perf/x86: Enable OPMASK sampling using sample_simd_pred_reg_* fields Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 12/19] perf/x86: Enable eGPRs sampling using sample_regs_* fields Dapeng Mi
2025-12-05 12:16 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-08 6:11 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 13/19] perf/x86: Enable SSP " Dapeng Mi
2025-12-05 12:20 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-08 6:21 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-24 5:45 ` Ravi Bangoria
2025-12-24 6:26 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-06 6:55 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 14/19] perf/x86/intel: Enable PERF_PMU_CAP_SIMD_REGS capability Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 15/19] perf/x86/intel: Enable arch-PEBS based SIMD/eGPRs/SSP sampling Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 16/19] perf/x86: Activate back-to-back NMI detection for arch-PEBS induced NMIs Dapeng Mi
2025-12-05 12:39 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-07 20:44 ` Andi Kleen
2025-12-08 6:46 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-08 8:50 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-12-08 8:53 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 17/19] perf headers: Sync with the kernel headers Dapeng Mi
2025-12-03 23:43 ` Ian Rogers
2025-12-04 1:37 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-04 7:28 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 7:01 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 7:25 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-20 7:16 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 7:43 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-20 8:00 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 9:22 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-20 18:11 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-21 2:03 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-03 6:54 ` [Patch v5 18/19] perf parse-regs: Support new SIMD sampling format Dapeng Mi
2025-12-04 0:17 ` Ian Rogers
2025-12-04 2:58 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-04 7:49 ` Ian Rogers
2025-12-04 9:20 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-04 16:16 ` Ian Rogers
2025-12-05 4:00 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-05 6:38 ` Ian Rogers
2025-12-05 8:10 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-05 16:35 ` Ian Rogers
2025-12-08 4:20 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-06 7:27 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-17 5:50 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-19 6:55 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-19 20:25 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 3:04 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-20 5:16 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 6:46 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-20 6:56 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 7:39 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-20 9:04 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-20 18:20 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-21 5:17 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-21 7:09 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-21 7:52 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-21 14:48 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-22 1:49 ` Mi, Dapeng
2026-01-22 7:27 ` Ian Rogers
2026-01-22 8:29 ` Mi, Dapeng
2025-12-03 6:55 ` [Patch v5 19/19] perf regs: Enable dumping of SIMD registers Dapeng Mi
2025-12-04 0:24 ` [Patch v5 00/19] Support SIMD/eGPRs/SSP registers sampling for perf Ian Rogers
2025-12-04 3:28 ` Mi, Dapeng
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