Re: [PATCH net-next 2/3] bpf: introduce bpf_perf_event_output() helper

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 08:02:34PM -0700, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> +++ b/kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c
> @@ -215,6 +215,50 @@ const struct bpf_func_proto bpf_perf_event_read_proto = {
>  	.arg2_type	= ARG_ANYTHING,
>  };
>  
> +static u64 bpf_perf_event_output(u64 r1, u64 r2, u64 index, u64 r4, u64 size)
> +{
> +	struct pt_regs *regs = (struct pt_regs *) (long) r1;
> +	struct bpf_map *map = (struct bpf_map *) (long) r2;
> +	struct bpf_array *array = container_of(map, struct bpf_array, map);
> +	void *data = (void *) (long) r4;
> +	struct perf_sample_data sample_data;
> +	struct perf_event *event;
> +	struct perf_raw_record raw = {
> +		.size = size,
> +		.data = data,
> +	};
> +
> +	if (unlikely(index >= array->map.max_entries))
> +		return -E2BIG;
> +
> +	event = (struct perf_event *)array->ptrs[index];
> +	if (unlikely(!event))
> +		return -ENOENT;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(event->attr.type != PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE ||
> +		     event->attr.config != PERF_COUNT_SW_BPF_OUTPUT))
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +
> +	if (unlikely(event->oncpu != smp_processor_id()))
> +		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +
> +	perf_sample_data_init(&sample_data, 0, 0);
> +	sample_data.raw = &raw;
> +	perf_event_output(event, &sample_data, regs);
> +	return 0;
> +}

Note that this function also very much requires event to be local.