From: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
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Subject: [PATCH 12/19] perf: Ignore event state for group validation
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 18:01:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d6cda4e2999aba5794c8178f043c91068fa8080c.1755096883.git.robin.murphy@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1755096883.git.robin.murphy@arm.com>
It may have been different long ago, but today it seems wrong for these
drivers to skip counting disabled sibling events in group validation,
given that perf_event_enable() could make them schedulable again, and
thus increase the effective size of the group later. Conversely, if a
sibling event is truly dead then it stands to reason that the whole
group is dead, so it's not worth going to any special effort to try to
squeeze in a new event that's never going to run anyway. Thus, we can
simply remove all these checks.
Signed-off-by: Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@arm.com>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 3 +--
arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c | 3 +--
arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c | 3 +--
arch/x86/events/core.c | 2 +-
arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c | 3 +--
drivers/dma/idxd/perfmon.c | 3 +--
drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c | 6 ------
8 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
index a3eaab094ece..8557165e64c0 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ static int collect_events(struct perf_event *group, int max_count,
current_idx[n++] = PMC_NO_INDEX;
}
for_each_sibling_event(pe, group) {
- if (!is_software_event(pe) && pe->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
+ if (!is_software_event(pe)) {
if (n >= max_count)
return -1;
event[n] = pe;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 8b0081441f85..d67f7d511f13 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -1602,8 +1602,7 @@ static int collect_events(struct perf_event *group, int max_count,
events[n++] = group->hw.config;
}
for_each_sibling_event(event, group) {
- if (event->pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_hw_context &&
- event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
+ if (event->pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_hw_context) {
if (n >= max_count)
return -1;
ctrs[n] = event;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
index 7120ab20cbfe..509932b91b75 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
@@ -261,8 +261,7 @@ static int collect_events(struct perf_event *group, int max_count,
n++;
}
for_each_sibling_event(event, group) {
- if (!is_software_event(event) &&
- event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
+ if (!is_software_event(event)) {
if (n >= max_count)
return -1;
ctrs[n] = event;
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
index cae4d33002a5..706127749c66 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1357,8 +1357,7 @@ static int collect_events(struct perf_event *group, int max_count,
current_idx[n++] = PIC_NO_INDEX;
}
for_each_sibling_event(event, group) {
- if (!is_software_event(event) &&
- event->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
+ if (!is_software_event(event)) {
if (n >= max_count)
return -1;
evts[n] = event;
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index 7610f26dfbd9..eca5bb49aa85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static int collect_events(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, struct perf_event *leader,
return n;
for_each_sibling_event(event, leader) {
- if (!is_x86_event(event) || event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+ if (!is_x86_event(event))
continue;
if (collect_event(cpuc, event, max_count, n))
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c
index a762f7f5b161..297ff5adb667 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/uncore.c
@@ -406,8 +406,7 @@ uncore_collect_events(struct intel_uncore_box *box, struct perf_event *leader,
return n;
for_each_sibling_event(event, leader) {
- if (!is_box_event(box, event) ||
- event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+ if (!is_box_event(box, event))
continue;
if (n >= max_count)
diff --git a/drivers/dma/idxd/perfmon.c b/drivers/dma/idxd/perfmon.c
index 4b6af2f15d8a..8c539e1f11da 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/idxd/perfmon.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/idxd/perfmon.c
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ static int perfmon_collect_events(struct idxd_pmu *idxd_pmu,
return n;
for_each_sibling_event(event, leader) {
- if (!is_idxd_event(idxd_pmu, event) ||
- event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+ if (!is_idxd_event(idxd_pmu, event))
continue;
if (n >= max_count)
diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index 5c310e803dd7..e8a3c8e99da0 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -386,12 +386,6 @@ validate_event(struct pmu *pmu, struct pmu_hw_events *hw_events,
if (event->pmu != pmu)
return 0;
- if (event->state < PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
- return 1;
-
- if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF && !event->attr.enable_on_exec)
- return 1;
-
armpmu = to_arm_pmu(event->pmu);
return armpmu->get_event_idx(hw_events, event) >= 0;
}
--
2.39.2.101.g768bb238c484.dirty
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-13 17:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 52+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-13 17:00 [PATCH 00/19] perf: Rework event_init checks Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:00 ` [PATCH 01/19] perf/arm-cmn: Fix event validation Robin Murphy
2025-08-26 10:46 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-13 17:00 ` [PATCH 02/19] perf/hisilicon: Fix group validation Robin Murphy
2025-08-26 11:15 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-26 13:18 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-26 14:35 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-26 15:31 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-26 15:55 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-27 14:03 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-13 17:00 ` [PATCH 03/19] perf/imx8_ddr: " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:00 ` [PATCH 04/19] perf/starfive: " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:00 ` [PATCH 05/19] iommu/vt-d: Fix perfmon " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:00 ` [PATCH 06/19] ARM: l2x0: Fix " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:00 ` [PATCH 07/19] ARM: imx: Fix MMDC PMU " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 08/19] perf/arm_smmu_v3: Improve " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 09/19] perf/qcom: " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 10/19] perf/arm-ni: Improve event validation Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 11/19] perf/arm-cci: Tidy up " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:01 ` Robin Murphy [this message]
2025-08-26 13:03 ` [PATCH 12/19] perf: Ignore event state for group validation Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-26 15:32 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-26 18:48 ` Ian Rogers
2025-08-27 8:18 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-27 15:15 ` Ian Rogers
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 13/19] perf: Add helper for checking grouped events Robin Murphy
2025-08-14 5:43 ` kernel test robot
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 14/19] perf: Clean up redundant group validation Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 15/19] perf: Simplify " Robin Murphy
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 16/19] perf: Introduce positive capability for sampling Robin Murphy
2025-08-26 13:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-26 13:28 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-26 16:35 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-26 13:11 ` Leo Yan
2025-08-26 15:53 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-27 8:06 ` Leo Yan
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 17/19] perf: Retire PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_INTERRUPT Robin Murphy
2025-08-26 13:08 ` Peter Zijlstra
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 18/19] perf: Introduce positive capability for raw events Robin Murphy
2025-08-19 13:15 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-20 8:09 ` Thomas Richter
2025-08-20 11:39 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-21 2:53 ` kernel test robot
2025-08-26 13:43 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-26 22:46 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-27 8:04 ` Mark Rutland
2025-08-27 5:27 ` Thomas Richter
2025-08-13 17:01 ` [PATCH 19/19] perf: Garbage-collect event_init checks Robin Murphy
2025-08-14 8:04 ` kernel test robot
2025-08-19 2:44 ` kernel test robot
2025-08-19 17:49 ` Robin Murphy
2025-08-19 13:25 ` Robin Murphy
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