From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:43462 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755247AbdJINUg (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Oct 2017 09:20:36 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Vince Weaver" , "Stephane Eranian" , "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" , "Linus Torvalds" , "Jiri Olsa" , "Peter Zijlstra" , "Alexander Shishkin" , "Thomas Gleixner" , "Andi Kleen" , "Ingo Molnar" Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2017 13:30:34 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: [PATCH 3.2 06/74] perf/core: Correct event creation with PERF_FORMAT_GROUP In-Reply-To: Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 3.2.94-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Peter Zijlstra commit ba5213ae6b88fb170c4771fef6553f759c7d8cdd upstream. Andi was asking about PERF_FORMAT_GROUP vs inherited events, which led to the discovery of a bug from commit: 3dab77fb1bf8 ("perf: Rework/fix the whole read vs group stuff") - PERF_SAMPLE_GROUP = 1U << 4, + PERF_SAMPLE_READ = 1U << 4, - if (attr->inherit && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_GROUP)) + if (attr->inherit && (attr->read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)) is a clear fail :/ While this changes user visible behaviour; it was previously possible to create an inherited event with PERF_SAMPLE_READ; this is deemed acceptible because its results were always incorrect. Reported-by: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Vince Weaver Fixes: 3dab77fb1bf8 ("perf: Rework/fix the whole read vs group stuff") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170530094512.dy2nljns2uq7qa3j@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar [bwh: Backported to 3.2: adjust context] Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- kernel/events/core.c | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -4240,9 +4240,6 @@ static void perf_output_read_one(struct __output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64)); } -/* - * XXX PERF_FORMAT_GROUP vs inherited events seems difficult. - */ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle, struct perf_event *event, u64 enabled, u64 running) @@ -4286,6 +4283,13 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struc #define PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIMES (PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|\ PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING) +/* + * XXX PERF_SAMPLE_READ vs inherited events seems difficult. + * + * The problem is that its both hard and excessively expensive to iterate the + * child list, not to mention that its impossible to IPI the children running + * on another CPU, from interrupt/NMI context. + */ static void perf_output_read(struct perf_output_handle *handle, struct perf_event *event) { @@ -6284,9 +6288,10 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period); /* - * we currently do not support PERF_FORMAT_GROUP on inherited events + * We currently do not support PERF_SAMPLE_READ on inherited events. + * See perf_output_read(). */ - if (attr->inherit && (attr->read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)) + if (attr->inherit && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ)) goto done; pmu = perf_init_event(event);