Re: [PATCH 0/3] perf: add support for analyzing events for containers

[Eric W. Biederman]

Hari Bathini <hbathini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Currently, there is no trivial mechanism to analyze events based on
> containers. perf -G can be used, but it will not filter events for the
> containers created after perf is invoked, making it difficult to assess/                
> analyze performance issues of multiple containers at once.                              
>
> This patch-set overcomes this limitation by using cgroup identifier as                  
> container unique identifier. A new PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES event that                    
> records namespaces related info is introduced, from which the cgroup
> namespace's inode number is used as cgroup identifier.  This is based                   
> on the assumption that each container is created with it's own cgroup                   
> namespace allowing assessment/analysis of multiple containers using                     
> cgroup identifier.                                                                      
>
> The first patch introduces PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES in kernel while the
> second patch makes the corresponding changes in perf tool to read this
> PERF_RECORD_NAMESPACES events. The third patch adds a cgroup identifier                 
> column in perf report, which is nothing but the cgroup namespace's                      
> inode number. This approach is based on the suggestion from Peter                       
> Zijlstra here: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9305655/

Where is the check that ensures that only the someone with
capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN) can use this interface.  This interface is not
namespace clean in multiple dimensions so it can not be used generally?

You are not allowed to move struct mount_namespace into
include/linux/mnt_namespace.h.  Al Viro will crucify you with cause.
Those are implementation details the rest of the kernel should not be
digging into.

Where are the device numbers that go with those inode numbers you are
exporting?  For now all of those inodes live on the filesystem but I am
not giving guarantees to userspace that do not work for ordinary
filesystems.

Eric