[PATCH RFC 1/3] perf/core: Add aux_pause, aux_resume, aux_start_paused
From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Thu Nov 23 2023 - 07:19:24 EST
Hardware traces, such as instruction traces, can produce a vast amount of
trace data, so being able to reduce tracing to more specific circumstances
can be useful.
The ability to pause or resume tracing when another event happens, can do
that.
Add ability for an event to "pause" or "resume" AUX area tracing.
Add aux_pause bit to perf_event_attr to indicate that, if the event
happens, the associated AUX area tracing should be paused. Ditto
aux_resume. Do not allow aux_pause and aux_resume to be set together.
Add aux_start_paused bit to perf_event_attr to indicate to an AUX area
event that it should start in a "paused" state.
Add aux_paused to struct perf_event for AUX area events to keep track of
the "paused" state. aux_paused is initialized to aux_start_paused.
Add pause_resume() callback to struct pmu to perform a pause or resume.
Whether to pause or resume is indicated by aux_paused. Call pause_resume()
as needed, during __perf_event_output(). Add aux_in_pause_resume to
struct perf_buffer to prevent races with the NMI handler. Pause/resume in
NMI context will miss out if it coinicides with another pause/resume.
To use aux_pause or aux_resume, an event must be in a group with the AUX
area event as the group leader.
Example (requires Intel PT and tools patches also):
$ perf record --kcore -e '{intel_pt/aux-start-paused/k,syscalls:sys_enter_newuname/aux-resume/,syscalls:sys_exit_newuname/aux-pause/}' uname
Linux
[ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.041 MB perf.data ]
$ perf script --call-trace
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674345648: name: 0x7fff01491a90
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347393: psb offs: 0
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347393: cbr: 47 freq: 4705 MHz (168%)
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347556: ([kernel.kallsyms]) debug_smp_processor_id
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347556: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __x64_sys_newuname
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347556: ([kernel.kallsyms]) down_read
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347556: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __cond_resched
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347764: ([kernel.kallsyms]) preempt_count_add
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347764: ([kernel.kallsyms]) in_lock_functions
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347764: ([kernel.kallsyms]) preempt_count_sub
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347764: ([kernel.kallsyms]) up_read
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674347764: ([kernel.kallsyms]) preempt_count_add
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348181: ([kernel.kallsyms]) in_lock_functions
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348181: ([kernel.kallsyms]) preempt_count_sub
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348181: ([kernel.kallsyms]) _copy_to_user
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348181: ([kernel.kallsyms]) syscall_exit_to_user_mode
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348181: ([kernel.kallsyms]) syscall_exit_work
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348181: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_syscall_exit
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) debug_smp_processor_id
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_trace_buf_alloc
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_swevent_get_recursion_context
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) debug_smp_processor_id
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) debug_smp_processor_id
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_tp_event
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_trace_buf_update
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) tracing_gen_ctx_irq_test
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_swevent_event
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __perf_event_account_interrupt
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __this_cpu_preempt_check
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_output_forward
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) perf_event_aux_pause.part.0
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) ring_buffer_get
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __rcu_read_lock
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) __rcu_read_unlock
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) pt_event_pause_resume
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348389: ([kernel.kallsyms]) debug_smp_processor_id
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348598: ([kernel.kallsyms]) native_write_msr
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348598: ([kernel.kallsyms]) native_write_msr
uname 8866 [003] 1549.674348869: 0x0
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 9 +++++
include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 13 ++++++-
kernel/events/core.c | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
kernel/events/internal.h | 1 +
4 files changed, 83 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index e85cd1c0eaf3..1e09d537ff77 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -540,6 +540,12 @@ struct pmu {
* Check period value for PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD ioctl.
*/
int (*check_period) (struct perf_event *event, u64 value); /* optional */
+
+ /*
+ * Pause or resume tracing. Used for AUX area tracing. event->aux_paused
+ * indicates whether tracing should be paused, or otherwise resumed.
+ */
+ void (*pause_resume) (struct perf_event *event); /* optional */
};
enum perf_addr_filter_action_t {
@@ -797,6 +803,9 @@ struct perf_event {
/* for aux_output events */
struct perf_event *aux_event;
+ /* for AUX area events */
+ unsigned int aux_paused;
+
void (*destroy)(struct perf_event *);
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 39c6a250dd1b..1232e70adfba 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -456,7 +456,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
inherit_thread : 1, /* children only inherit if cloned with CLONE_THREAD */
remove_on_exec : 1, /* event is removed from task on exec */
sigtrap : 1, /* send synchronous SIGTRAP on event */
- __reserved_1 : 26;
+ aux_start_paused : 1, /* start AUX area tracing paused */
+ __reserved_1 : 25;
union {
__u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */
@@ -507,7 +508,15 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
__u16 sample_max_stack;
__u16 __reserved_2;
__u32 aux_sample_size;
- __u32 __reserved_3;
+
+ union {
+ __u32 aux_output_cfg;
+ struct {
+ __u64 aux_pause : 1, /* on overflow, pause AUX area tracing */
+ aux_resume : 1, /* on overflow, resume AUX area tracing */
+ __reserved_3 : 30;
+ };
+ };
/*
* User provided data if sigtrap=1, passed back to user via
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4c72a41f11af..8ec72f9153b7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2060,7 +2060,13 @@ static void perf_put_aux_event(struct perf_event *event)
static bool perf_need_aux_event(struct perf_event *event)
{
- return !!event->attr.aux_output || !!event->attr.aux_sample_size;
+ return event->attr.aux_output || event->attr.aux_output_cfg ||
+ event->attr.aux_sample_size;
+}
+
+static bool has_aux_pause_resume(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return has_aux(event) && event->pmu->pause_resume;
}
static int perf_get_aux_event(struct perf_event *event,
@@ -2085,6 +2091,10 @@ static int perf_get_aux_event(struct perf_event *event,
!perf_aux_output_match(event, group_leader))
return 0;
+ if ((event->attr.aux_pause || event->attr.aux_resume) &&
+ !has_aux_pause_resume(group_leader))
+ return 0;
+
if (event->attr.aux_sample_size && !group_leader->pmu->snapshot_aux)
return 0;
@@ -7773,6 +7783,36 @@ void perf_prepare_header(struct perf_event_header *header,
WARN_ON_ONCE(header->size & 7);
}
+static void perf_event_aux_pause(struct perf_event *event, bool pause)
+{
+ struct perf_buffer *rb;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!event))
+ return;
+
+ if ((pause && event->aux_paused) || (!pause && !event->aux_paused))
+ return;
+
+ rb = ring_buffer_get(event);
+ if (!rb)
+ return;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ /* Guard against NMI, NMI loses here */
+ if (READ_ONCE(rb->aux_in_pause_resume))
+ goto out_restore;
+ WRITE_ONCE(rb->aux_in_pause_resume, 1);
+ barrier();
+ event->aux_paused = pause;
+ event->pmu->pause_resume(event);
+ barrier();
+ WRITE_ONCE(rb->aux_in_pause_resume, 0);
+out_restore:
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+ ring_buffer_put(rb);
+}
+
static __always_inline int
__perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event,
struct perf_sample_data *data,
@@ -7786,6 +7826,9 @@ __perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event,
struct perf_event_header header;
int err;
+ if (event->attr.aux_pause)
+ perf_event_aux_pause(event->aux_event, true);
+
/* protect the callchain buffers */
rcu_read_lock();
@@ -7802,6 +7845,10 @@ __perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event,
exit:
rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ if (event->attr.aux_resume)
+ perf_event_aux_pause(event->aux_event, false);
+
return err;
}
@@ -11941,10 +11988,22 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
}
if (event->attr.aux_output &&
- !(pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT)) {
+ (!(pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT) ||
+ event->attr.aux_pause || event->attr.aux_resume)) {
+ err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+ goto err_pmu;
+ }
+
+ if (event->attr.aux_pause && event->attr.aux_resume) {
+ err = -EINVAL;
+ goto err_pmu;
+ }
+
+ if (event->attr.aux_start_paused && !has_aux_pause_resume(event)) {
err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
goto err_pmu;
}
+ event->aux_paused = event->attr.aux_start_paused;
if (cgroup_fd != -1) {
err = perf_cgroup_connect(cgroup_fd, event, attr, group_leader);
@@ -12741,7 +12800,7 @@ perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
* Grouping is not supported for kernel events, neither is 'AUX',
* make sure the caller's intentions are adjusted.
*/
- if (attr->aux_output)
+ if (attr->aux_output || attr->aux_output_cfg)
return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
event = perf_event_alloc(attr, cpu, task, NULL, NULL,
diff --git a/kernel/events/internal.h b/kernel/events/internal.h
index 5150d5f84c03..3320f78117dc 100644
--- a/kernel/events/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/events/internal.h
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct perf_buffer {
void (*free_aux)(void *);
refcount_t aux_refcount;
int aux_in_sampling;
+ int aux_in_pause_resume;
void **aux_pages;
void *aux_priv;
--
2.34.1