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| author | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2017-05-30 11:45:12 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2017-06-08 10:12:38 +0200 |
| commit | ba5213ae6b88fb170c4771fef6553f759c7d8cdd (patch) | |
| tree | 70f147569ccc53261248f38274207ee8d6b85854 /kernel/events | |
| parent | a5506c46a4d249a422b0eca537026fc7a1ac78b5 (diff) | |
perf/core: Correct event creation with PERF_FORMAT_GROUP
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 <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vince@deater.net>
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 <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/events')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 3de0b98c4414..407dad6cf89a 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -5729,9 +5729,6 @@ static void perf_output_read_one(struct perf_output_handle *handle, __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) @@ -5776,6 +5773,13 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle, #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) { @@ -9462,9 +9466,10 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu, 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 err_ns; if (!has_branch_stack(event)) |