Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751799Ab3FXJ2Z (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jun 2013 05:28:25 -0400 Received: from merlin.infradead.org ([205.233.59.134]:46584 "EHLO merlin.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751096Ab3FXJ2Y (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Jun 2013 05:28:24 -0400 Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 11:28:07 +0200 From: Peter Zijlstra To: Robert Richter Cc: Borislav Petkov , Ingo Molnar , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Jiri Olsa , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov , Robert Richter Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/14] perf: Add persistent events Message-ID: <20130624092807.GM28407@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net> References: <1370968960-22527-1-git-send-email-rric@kernel.org> <1370968960-22527-3-git-send-email-rric@kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1370968960-22527-3-git-send-email-rric@kernel.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2012-12-30) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2876 Lines: 78 On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 06:42:28PM +0200, Robert Richter wrote: > From: Borislav Petkov > > Add the needed pieces for persistent events which makes them > process-agnostic. Also, make their buffers read-only when mmaping them > from userspace. > > While at it, do not return a void function, as caught by Fengguang's > build robot. > > Changes made by Robert Richter : > > * mmap should return EACCES error if fd can not be opened writable. > This error code also helps userland to map buffers readonly on > failure. > > Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov > [ Return -EACCES if mapped buffers must be readonly ] > Signed-off-by: Robert Richter > Signed-off-by: Robert Richter > --- > include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 ++- > kernel/events/core.c | 10 +++++++++- > 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h > index fb104e5..6032361 100644 > --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h > @@ -272,8 +272,9 @@ struct perf_event_attr { > > exclude_callchain_kernel : 1, /* exclude kernel callchains */ > exclude_callchain_user : 1, /* exclude user callchains */ > + persistent : 1, /* always-on event */ > > - __reserved_1 : 41; > + __reserved_1 : 40; > > union { > __u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */ > diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c > index b790ab6..a13e457 100644 > --- a/kernel/events/core.c > +++ b/kernel/events/core.c > @@ -3713,6 +3713,11 @@ static void perf_mmap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma) > { > struct perf_event *event = vma->vm_file->private_data; > > + if (event->attr.persistent) { > + atomic_dec(&event->mmap_count); > + return; > + } > + > if (atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&event->mmap_count, &event->mmap_mutex)) { > unsigned long size = perf_data_size(event->rb); > struct user_struct *user = event->mmap_user; > @@ -3756,9 +3761,12 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma) > if (event->cpu == -1 && event->attr.inherit) > return -EINVAL; > > - if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) > + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED) && !event->attr.persistent) > return -EINVAL; > > + if (event->attr.persistent && (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)) > + return -EACCES; > + > vma_size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start; > nr_pages = (vma_size / PAGE_SIZE) - 1; I find this patch incomplete for its asymmetric; there a dec, but not an implied inc. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/