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[2620:137:e000::1:20]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id o8-20020a170906974800b0072a6a39efccsi15244044ejy.624.2022.07.12.02.57.12; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:57:38 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) client-ip=2620:137:e000::1:20; Authentication-Results: mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org designates 2620:137:e000::1:20 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=NONE sp=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=arm.com Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232759AbiGLJsy (ORCPT + 99 others); Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:48:54 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:40048 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S232763AbiGLJsq (ORCPT ); Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:48:46 -0400 Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.110.172]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2DEC1181A for ; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.121.207.14]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE74F1516; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:48:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.57.86.29] (unknown [10.57.86.29]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B1E23F792; Tue, 12 Jul 2022 02:48:43 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:48:39 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.11.0 Subject: Re: [PATCH] drivers/perf: arm_spe: Fix consistency of SYS_PMSCR_EL1.CX To: Anshuman Khandual , linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: german.gomez@arm.com, james.clark@arm.com, Will Deacon , Mark Rutland , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20220712051404.2546851-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com> From: Suzuki K Poulose In-Reply-To: <20220712051404.2546851-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on lindbergh.monkeyblade.net Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 12/07/2022 06:14, Anshuman Khandual wrote: > The arm_spe_pmu driver will enable SYS_PMSCR_EL1.CX in order to add CONTEXT > packets into the traces, if the owner of the perf event runs with required > capabilities i.e CAP_PERFMON or CAP_SYS_ADMIN via perfmon_capable() helper. > > The value of this bit is computed in the arm_spe_event_to_pmscr() function > but the check for capabilities happens in the pmu event init callback i.e > arm_spe_pmu_event_init(). This suggests that the value of the CX bit should > remain consistent for the duration of the perf session. > > However, the function arm_spe_event_to_pmscr() may be called later during > the event start callback i.e arm_spe_pmu_start() when the "current" process > is not the owner of the perf session, hence the CX bit setting is currently > not consistent. > > One way to fix this, is by caching the required value of the CX bit during > the initialization of the PMU event, so that it remains consistent for the > duration of the session. It uses currently unused 'event->hw.flags' element > to cache perfmon_capable() value, which can be referred during event start > callback to compute SYS_PMSCR_EL1.CX. This ensures consistent availability > of context packets in the trace as per event owner capabilities. > > Cc: Will Deacon > Cc: Mark Rutland > Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual > --- > This applies on v5.19-rc6 and built on an earlier version posted by German > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220117124432.3119132-1-german.gomez@arm.com/ > > drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c > index db670b265897..011e98428233 100644 > --- a/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c > +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_spe_pmu.c > @@ -39,6 +39,26 @@ > #include > #include > > +/* > + * event.hw.flags remain unused for events created for this > + * PMU driver. A single bit there i.e BIT(0), could be used > + * to remember initiating process's perfmon_capable() value > + * which can be subsequently used to enable SYS_PMSCR_EL.CX > + * thus enabling context information in the trace. Please could we rephrase this : /* * Cache if the event is allowed to trace Context information. * This allows us to perform the check, i.e, perfmon_capable(), * in the context of the event owner, once, during the event_init(). */ > + */ > +#define SPE_PMU_HW_FLAGS_CX BIT(0) > + > +static void event_hw_flags_set_cx(struct perf_event *event) > +{ > + if (perfmon_capable()) > + event->hw.flags |= SPE_PMU_HW_FLAGS_CX; > +} > + > +static bool event_hw_flags_has_cx(struct perf_event *event) > +{ > + return !!(event->hw.flags & SPE_PMU_HW_FLAGS_CX); > +} > + super minor nit: set_event_has_cx(); get_event_has_cx(); ? Also, please could we fold the CONFIG_PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR check into the helpers ? > #define ARM_SPE_BUF_PAD_BYTE 0 > > struct arm_spe_pmu_buf { > @@ -272,7 +292,7 @@ static u64 arm_spe_event_to_pmscr(struct perf_event *event) > if (!attr->exclude_kernel) > reg |= BIT(SYS_PMSCR_EL1_E1SPE_SHIFT); > > - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR) && perfmon_capable()) > + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PID_IN_CONTEXTIDR) && event_hw_flags_has_cx(event)) > reg |= BIT(SYS_PMSCR_EL1_CX_SHIFT); i.e, if (event_has_cx(event)) .... Otherwise looks good to me. Suzuki