[PATCH v4 22/22] perf: Allow sampling of inherited events

[Alexander Shishkin]

Try to find an AUX sampler event for the current event if none is linked.
This is useful when these events are allocated by inheritance path,
independently of one another.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 94 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 73f6f5a5b7..c59a596c8f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4620,47 +4620,67 @@ static bool perf_aux_event_match(struct perf_event *e1, struct perf_event *e2)
 	return has_aux(e1) && exclusive_event_match(e1, e2);
 }
 
+struct perf_event *__find_sampling_counter(struct perf_event_context *ctx,
+					   struct perf_event *event,
+					   struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct perf_event *sampler = NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(sampler, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+		/*
+		 * event is not an itrace event, but all the relevant
+		 * bits should match
+		 */
+		if (perf_aux_event_match(sampler, event) &&
+		    kernel_rb_event(sampler) &&
+		    sampler->attr.type == event->attr.aux_sample_type &&
+		    sampler->attr.config == event->attr.aux_sample_config &&
+		    sampler->attr.exclude_hv == event->attr.exclude_hv &&
+		    sampler->attr.exclude_idle == event->attr.exclude_idle &&
+		    sampler->attr.exclude_user == event->attr.exclude_user &&
+		    sampler->attr.exclude_kernel == event->attr.exclude_kernel &&
+		    sampler->attr.aux_sample_size >= event->attr.aux_sample_size &&
+		    atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&sampler->refcount))
+			return sampler;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+struct perf_event *find_sampling_counter(struct pmu *pmu,
+					 struct perf_event *event,
+					 struct task_struct *task)
+{
+	struct perf_event_context *ctx;
+	struct perf_event *sampler = NULL;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	ctx = find_get_context(pmu, task, event->cpu);
+	if (!ctx)
+		return NULL;
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
+	sampler = __find_sampling_counter(ctx, event, task);
+	--ctx->pin_count;
+	put_ctx(ctx);
+	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
+
+	return sampler;
+}
+
 static int perf_aux_sampler_init(struct perf_event *event,
 				 struct task_struct *task,
 				 struct pmu *pmu)
 {
-	struct perf_event_context *ctx;
 	struct perf_event_attr attr;
-	struct perf_event *sampler = NULL;
+	struct perf_event *sampler;
 	struct ring_buffer *rb;
-	unsigned long nr_pages, flags;
+	unsigned long nr_pages;
 
 	if (!pmu || !(pmu->setup_aux))
 		return -ENOTSUPP;
 
-	ctx = find_get_context(pmu, task, event->cpu);
-	if (ctx) {
-		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
-		list_for_each_entry(sampler, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
-			/*
-			 * event is not an aux event, but all the relevant
-			 * bits should match
-			 */
-			if (perf_aux_event_match(sampler, event) &&
-			    sampler->attr.type == event->attr.aux_sample_type &&
-			    sampler->attr.config == event->attr.aux_sample_config &&
-			    sampler->attr.exclude_hv == event->attr.exclude_hv &&
-			    sampler->attr.exclude_idle == event->attr.exclude_idle &&
-			    sampler->attr.exclude_user == event->attr.exclude_user &&
-			    sampler->attr.exclude_kernel == event->attr.exclude_kernel &&
-			    sampler->attr.aux_sample_size >= event->attr.aux_sample_size &&
-			    atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&sampler->refcount))
-				goto got_event;
-		}
-
-		sampler = NULL;
-
-got_event:
-		--ctx->pin_count;
-		put_ctx(ctx);
-		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
-	}
-
+	sampler = find_sampling_counter(pmu, event, task);
 	if (!sampler) {
 		memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr));
 		attr.type = pmu->type;
@@ -4711,9 +4731,19 @@ static void perf_aux_sampler_fini(struct perf_event *event)
 static unsigned long perf_aux_sampler_trace(struct perf_event *event,
 					    struct perf_sample_data *data)
 {
-	struct perf_event *sampler = event->sampler;
+	struct perf_event *sampler;
 	struct ring_buffer *rb;
 
+	if (!event->sampler) {
+		/*
+		 * down this path, event->ctx is already locked IF it's the
+		 * same context
+		 */
+		event->sampler = __find_sampling_counter(event->ctx, event,
+							 event->ctx->task);
+	}
+
+	sampler = event->sampler;
 	if (!sampler || sampler->state != PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE) {
 		data->aux.size = 0;
 		goto out;
-- 
2.1.0

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