Re: [FIX bpf,perf] bpf,perf: return EOPNOTSUPP for bpf handler on PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY

From: Martin KaFai Lau
Date: Mon Nov 16 2020 - 16:03:42 EST


On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 07:37:52PM +0100, Florian Lehner wrote:
> bpf handlers for perf events other than tracepoints, kprobes or uprobes
> are attached to the overflow_handler of the perf event.
>
> Perf events of type software/dummy are placeholder events. So when
> attaching a bpf handle to an overflow_handler of such an event, the bpf
> handler will not be triggered.
>
> This fix returns the error EOPNOTSUPP to indicate that attaching a bpf
> handler to a perf event of type software/dummy is not supported.
>
> Signed-off-by: Florian Lehner <dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
It is missing a Fixes tag.