[PATCH RFC v2 2/8] perf/core: Support only inheriting events if cloned with CLONE_THREAD

[Marco Elver]

Adds bit perf_event_attr::inherit_thread, to restricting inheriting
events only if the child was cloned with CLONE_THREAD.

This option supports the case where an event is supposed to be
process-wide only (including subthreads), but should not propagate
beyond the current process's shared environment.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YBvj6eJR%2FDY2TsEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2:
* Add patch to series.
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h      |  5 +++--
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |  3 ++-
 kernel/events/core.c            | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
 kernel/fork.c                   |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index fab42cfbd350..982ad61c653a 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ extern void __perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
 				       struct task_struct *task);
 extern void __perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *prev,
 					struct task_struct *next);
-extern int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child);
+extern int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child, u64 clone_flags);
 extern void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child);
 extern void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task);
 extern void perf_event_delayed_put(struct task_struct *task);
@@ -1446,7 +1446,8 @@ perf_event_task_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
 static inline void
 perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *prev,
 			  struct task_struct *next)			{ }
-static inline int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child)	{ return 0; }
+static inline int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child,
+				       u64 clone_flags)			{ return 0; }
 static inline void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child)	{ }
 static inline void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task)	{ }
 static inline void perf_event_delayed_put(struct task_struct *task)	{ }
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index ad15e40d7f5d..813efb65fea8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -389,7 +389,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
 				cgroup         :  1, /* include cgroup events */
 				text_poke      :  1, /* include text poke events */
 				build_id       :  1, /* use build id in mmap2 events */
-				__reserved_1   : 29;
+				inherit_thread :  1, /* children only inherit if cloned with CLONE_THREAD */
+				__reserved_1   : 28;
 
 	union {
 		__u32		wakeup_events;	  /* wakeup every n events */
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index bff498766065..a8382e6c907c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11597,6 +11597,9 @@ static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user *uattr,
 	    (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	if (!attr->inherit && attr->inherit_thread)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 
@@ -12820,12 +12823,13 @@ static int
 inherit_task_group(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *parent,
 		   struct perf_event_context *parent_ctx,
 		   struct task_struct *child, int ctxn,
-		   int *inherited_all)
+		   u64 clone_flags, int *inherited_all)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct perf_event_context *child_ctx;
 
-	if (!event->attr.inherit) {
+	if (!event->attr.inherit ||
+	    (event->attr.inherit_thread && !(clone_flags & CLONE_THREAD))) {
 		*inherited_all = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -12857,7 +12861,8 @@ inherit_task_group(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *parent,
 /*
  * Initialize the perf_event context in task_struct
  */
-static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
+static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn,
+				   u64 clone_flags)
 {
 	struct perf_event_context *child_ctx, *parent_ctx;
 	struct perf_event_context *cloned_ctx;
@@ -12897,7 +12902,8 @@ static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 	 */
 	perf_event_groups_for_each(event, &parent_ctx->pinned_groups) {
 		ret = inherit_task_group(event, parent, parent_ctx,
-					 child, ctxn, &inherited_all);
+					 child, ctxn, clone_flags,
+					 &inherited_all);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -12913,7 +12919,8 @@ static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 
 	perf_event_groups_for_each(event, &parent_ctx->flexible_groups) {
 		ret = inherit_task_group(event, parent, parent_ctx,
-					 child, ctxn, &inherited_all);
+					 child, ctxn, clone_flags,
+					 &inherited_all);
 		if (ret)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -12955,7 +12962,7 @@ static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 /*
  * Initialize the perf_event context in task_struct
  */
-int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
+int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child, u64 clone_flags)
 {
 	int ctxn, ret;
 
@@ -12964,7 +12971,7 @@ int perf_event_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&child->perf_event_list);
 
 	for_each_task_context_nr(ctxn) {
-		ret = perf_event_init_context(child, ctxn);
+		ret = perf_event_init_context(child, ctxn, clone_flags);
 		if (ret) {
 			perf_event_free_task(child);
 			return ret;
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index d3171e8e88e5..d090366d1206 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2070,7 +2070,7 @@ static __latent_entropy struct task_struct *copy_process(
 	if (retval)
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;
 
-	retval = perf_event_init_task(p);
+	retval = perf_event_init_task(p, clone_flags);
 	if (retval)
 		goto bad_fork_cleanup_policy;
 	retval = audit_alloc(p);
-- 
2.30.1.766.gb4fecdf3b7-goog