[tip: perf/core] perf: Reveal PMU type in fdinfo

[tip-bot2 for Chun-Tse Shao]

The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     2369ce0f16b89e3d85c9683c06eb104545999378
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2369ce0f16b89e3d85c9683c06eb104545999378
Author:        Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@xxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate:    Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:13:48 -07:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:38:38 +02:00

perf: Reveal PMU type in fdinfo

It gives useful info on knowing which PMUs are reserved by this process.
Also add config which would be useful.
Testing cycles:

  $ ./perf stat -e cycles &
  $ cat /proc/`pidof perf`/fdinfo/3
  pos:    0
  flags:  02000002
  mnt_id: 16
  ino:    3081
  perf_event_attr.type:   0
  perf_event_attr.config: 0x0
  perf_event_attr.config1:        0x0
  perf_event_attr.config2:        0x0
  perf_event_attr.config3:        0x0
  perf_event_attr.config4:        0x0

Testing L1-dcache-load-misses:

  $ ./perf stat -e L1-dcache-load-misses &
  $ cat /proc/`pidof perf`/fdinfo/3
  pos:    0
  flags:  02000002
  mnt_id: 16
  ino:    1072
  perf_event_attr.type:   3
  perf_event_attr.config: 0x10000
  perf_event_attr.config1:        0x0
  perf_event_attr.config2:        0x0
  perf_event_attr.config3:        0x0
  perf_event_attr.config4:        0x0

Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260602181349.3969429-1-ctshao@xxxxxxxxxx
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 7935d56..95d806b 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 #include <linux/percpu-rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/unwind_deferred.h>
 #include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 
 #include "internal.h"
 
@@ -7546,6 +7547,33 @@ static int perf_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void perf_show_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct file *f)
+{
+	struct perf_event *event = f->private_data;
+	struct perf_event_context *ctx;
+	struct mutex *child_mutex;
+
+	ctx = perf_event_ctx_lock(event);
+	child_mutex = event->parent ? &event->parent->child_mutex : &event->child_mutex;
+	mutex_lock(child_mutex);
+
+	seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.type:\t%u\n", event->orig_type);
+	if (event->pmu)
+		seq_printf(m, "pmu_type:\t%u\n", event->pmu->type);
+	seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config:\t0x%llx\n", (unsigned long long)event->attr.config);
+	seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config1:\t0x%llx\n",
+		   (unsigned long long)event->attr.config1);
+	seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config2:\t0x%llx\n",
+		   (unsigned long long)event->attr.config2);
+	seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config3:\t0x%llx\n",
+		   (unsigned long long)event->attr.config3);
+	seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config4:\t0x%llx\n",
+		   (unsigned long long)event->attr.config4);
+
+	mutex_unlock(child_mutex);
+	perf_event_ctx_unlock(event, ctx);
+}
+
 static const struct file_operations perf_fops = {
 	.release		= perf_release,
 	.read			= perf_read,
@@ -7554,6 +7582,7 @@ static const struct file_operations perf_fops = {
 	.compat_ioctl		= perf_compat_ioctl,
 	.mmap			= perf_mmap,
 	.fasync			= perf_fasync,
+	.show_fdinfo		= perf_show_fdinfo,
 };
 
 /*