[PATCH 06/24] gtrace: Replace owner PID with perf_event pointer in gtrace_path

From: Zane Leung

Date: Thu Oct 22 2026 - 23:16:36 EST


Replace 'pid_t owner' with 'struct perf_event *event' in struct gtrace_path.
This allows component drivers to directly access the perf_event for PMU
configuration.

Signed-off-by: Zane Leung <liangzhen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-core.c | 12 ++++++++++--
drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c | 2 +-
include/linux/gtrace.h | 2 +-
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-core.c
index cae0a7fa820f..3f55d8b7302d 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-core.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/xarray.h>
#include <linux/gtrace.h>
+#include <linux/perf_event.h>

#define GTRACE_POLL_TIMEOUT_US_DEFAULT 10

@@ -665,10 +666,16 @@ static int __gtrace_comp_start(struct gtrace_component *comp,

raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpriv->lock, flags);
if (cpriv->start_count) {
- if (cpriv->owner != path->owner || cpriv->mode != path->mode) {
+ if (cpriv->mode != path->mode) {
ret = -EBUSY;
goto out;
}
+ if (cpriv->mode == GTRACE_COMPONENT_MODE_PERF) {
+ if (cpriv->owner != task_pid_nr(path->event->owner)) {
+ ret = -EBUSY;
+ goto out;
+ }
+ }
} else {
if (gtdrv->start) {
comp->path = path;
@@ -678,8 +685,9 @@ static int __gtrace_comp_start(struct gtrace_component *comp,
goto out;
}
}
- cpriv->owner = path->owner;
cpriv->mode = path->mode;
+ if (cpriv->mode == GTRACE_COMPONENT_MODE_PERF)
+ cpriv->owner = task_pid_nr(path->event->owner);
}

cpriv->start_count++;
diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c
index 703c12b95665..2fcfbae9acf6 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/gtrace/gtrace-perf.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void *gtrace_setup_aux(struct perf_event *event, void **pages,
continue;
}

- path->owner = task_pid_nr(event->owner);
+ path->event = event;
*gtrace_event_cpu_path_ptr(event_data, cpu) = path;
}

diff --git a/include/linux/gtrace.h b/include/linux/gtrace.h
index 76b1aa9cfe79..3d769b405030 100644
--- a/include/linux/gtrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/gtrace.h
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ struct gtrace_path {
enum gtrace_component_mode mode;
u32 trace_id;
#define GTRACE_INVALID_TRACE_ID 0
- pid_t owner;
+ struct perf_event *event;
};

struct gtrace_component *gtrace_path_source(struct gtrace_path *path);
--
2.34.1