Re: [PATCH 1/8] perf: Add PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR

From: Stephane Eranian
Date: Wed Jan 06 2016 - 14:21:52 EST


On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 3:04 AM, <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> For understanding how the workload maps to memory channels and hardware
> behavior, it's useful to collect address maps with physical addresses.
> This is not intended for detecting page sharing (which can be already
> done using the mmap inode), but for lower level hardware behavior
> studies.
> Perf supports load latency/DLA which can only collect virtual addresses.
> This patch add a new sample type PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR to expose the
> physical addresses.
> For kernel direct mapping addresses, the patch uses virt_to_phys to
> convert the virtual addresses from DLA to physical address.
> For user virtual addresses, __get_user_pages_fast is used to walk the
> pages tables for user physical address.
> This does not work for vmalloc addresses. Right now these are not
> resolved, but code to do that could be added.
> For security, the physical address can only be exposed to root or
> privileged user.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/perf_event.h | 3 +++
> include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 4 +++-
> kernel/events/core.c | 11 +++++++++++
> 5 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
> index 799e6bd..164de68 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.h
> @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ struct amd_nb {
> (PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID | PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR | \
> PERF_SAMPLE_ID | PERF_SAMPLE_CPU | PERF_SAMPLE_STREAM_ID | \
> PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC | PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER | \
> - PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION)
> + PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION | PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR)
>
> /*
> * A debug store configuration.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> index 5db1c77..2e333dc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_ds.c
> @@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ static void setup_pebs_sample_data(struct perf_event *event,
> u64 sample_type;
> int fll, fst, dsrc;
> int fl = event->hw.flags;
> + struct page *p = NULL;
>
> if (pebs == NULL)
> return;
> @@ -1071,6 +1072,28 @@ static void setup_pebs_sample_data(struct perf_event *event,
> x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_format >= 1)
> data->addr = pebs->dla;
>
> + if ((sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR) && (data->addr != 0)) {
> + if (data->addr >= TASK_SIZE) {
> + /* If it's vmalloc()d memory, leave phys_addr as 0 */
> + if (virt_addr_valid(data->addr) &&
> + !(data->addr >= VMALLOC_START && data->addr < VMALLOC_END))
> + data->phys_addr = (u64)virt_to_phys((void *)data->addr);
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * Walking the pages tables for user address.
> + * Interrupts are disabled, so it prevents any tear down
> + * of the page tables.
> + * Try IRQ-safe __get_user_pages_fast first.
> + * If failed, leave phys_addr as 0.
> + */
> + if ((current->mm != NULL) &&
> + (__get_user_pages_fast(data->addr, 1, 0, &p) == 1))
> + data->phys_addr = page_to_phys(p) + data->addr % PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> + if (p)
> + put_page(p);
> + }
> + }
> if (x86_pmu.intel_cap.pebs_format >= 2) {
> /* Only set the TSX weight when no memory weight. */
> if ((sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT) && !fll)
> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index f9828a4..d9c0527 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -795,6 +795,8 @@ struct perf_sample_data {
>
> struct perf_regs regs_intr;
> u64 stack_user_size;
> +
> + u64 phys_addr;
> } ____cacheline_aligned;
>
> /* default value for data source */
> @@ -815,6 +817,7 @@ static inline void perf_sample_data_init(struct perf_sample_data *data,
> data->weight = 0;
> data->data_src.val = PERF_MEM_NA;
> data->txn = 0;
> + data->phys_addr = 0;
> }
>
> extern void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index 1afe962..5afc572 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -139,8 +139,9 @@ enum perf_event_sample_format {
> PERF_SAMPLE_IDENTIFIER = 1U << 16,
> PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION = 1U << 17,
> PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR = 1U << 18,
> + PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR = 1U << 19,
>
> - PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 19, /* non-ABI */
> + PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 20, /* non-ABI */
> };
>
> /*
> @@ -767,6 +768,7 @@ enum perf_event_type {
> * { u64 transaction; } && PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION
> * { u64 abi; # enum perf_sample_regs_abi
> * u64 regs[weight(mask)]; } && PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR
> + * { u64 phys_addr;} && PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR

If you say, PHYS_ADDR appears after SAMPLE_REGS_INTR then you have do respect
that order in the perf_output_sample() routine, otherwise the tool cannot parse
the record correctly.

> * };
> */
> PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE = 9,
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index a627f36..9a922a2 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -1334,6 +1334,9 @@ static void __perf_event_header_size(struct perf_event *event, u64 sample_type)
> if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION)
> size += sizeof(data->txn);
>
> + if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR)
> + size += sizeof(data->phys_addr);
> +
> event->header_size = size;
> }
>
> @@ -5432,6 +5435,9 @@ void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
> if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_DATA_SRC)
> perf_output_put(handle, data->data_src.val);
>
> + if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR)
> + perf_output_put(handle, data->phys_addr);
> +
Need to order the put calls according to the order you define in the
header file,
unless this logic has changed recently.

> if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TRANSACTION)
> perf_output_put(handle, data->txn);
>
> @@ -8269,6 +8275,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
> return -EINVAL;
> }
>
> + /* Only privileged users can get kernel addresses */
> + if ((attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_PHYS_ADDR) &&
> + !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
> + return -EACCES;
> +
> /*
> * In cgroup mode, the pid argument is used to pass the fd
> * opened to the cgroup directory in cgroupfs. The cpu argument
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
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