[PATCH v3 03/11] perf: Support only inheriting events if cloned with CLONE_THREAD

From: Marco Elver
Date: Wed Mar 24 2021 - 07:26:08 EST


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 3d478abf411c..1660039199b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ 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);
@@ -1449,7 +1449,8 @@ 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 37d106837962..224cbcf6125a 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11649,6 +11649,9 @@ 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;

@@ -12869,12 +12872,13 @@ 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;
}
@@ -12906,7 +12910,8 @@ 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;
@@ -12946,7 +12951,8 @@ 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;
}
@@ -12962,7 +12968,8 @@ 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;
}
@@ -13004,7 +13011,7 @@ 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;

@@ -13013,7 +13020,7 @@ 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 54cc905e5fe0..aeccd7f46ce3 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -2078,7 +2078,7 @@ 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);
--
2.31.0.291.g576ba9dcdaf-goog