[PATCH 6/6] perf record: Add --setup-filter option

[Namhyung Kim]

To allow BPF filters for unprivileged users it needs to pin the BPF
objects to BPF-fs first.  Let's add a new option to pin and unpin the
objects easily.

  $ sudo perf record --setup-filter pin

The above command would pin BPF program and maps for the filter when the
system has BPF-fs (usually at /sys/fs/bpf/).  To unpin the objects,
users can run the following command (as root).

  $ sudo perf record --setup-filter unpin

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt |  5 +++++
 tools/perf/builtin-record.c              | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
index 6015fdd08fb6..e51a492dc8e0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
+++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt
@@ -828,6 +828,11 @@ filtered through the mask provided by -C option.
 	only, as of now.  So the applications built without the frame
 	pointer might see bogus addresses.
 
+--setup-filter=<action>::
+	Prepare BPF filter to be used by regular users.  The action should be
+	either "pin" or "unpin".  The filter can be used after it's pinned.
+
+
 include::intel-hybrid.txt[]
 
 SEE ALSO
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 3a5a24dec356..4dababd0d338 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ struct record {
 	bool			timestamp_filename;
 	bool			timestamp_boundary;
 	bool			off_cpu;
+	const char		*filter_action;
 	struct switch_output	switch_output;
 	unsigned long long	samples;
 	unsigned long		output_max_size;	/* = 0: unlimited */
@@ -3573,6 +3574,8 @@ static struct option __record_options[] = {
 			    "write collected trace data into several data files using parallel threads",
 			    record__parse_threads),
 	OPT_BOOLEAN(0, "off-cpu", &record.off_cpu, "Enable off-cpu analysis"),
+	OPT_STRING(0, "setup-filter", &record.filter_action, "pin|unpin",
+		   "BPF filter action"),
 	OPT_END()
 };
 
@@ -4102,6 +4105,18 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		pr_warning("WARNING: --timestamp-filename option is not available in parallel streaming mode.\n");
 	}
 
+	if (rec->filter_action) {
+		if (!strcmp(rec->filter_action, "pin"))
+			err = perf_bpf_filter__pin();
+		else if (!strcmp(rec->filter_action, "unpin"))
+			err = perf_bpf_filter__unpin();
+		else {
+			pr_warning("Unknown BPF filter action: %s\n", rec->filter_action);
+			err = -EINVAL;
+		}
+		goto out_opts;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Allow aliases to facilitate the lookup of symbols for address
 	 * filters. Refer to auxtrace_parse_filters().
-- 
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