[PATCH 3/5] perf namespaces: Introduce nsinfo__set_in_pidns()

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Fri Dec 06 2024 - 15:49:15 EST


From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>

When we're processing a perf.data file we will, for every thread in that
file do a machine__findnew_thread(machine, pid, tid) that when that pid
is seen for the first time will create a 'struct thread' representing
it.

That in turn will call nsinfo__new() -> nsinfo__init() and there it will
assume we're running live, which is wrong and will need to be addressed
in a followup patch.

The nsinfo__new() assumes that if we can't access that thread it has
already finished and will ignore the -1 return from nsinfo__init(), just
taking notes to avoid trying to enter in that namespace, since it isn't
there anymore, a race.

When doing this from 'perf inject', tho, we can fill in parts of that
nsinfo from what we get from the PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 (pid, tid) and in the
jitdump file name, that has the form of jit-<PID>.dump.

So if the pid in the jitdump file name is not the one in the
PERF_RECORD_MMAP2, we can assume that its the pid of the process
_inside_ the namespace, and that perf was runing outside that namespace.

This will be done in the following patch.

Reported-by: Francesco Nigro <fnigro@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Ilan Green <igreen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yonatan Goldschmidt <yonatan.goldschmidt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/namespaces.c | 5 +++++
tools/perf/util/namespaces.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
index cb185c5659d6b323..36047184d76e2f80 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.c
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ pid_t nsinfo__in_pidns(const struct nsinfo *nsi)
return RC_CHK_ACCESS(nsi)->in_pidns;
}

+void nsinfo__set_in_pidns(struct nsinfo *nsi)
+{
+ RC_CHK_ACCESS(nsi)->in_pidns = true;
+}
+
void nsinfo__mountns_enter(struct nsinfo *nsi,
struct nscookie *nc)
{
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
index 8c0731c6cbb7ee01..e014becb9cd8eb3a 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/namespaces.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pid_t nsinfo__tgid(const struct nsinfo *nsi);
pid_t nsinfo__nstgid(const struct nsinfo *nsi);
pid_t nsinfo__pid(const struct nsinfo *nsi);
pid_t nsinfo__in_pidns(const struct nsinfo *nsi);
+void nsinfo__set_in_pidns(struct nsinfo *nsi);

void nsinfo__mountns_enter(struct nsinfo *nsi, struct nscookie *nc);
void nsinfo__mountns_exit(struct nscookie *nc);
--
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