Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf pmu: Dynamically allocate tool PMU

[James Clark]

On 25/02/2025 5:19 pm, Ian Rogers wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > perf_pmus__destroy() treats all PMUs as allocated and free's them so we
> > can't have any static PMUs that are added to the PMU lists. Fix it by
> > allocating the tool PMU in the same way as the others. Current users of
> > the tool PMU already use find_pmu() and not perf_pmus__tool_pmu(), so
> > rename the function to add 'new' to avoid it being misused in the
> > future.
> >
> > perf_pmus__fake_pmu() can remain as static as it's not added to the
> > PMU lists.
> >
> > Fixes the following error:
> >
> >    $ perf bench internals pmu-scan
> >
> >    # Running 'internals/pmu-scan' benchmark:
> >    Computing performance of sysfs PMU event scan for 100 times
> >    munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer
> >    Aborted (core dumped)
> >
> > Fixes: 240505b2d0ad ("perf tool_pmu: Factor tool events into their own PMU")
> > Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >   tools/perf/util/pmus.c     |  2 +-
> >   tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c | 23 +++++++++++------------
> >   tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h |  2 +-
> >   3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
> > index 8a0a919415d4..c1815edaca37 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmus.c
> > @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static void pmu_read_sysfs(unsigned int to_read_types)
> >
> >          if ((to_read_types & PERF_TOOL_PMU_TYPE_TOOL_MASK) != 0 &&
> >              (read_pmu_types & PERF_TOOL_PMU_TYPE_TOOL_MASK) == 0) {
> > -               tool_pmu = perf_pmus__tool_pmu();
> > +               tool_pmu = perf_pmus__new_tool_pmu();
> >                  list_add_tail(&tool_pmu->list, &other_pmus);
> >          }
> >          if ((to_read_types & PERF_TOOL_PMU_TYPE_HWMON_MASK) != 0 &&
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c
> > index 3a68debe7143..45eae810b205 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.c
> > @@ -490,17 +490,16 @@ int evsel__tool_pmu_read(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx, int thread)
> >          return 0;
> >   }
> >
> > -struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__tool_pmu(void)
> > +struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__new_tool_pmu(void)
> >   {
> > -       static struct perf_pmu tool = {
> > -               .name = "tool",
> > -               .type = PERF_PMU_TYPE_TOOL,
> > -               .aliases = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tool.aliases),
> > -               .caps = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tool.caps),
> > -               .format = LIST_HEAD_INIT(tool.format),
> > -       };
> > -       if (!tool.events_table)
> > -               tool.events_table = find_core_events_table("common", "common");
> > -
> > -       return &tool;
> > +       struct perf_pmu *tool = zalloc(sizeof(struct perf_pmu));
> > +
> > +       tool->name = strdup("tool");
> > +       tool->type = PERF_PMU_TYPE_TOOL;
> > +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tool->aliases);
> > +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tool->caps);
> > +       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tool->format);
> > +       tool->events_table = find_core_events_table("common", "common");
> > +
> > +       return tool;
> >   }
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h
> > index a60184859080..268f05064d03 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/tool_pmu.h
> > @@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ int evsel__tool_pmu_open(struct evsel *evsel,
> >                           int start_cpu_map_idx, int end_cpu_map_idx);
> >   int evsel__tool_pmu_read(struct evsel *evsel, int cpu_map_idx, int thread);
> >
> > -struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__tool_pmu(void);
> > +struct perf_pmu *perf_pmus__new_tool_pmu(void);
>
> I think for consistency this should be "tool_pmu__new" although pmus
> have odd function names like "lookup" which is basically "new". I was
> trying to be smart by avoiding the allocation, but I also don't think
> it matters and correct is more important. Thanks for doing this.
>
> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ian

No worries. Yes you're right about the rename, I'll resend it.

I did try adding a static flag that caused them to not be free'd, but 
it's fragile because there are members that could contain allocations 
even if the PMU is static, and then you also need to track re-adding it 
to the list if that gets cleared.

> >   #endif /* __TOOL_PMU_H */
> > --
> > 2.34.1