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<title>perf: Fix task context PMU for Hetero</title>
<updated>2021-07-14T15:06:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-22T14:21:01+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 012669c740e6e2afa8bdb95394d06676f933dd2d ]

On HETEROGENEOUS hardware (ARM big.Little, Intel Alderlake etc.) each
CPU might have a different hardware PMU. Since each such PMU is
represented by a different struct pmu, but we only have a single HW
task context.

That means that the task context needs to switch PMU type when it
switches CPUs.

Not doing this means that ctx-&gt;pmu calls (pmu_{dis,en}able(),
{start,commit,cancel}_txn() etc.) are called against the wrong PMU and
things will go wobbly.

Fixes: f83d2f91d259 ("perf/x86/intel: Add Alder Lake Hybrid support")
Reported-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YMsy7BuGT8nBTspT@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 012669c740e6e2afa8bdb95394d06676f933dd2d ]

On HETEROGENEOUS hardware (ARM big.Little, Intel Alderlake etc.) each
CPU might have a different hardware PMU. Since each such PMU is
represented by a different struct pmu, but we only have a single HW
task context.

That means that the task context needs to switch PMU type when it
switches CPUs.

Not doing this means that ctx-&gt;pmu calls (pmu_{dis,en}able(),
{start,commit,cancel}_txn() etc.) are called against the wrong PMU and
things will go wobbly.

Fixes: f83d2f91d259 ("perf/x86/intel: Add Alder Lake Hybrid support")
Reported-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Tested-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YMsy7BuGT8nBTspT@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf: Fix data race between pin_count increment/decrement</title>
<updated>2021-05-31T08:14:51+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Elver</name>
<email>elver@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-27T10:47:11+00:00</published>
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KCSAN reports a data race between increment and decrement of pin_count:

  write to 0xffff888237c2d4e0 of 4 bytes by task 15740 on cpu 1:
   find_get_context		kernel/events/core.c:4617
   __do_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:12097 [inline]
   __se_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:11933
   ...
  read to 0xffff888237c2d4e0 of 4 bytes by task 15743 on cpu 0:
   perf_unpin_context		kernel/events/core.c:1525 [inline]
   __do_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:12328 [inline]
   __se_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:11933
   ...

Because neither read-modify-write here is atomic, this can lead to one
of the operations being lost, resulting in an inconsistent pin_count.
Fix it by adding the missing locking in the CPU-event case.

Fixes: fe4b04fa31a6 ("perf: Cure task_oncpu_function_call() races")
Reported-by: syzbot+142c9018f5962db69c7e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210527104711.2671610-1-elver@google.com
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KCSAN reports a data race between increment and decrement of pin_count:

  write to 0xffff888237c2d4e0 of 4 bytes by task 15740 on cpu 1:
   find_get_context		kernel/events/core.c:4617
   __do_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:12097 [inline]
   __se_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:11933
   ...
  read to 0xffff888237c2d4e0 of 4 bytes by task 15743 on cpu 0:
   perf_unpin_context		kernel/events/core.c:1525 [inline]
   __do_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:12328 [inline]
   __se_sys_perf_event_open	kernel/events/core.c:11933
   ...

Because neither read-modify-write here is atomic, this can lead to one
of the operations being lost, resulting in an inconsistent pin_count.
Fix it by adding the missing locking in the CPU-event case.

Fixes: fe4b04fa31a6 ("perf: Cure task_oncpu_function_call() races")
Reported-by: syzbot+142c9018f5962db69c7e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210527104711.2671610-1-elver@google.com
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-v5.13-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace</title>
<updated>2021-05-21T16:12:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-21T16:12:52+00:00</published>
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Pull siginfo fix from Eric Biederman:
 "During the merge window an issue with si_perf and the siginfo ABI came
  up. The alpha and sparc siginfo structure layout had changed with the
  addition of SIGTRAP TRAP_PERF and the new field si_perf.

  The reason only alpha and sparc were affected is that they are the
  only architectures that use si_trapno.

  Looking deeper it was discovered that si_trapno is used for only a few
  select signals on alpha and sparc, and that none of the other
  _sigfault fields past si_addr are used at all. Which means technically
  no regression on alpha and sparc.

  While the alignment concerns might be dismissed the abuse of si_errno
  by SIGTRAP TRAP_PERF does have the potential to cause regressions in
  existing userspace.

  While we still have time before userspace starts using and depending
  on the new definition siginfo for SIGTRAP TRAP_PERF this set of
  changes cleans up siginfo_t.

   - The si_trapno field is demoted from magic alpha and sparc status
     and made an ordinary union member of the _sigfault member of
     siginfo_t. Without moving it of course.

   - si_perf is replaced with si_perf_data and si_perf_type ending the
     abuse of si_errno.

   - Unnecessary additions to signalfd_siginfo are removed"

* 'for-v5.13-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace:
  signalfd: Remove SIL_PERF_EVENT fields from signalfd_siginfo
  signal: Deliver all of the siginfo perf data in _perf
  signal: Factor force_sig_perf out of perf_sigtrap
  signal: Implement SIL_FAULT_TRAPNO
  siginfo: Move si_trapno inside the union inside _si_fault
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Pull siginfo fix from Eric Biederman:
 "During the merge window an issue with si_perf and the siginfo ABI came
  up. The alpha and sparc siginfo structure layout had changed with the
  addition of SIGTRAP TRAP_PERF and the new field si_perf.

  The reason only alpha and sparc were affected is that they are the
  only architectures that use si_trapno.

  Looking deeper it was discovered that si_trapno is used for only a few
  select signals on alpha and sparc, and that none of the other
  _sigfault fields past si_addr are used at all. Which means technically
  no regression on alpha and sparc.

  While the alignment concerns might be dismissed the abuse of si_errno
  by SIGTRAP TRAP_PERF does have the potential to cause regressions in
  existing userspace.

  While we still have time before userspace starts using and depending
  on the new definition siginfo for SIGTRAP TRAP_PERF this set of
  changes cleans up siginfo_t.

   - The si_trapno field is demoted from magic alpha and sparc status
     and made an ordinary union member of the _sigfault member of
     siginfo_t. Without moving it of course.

   - si_perf is replaced with si_perf_data and si_perf_type ending the
     abuse of si_errno.

   - Unnecessary additions to signalfd_siginfo are removed"

* 'for-v5.13-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace:
  signalfd: Remove SIL_PERF_EVENT fields from signalfd_siginfo
  signal: Deliver all of the siginfo perf data in _perf
  signal: Factor force_sig_perf out of perf_sigtrap
  signal: Implement SIL_FAULT_TRAPNO
  siginfo: Move si_trapno inside the union inside _si_fault
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>signal: Factor force_sig_perf out of perf_sigtrap</title>
<updated>2021-05-18T21:20:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric W. Biederman</name>
<email>ebiederm@xmission.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-02T19:27:24+00:00</published>
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Separate filling in siginfo for TRAP_PERF from deciding that
siginal needs to be sent.

There are enough little details that need to be correct when
properly filling in siginfo_t that it is easy to make mistakes
if filling in the siginfo_t is in the same function with other
logic.  So factor out force_sig_perf to reduce the cognative
load of on reviewers, maintainers and implementors.

v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/m17dkjqqxz.fsf_-_@fess.ebiederm.org
v2: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210505141101.11519-10-ebiederm@xmission.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210517195748.8880-3-ebiederm@xmission.com
Reviewed-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
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Separate filling in siginfo for TRAP_PERF from deciding that
siginal needs to be sent.

There are enough little details that need to be correct when
properly filling in siginfo_t that it is easy to make mistakes
if filling in the siginfo_t is in the same function with other
logic.  So factor out force_sig_perf to reduce the cognative
load of on reviewers, maintainers and implementors.

v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/m17dkjqqxz.fsf_-_@fess.ebiederm.org
v2: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210505141101.11519-10-ebiederm@xmission.com
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210517195748.8880-3-ebiederm@xmission.com
Reviewed-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: "Eric W. Biederman" &lt;ebiederm@xmission.com&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm</title>
<updated>2021-05-01T17:14:08+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-05-01T17:14:08+00:00</published>
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Pull kvm updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "This is a large update by KVM standards, including AMD PSP (Platform
  Security Processor, aka "AMD Secure Technology") and ARM CoreSight
  (debug and trace) changes.

  ARM:

   - CoreSight: Add support for ETE and TRBE

   - Stage-2 isolation for the host kernel when running in protected
     mode

   - Guest SVE support when running in nVHE mode

   - Force W^X hypervisor mappings in nVHE mode

   - ITS save/restore for guests using direct injection with GICv4.1

   - nVHE panics now produce readable backtraces

   - Guest support for PTP using the ptp_kvm driver

   - Performance improvements in the S2 fault handler

  x86:

   - AMD PSP driver changes

   - Optimizations and cleanup of nested SVM code

   - AMD: Support for virtual SPEC_CTRL

   - Optimizations of the new MMU code: fast invalidation, zap under
     read lock, enable/disably dirty page logging under read lock

   - /dev/kvm API for AMD SEV live migration (guest API coming soon)

   - support SEV virtual machines sharing the same encryption context

   - support SGX in virtual machines

   - add a few more statistics

   - improved directed yield heuristics

   - Lots and lots of cleanups

  Generic:

   - Rework of MMU notifier interface, simplifying and optimizing the
     architecture-specific code

   - a handful of "Get rid of oprofile leftovers" patches

   - Some selftests improvements"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (379 commits)
  KVM: selftests: Speed up set_memory_region_test
  selftests: kvm: Fix the check of return value
  KVM: x86: Take advantage of kvm_arch_dy_has_pending_interrupt()
  KVM: SVM: Skip SEV cache flush if no ASIDs have been used
  KVM: SVM: Remove an unnecessary prototype declaration of sev_flush_asids()
  KVM: SVM: Drop redundant svm_sev_enabled() helper
  KVM: SVM: Move SEV VMCB tracking allocation to sev.c
  KVM: SVM: Explicitly check max SEV ASID during sev_hardware_setup()
  KVM: SVM: Unconditionally invoke sev_hardware_teardown()
  KVM: SVM: Enable SEV/SEV-ES functionality by default (when supported)
  KVM: SVM: Condition sev_enabled and sev_es_enabled on CONFIG_KVM_AMD_SEV=y
  KVM: SVM: Append "_enabled" to module-scoped SEV/SEV-ES control variables
  KVM: SEV: Mask CPUID[0x8000001F].eax according to supported features
  KVM: SVM: Move SEV module params/variables to sev.c
  KVM: SVM: Disable SEV/SEV-ES if NPT is disabled
  KVM: SVM: Free sev_asid_bitmap during init if SEV setup fails
  KVM: SVM: Zero out the VMCB array used to track SEV ASID association
  x86/sev: Drop redundant and potentially misleading 'sev_enabled'
  KVM: x86: Move reverse CPUID helpers to separate header file
  KVM: x86: Rename GPR accessors to make mode-aware variants the defaults
  ...
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Pull kvm updates from Paolo Bonzini:
 "This is a large update by KVM standards, including AMD PSP (Platform
  Security Processor, aka "AMD Secure Technology") and ARM CoreSight
  (debug and trace) changes.

  ARM:

   - CoreSight: Add support for ETE and TRBE

   - Stage-2 isolation for the host kernel when running in protected
     mode

   - Guest SVE support when running in nVHE mode

   - Force W^X hypervisor mappings in nVHE mode

   - ITS save/restore for guests using direct injection with GICv4.1

   - nVHE panics now produce readable backtraces

   - Guest support for PTP using the ptp_kvm driver

   - Performance improvements in the S2 fault handler

  x86:

   - AMD PSP driver changes

   - Optimizations and cleanup of nested SVM code

   - AMD: Support for virtual SPEC_CTRL

   - Optimizations of the new MMU code: fast invalidation, zap under
     read lock, enable/disably dirty page logging under read lock

   - /dev/kvm API for AMD SEV live migration (guest API coming soon)

   - support SEV virtual machines sharing the same encryption context

   - support SGX in virtual machines

   - add a few more statistics

   - improved directed yield heuristics

   - Lots and lots of cleanups

  Generic:

   - Rework of MMU notifier interface, simplifying and optimizing the
     architecture-specific code

   - a handful of "Get rid of oprofile leftovers" patches

   - Some selftests improvements"

* tag 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm: (379 commits)
  KVM: selftests: Speed up set_memory_region_test
  selftests: kvm: Fix the check of return value
  KVM: x86: Take advantage of kvm_arch_dy_has_pending_interrupt()
  KVM: SVM: Skip SEV cache flush if no ASIDs have been used
  KVM: SVM: Remove an unnecessary prototype declaration of sev_flush_asids()
  KVM: SVM: Drop redundant svm_sev_enabled() helper
  KVM: SVM: Move SEV VMCB tracking allocation to sev.c
  KVM: SVM: Explicitly check max SEV ASID during sev_hardware_setup()
  KVM: SVM: Unconditionally invoke sev_hardware_teardown()
  KVM: SVM: Enable SEV/SEV-ES functionality by default (when supported)
  KVM: SVM: Condition sev_enabled and sev_es_enabled on CONFIG_KVM_AMD_SEV=y
  KVM: SVM: Append "_enabled" to module-scoped SEV/SEV-ES control variables
  KVM: SEV: Mask CPUID[0x8000001F].eax according to supported features
  KVM: SVM: Move SEV module params/variables to sev.c
  KVM: SVM: Disable SEV/SEV-ES if NPT is disabled
  KVM: SVM: Free sev_asid_bitmap during init if SEV setup fails
  KVM: SVM: Zero out the VMCB array used to track SEV ASID association
  x86/sev: Drop redundant and potentially misleading 'sev_enabled'
  KVM: x86: Move reverse CPUID helpers to separate header file
  KVM: x86: Rename GPR accessors to make mode-aware variants the defaults
  ...
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<entry>
<title>perf: Get rid of oprofile leftovers</title>
<updated>2021-04-22T12:32:39+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marc Zyngier</name>
<email>maz@kernel.org</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-14T13:44:09+00:00</published>
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perf_pmu_name() and perf_num_counters() are unused. Drop them.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210414134409.1266357-6-maz@kernel.org
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perf_pmu_name() and perf_num_counters() are unused. Drop them.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier &lt;maz@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Will Deacon &lt;will@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210414134409.1266357-6-maz@kernel.org
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>perf: Extend PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE</title>
<updated>2021-04-19T18:03:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kan Liang</name>
<email>kan.liang@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-12T14:31:01+00:00</published>
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Current Hardware events and Hardware cache events have special perf
types, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE. The two types don't
pass the PMU type in the user interface. For a hybrid system, the perf
subsystem doesn't know which PMU the events belong to. The first capable
PMU will always be assigned to the events. The events never get a chance
to run on the other capable PMUs.

Extend the two types to become PMU aware types. The PMU type ID is
stored at attr.config[63:32].

Add a new PMU capability, PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE, to indicate a
PMU which supports the extended PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and
PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE.

The PMU type is only required when searching a specific PMU. The PMU
specific codes will only be interested in the 'real' config value, which
is stored in the low 32 bit of the event-&gt;attr.config. Update the
event-&gt;attr.config in the generic code, so the PMU specific codes don't
need to calculate it separately.

If a user specifies a PMU type, but the PMU doesn't support the extended
type, error out.

If an event cannot be initialized in a PMU specified by a user, error
out immediately. Perf should not try to open it on other PMUs.

The new PMU capability is only set for the X86 hybrid PMUs for now.
Other architectures, e.g., ARM, may need it as well. The support on ARM
may be implemented later separately.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1618237865-33448-22-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
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Current Hardware events and Hardware cache events have special perf
types, PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE. The two types don't
pass the PMU type in the user interface. For a hybrid system, the perf
subsystem doesn't know which PMU the events belong to. The first capable
PMU will always be assigned to the events. The events never get a chance
to run on the other capable PMUs.

Extend the two types to become PMU aware types. The PMU type ID is
stored at attr.config[63:32].

Add a new PMU capability, PERF_PMU_CAP_EXTENDED_HW_TYPE, to indicate a
PMU which supports the extended PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and
PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE.

The PMU type is only required when searching a specific PMU. The PMU
specific codes will only be interested in the 'real' config value, which
is stored in the low 32 bit of the event-&gt;attr.config. Update the
event-&gt;attr.config in the generic code, so the PMU specific codes don't
need to calculate it separately.

If a user specifies a PMU type, but the PMU doesn't support the extended
type, error out.

If an event cannot be initialized in a PMU specified by a user, error
out immediately. Perf should not try to open it on other PMUs.

The new PMU capability is only set for the X86 hybrid PMUs for now.
Other architectures, e.g., ARM, may need it as well. The support on ARM
may be implemented later separately.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/1618237865-33448-22-git-send-email-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
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<title>perf: Add support for SIGTRAP on perf events</title>
<updated>2021-04-16T14:32:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Elver</name>
<email>elver@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-08T10:36:01+00:00</published>
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Adds bit perf_event_attr::sigtrap, which can be set to cause events to
send SIGTRAP (with si_code TRAP_PERF) to the task where the event
occurred. The primary motivation is to support synchronous signals on
perf events in the task where an event (such as breakpoints) triggered.

To distinguish perf events based on the event type, the type is set in
si_errno. For events that are associated with an address, si_addr is
copied from perf_sample_data.

The new field perf_event_attr::sig_data is copied to si_perf, which
allows user space to disambiguate which event (of the same type)
triggered the signal. For example, user space could encode the relevant
information it cares about in sig_data.

We note that the choice of an opaque u64 provides the simplest and most
flexible option. Alternatives where a reference to some user space data
is passed back suffer from the problem that modification of referenced
data (be it the event fd, or the perf_event_attr) can race with the
signal being delivered (of course, the same caveat applies if user space
decides to store a pointer in sig_data, but the ABI explicitly avoids
prescribing such a design).

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YBv3rAT566k+6zjg@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net/
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Adds bit perf_event_attr::sigtrap, which can be set to cause events to
send SIGTRAP (with si_code TRAP_PERF) to the task where the event
occurred. The primary motivation is to support synchronous signals on
perf events in the task where an event (such as breakpoints) triggered.

To distinguish perf events based on the event type, the type is set in
si_errno. For events that are associated with an address, si_addr is
copied from perf_sample_data.

The new field perf_event_attr::sig_data is copied to si_perf, which
allows user space to disambiguate which event (of the same type)
triggered the signal. For example, user space could encode the relevant
information it cares about in sig_data.

We note that the choice of an opaque u64 provides the simplest and most
flexible option. Alternatives where a reference to some user space data
is passed back suffer from the problem that modification of referenced
data (be it the event fd, or the perf_event_attr) can race with the
signal being delivered (of course, the same caveat applies if user space
decides to store a pointer in sig_data, but the ABI explicitly avoids
prescribing such a design).

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Acked-by: Dmitry Vyukov &lt;dvyukov@google.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YBv3rAT566k+6zjg@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net/
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<entry>
<title>perf: Add support for event removal on exec</title>
<updated>2021-04-16T14:32:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Elver</name>
<email>elver@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-08T10:35:59+00:00</published>
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Adds bit perf_event_attr::remove_on_exec, to support removing an event
from a task on exec.

This option supports the case where an event is supposed to be
process-wide only, and should not propagate beyond exec, to limit
monitoring to the original process image only.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210408103605.1676875-5-elver@google.com
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Adds bit perf_event_attr::remove_on_exec, to support removing an event
from a task on exec.

This option supports the case where an event is supposed to be
process-wide only, and should not propagate beyond exec, to limit
monitoring to the original process image only.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210408103605.1676875-5-elver@google.com
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<entry>
<title>perf: Support only inheriting events if cloned with CLONE_THREAD</title>
<updated>2021-04-16T14:32:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Marco Elver</name>
<email>elver@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-04-08T10:35:58+00:00</published>
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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.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YBvj6eJR%2FDY2TsEB@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net/
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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.

Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver &lt;elver@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YBvj6eJR%2FDY2TsEB@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net/
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