[PATCH AUTOSEL 6.0 08/11] powerpc/perf: Fix branch_filter support for multiple filters

Sasha Levin sashal at kernel.org
Sat Oct 15 00:51:34 AEDT 2022


From: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>

[ Upstream commit b9c001276d4a756f98cc7dc4672eff5343949203 ]

For PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK sample type, different branch_sample_type
ie branch filters are supported. The branch filters are requested via
event attribute "branch_sample_type". Multiple branch filters can be
passed in event attribute. eg:

  $ perf record -b -o- -B --branch-filter any,ind_call true

None of the Power PMUs support having multiple branch filters at
the same time. Branch filters for branch stack sampling is set via MMCRA
IFM bits [32:33]. But currently when requesting for multiple filter
types, the "perf record" command does not report any error.

eg:
  $ perf record -b -o- -B --branch-filter any,save_type true
  $ perf record -b -o- -B --branch-filter any,ind_call true

The "bhrb_filter_map" function in PMU driver code does the validity
check for supported branch filters. But this check is done for single
filter. Hence "perf record" will proceed here without reporting any
error.

Fix power_pmu_event_init() to return EOPNOTSUPP when multiple branch
filters are requested in the event attr.

After the fix:
  $ perf record --branch-filter any,ind_call -- ls
  Error:
  cycles: PMU Hardware doesn't support sampling/overflow-interrupts.
  Try 'perf stat'

Reported-by: Disha Goel <disgoel at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Athira Rajeev <atrajeev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Disha Goel<disgoel at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy at linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kajol Jain <kjain at linux.ibm.com>
[mpe: Tweak comment and change log wording]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220921145255.20972-1-atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal at kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index 13919eb96931..03e31ae97741 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -2131,6 +2131,23 @@ static int power_pmu_event_init(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (has_branch_stack(event)) {
 		u64 bhrb_filter = -1;
 
+		/*
+		 * Currently no PMU supports having multiple branch filters
+		 * at the same time. Branch filters are set via MMCRA IFM[32:33]
+		 * bits for Power8 and above. Return EOPNOTSUPP when multiple
+		 * branch filters are requested in the event attr.
+		 *
+		 * When opening event via perf_event_open(), branch_sample_type
+		 * gets adjusted in perf_copy_attr(). Kernel will automatically
+		 * adjust the branch_sample_type based on the event modifier
+		 * settings to include PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL. Hence drop
+		 * the check for PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL.
+		 */
+		if (hweight64(event->attr.branch_sample_type & ~PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_PLM_ALL) > 1) {
+			local_irq_restore(irq_flags);
+			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		}
+
 		if (ppmu->bhrb_filter_map)
 			bhrb_filter = ppmu->bhrb_filter_map(
 					event->attr.branch_sample_type);
-- 
2.35.1



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