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Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get the selected hardware PMU conuter

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get the selected hardware PMU conuter
Date 2015-07-17 14:20 +0200
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 08:01:07PM +0800, Wangnan (F) wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2015/7/17 19:56, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 01:55:05PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> >>On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 07:45:02PM +0800, Wangnan (F) wrote:
> >>
> >>>>Depends on what all you need, if you need full perf events to work then
> >>>>yes perf_event_read_value() is your only option.
> >>>>
> >>>>But note that that requires scheduling, so you cannot actually use it
> >>>>for tracing purposes etc..
> >>>What you mean "full perf events"? Even with your code some event still not
> >>>work?
> >>The code I posted only works for events that do not have inherit set.
> >>And only works from IRQ/NMI context for events that monitor the current
> >>task or the current CPU (although that needs a little extra code still).
> >>
> >>Anything else and it does not work (correctly).
> >Scratch that from NMI, for that to work we need more magic still.
> The scheduling you said is caused by
> 
> mutex_lock(&event->child_mutex)
> 
> right?
> 
> What about replacing it to mutex_trylock() and simply return an error
> if it read from a BPF program?

That is vile and unreliable.

I think you really want to put very strict limits on what kind of events
you accept, or create the events yourself.

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[RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get the selected hardware PMU conuter kaixu xia <xiakaixu@huawei.com> - 2015-07-17 12:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 13:10 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 13:40 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 13:40 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-07-17 13:50 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 14:00 +0200
          Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 14:00 +0200
            Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-07-17 14:10 +0200
              Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-07-17 14:10 +0200
              Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 14:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-07-17 14:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 14:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 14:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get the selected hardware PMU conuter pi3orama <pi3orama@163.com> - 2015-07-17 15:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-07-17 15:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get the selected hardware PMU conuter pi3orama <pi3orama@163.com> - 2015-07-17 15:50 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 5/6] bpf: Implement function bpf_read_pmu() that get  the selected hardware PMU conuter "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-07-17 13:40 +0200

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