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Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY maps trace data output when perf sampling

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On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 06:31:04PM +0800, xiakaixu wrote:

> The RFC patch set contains the necessary commit log [1].

That's of course the wrong place, this should be in the patch's
Changelog. It doesn't become less relevant.

> In some scenarios we don't want to output trace data when perf sampling
> in order to reduce overhead. For example, perf can be run as daemon to
> dump trace data when necessary, such as the system performance goes down.
> Just like the example given in the cover letter, we only receive the
> samples within sys_write() syscall.
> 
> The helper bpf_perf_event_control() in this patch set can control the
> data output process and get the samples we are most interested in.
> The cpu_function_call is probably too much to do from bpf program, so
> I choose current design that like 'soft_disable'.

So, IIRC, we already require eBPF perf events to be CPU-local, which
obviates the entire need for IPIs.

So calling pmu->stop() seems entirely possible (its even NMI safe).
This, however, does not explain if you need nesting, your patch seemed
to have a counter, which suggest you do.

In any case, you could add perf_event_{stop,start}_local() to mirror the
existing perf_event_read_local(), no? That would stop the entire thing
and reduce even more overhead than simply skipping the overflow handler.

> [1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/12/135

Blergh, vger should auto drop emails with lkml.org links in, that site
is getting ridiculously unreliable. (It did show the email after a
second try -- this time)

Proper links are of the form:

  http://lkml.kernel.org/r/$MSGID

Those have the bonus of actually including the msgid which helps with
finding the email in local archives/mailers.
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[PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY maps trace data output when perf sampling Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@huawei.com> - 2015-10-20 09:30 +0200
  Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-21 01:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-21 11:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling xiakaixu <xiakaixu@huawei.com> - 2015-10-21 12:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-21 13:40 +0200
          Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-21 14:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-21 14:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-21 15:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-21 16:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY maps trace data output when perf sampling pi3orama <pi3orama@163.com> - 2015-10-21 16:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-21 16:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY maps trace data output when perf sampling pi3orama <pi3orama@163.com> - 2015-10-21 17:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-21 19:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-21 23:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-22 11:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-22 12:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-23 15:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-23 17:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling xiakaixu <xiakaixu@huawei.com> - 2015-10-27 07:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-22 05:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2015-10-22 09:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-22 10:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-22 11:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-22 04:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-22 05:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-22 05:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com> - 2015-10-22 05:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-22 11:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-21 13:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-10-21 14:00 +0200
          Re: [PATCH V5 1/1] bpf: control events stored in PERF_EVENT_ARRAY  maps trace data output when perf sampling "Wangnan (F)" <wangnan0@huawei.com> - 2015-10-21 14:10 +0200

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