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authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2013-09-19 10:16:42 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-09-20 09:45:11 +0200
commitfa7315871046b9a4c48627905691dbde57e51033 (patch)
tree89b94f609063bb4abadf354ad06afbd8c203737d /kernel
parent73c4427c6ca3b32fa0441791e9c6eadceff7242f (diff)
downloadlinux-fa7315871046b9a4c48627905691dbde57e51033.tar.bz2
perf: Fix capabilities bitfield compatibility in 'struct perf_event_mmap_page'
Solve the problems around the broken definition of perf_event_mmap_page:: cap_usr_time and cap_usr_rdpmc fields which used to overlap, partially fixed by: 860f085b74e9 ("perf: Fix broken union in 'struct perf_event_mmap_page'") The problem with the fix (merged in v3.12-rc1 and not yet released officially), noticed by Vince Weaver is that the new behavior is not detectable by new user-space, and that due to the reuse of the field names it's easy to mis-compile a binary if old headers are used on a new kernel or new headers are used on an old kernel. To solve all that make this change explicit, detectable and self-contained, by iterating the ABI the following way: - Always clear bit 0, and rename it to usrpage->cap_bit0, to at least not confuse old user-space binaries. RDPMC will be marked as unavailable to old binaries but that's within the ABI, this is a capability bit. - Rename bit 1 to ->cap_bit0_is_deprecated and always set it to 1, so new libraries can reliably detect that bit 0 is deprecated and perma-zero without having to check the kernel version. - Use bits 2, 3, 4 for the newly defined, correct functionality: cap_user_rdpmc : 1, /* The RDPMC instruction can be used to read counts */ cap_user_time : 1, /* The time_* fields are used */ cap_user_time_zero : 1, /* The time_zero field is used */ - Rename all the bitfield names in perf_event.h to be different from the old names, to make sure it's not possible to mis-compile it accidentally with old assumptions. The 'size' field can then be used in the future to add new fields and it will act as a natural ABI version indicator as well. Also adjust tools/perf/ userspace for the new definitions, noticed by Adrian Hunter. Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Also-Fixed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-zr03yxjrpXesOzzupszqglbv@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c21
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index dd236b66ca3a..cb4238e85b38 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3660,6 +3660,26 @@ static void calc_timer_values(struct perf_event *event,
*running = ctx_time - event->tstamp_running;
}
+static void perf_event_init_userpage(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg;
+ struct ring_buffer *rb;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ rb = rcu_dereference(event->rb);
+ if (!rb)
+ goto unlock;
+
+ userpg = rb->user_page;
+
+ /* Allow new userspace to detect that bit 0 is deprecated */
+ userpg->cap_bit0_is_deprecated = 1;
+ userpg->size = offsetof(struct perf_event_mmap_page, __reserved);
+
+unlock:
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+
void __weak arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg, u64 now)
{
}
@@ -4044,6 +4064,7 @@ again:
ring_buffer_attach(event, rb);
rcu_assign_pointer(event->rb, rb);
+ perf_event_init_userpage(event);
perf_event_update_userpage(event);
unlock: