linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 7/7] perf: Let userspace know if pmu supports address filters

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 18:44:48 +0300
From:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, vince@...ter.net, eranian@...gle.com,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 7/7] perf: Let userspace know if pmu supports address filters

Export an additional common attribute for PMUs that support address range
filtering to let the perf userspace identify such PMUs in a uniform way.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 606398b62a..6d07e294a7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8282,6 +8282,20 @@ static void free_pmu_context(struct pmu *pmu)
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Let userspace know that this PMU supports address range filtering
+ */
+static ssize_t nr_addr_filters_show(struct device *dev,
+				    struct device_attribute *attr,
+				    char *page)
+{
+	struct pmu *pmu = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+
+	return snprintf(page, PAGE_SIZE - 1, "%d\n", pmu->nr_addr_filters);
+}
+DEVICE_ATTR_RO(nr_addr_filters);
+
 static struct idr pmu_idr;
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -8383,9 +8397,19 @@ static int pmu_dev_alloc(struct pmu *pmu)
 	if (ret)
 		goto free_dev;
 
+	/* for PMUs with address filters, throw in an extra attribute */
+	if (pmu->nr_addr_filters)
+		ret = device_create_file(pmu->dev, &dev_attr_nr_addr_filters);
+
+	if (ret)
+		goto del_dev;
+
 out:
 	return ret;
 
+del_dev:
+	device_del(pmu->dev);
+
 free_dev:
 	put_device(pmu->dev);
 	goto out;
@@ -8521,6 +8545,8 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu)
 	free_percpu(pmu->pmu_disable_count);
 	if (pmu->type >= PERF_TYPE_MAX)
 		idr_remove(&pmu_idr, pmu->type);
+	if (pmu->nr_addr_filters)
+		device_remove_file(pmu->dev, &dev_attr_nr_addr_filters);
 	device_del(pmu->dev);
 	put_device(pmu->dev);
 	free_pmu_context(pmu);
-- 
2.8.0.rc3