linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2 1/2] kernel/events: Add option to notify through signals on wakeup

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Message-Id: <374b82f688b09c8b8160652089ff312a302830a0.1497353130.git.naveen.n.rao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:03:42 +0530
From:   "Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 1/2] kernel/events: Add option to notify through signals on wakeup

Add a new option 'signal_on_wakeup' to request for a signal to be
delivered on ring buffer wakeup controlled through watermark and
{wakeup_events, wakeup_watermark}.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h |  3 ++-
 kernel/events/core.c            | 12 +++++++-----
 kernel/events/ring_buffer.c     |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index b1c0b187acfe..e5810b1d74a4 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
 				context_switch :  1, /* context switch data */
 				write_backward :  1, /* Write ring buffer from end to beginning */
 				namespaces     :  1, /* include namespaces data */
-				__reserved_1   : 35;
+				signal_on_wakeup : 1, /* send signal on wakeup */
+				__reserved_1   : 34;
 
 	union {
 		__u32		wakeup_events;	  /* wakeup every n events */
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 6c4e523dc1e2..73ad30e124e5 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7362,12 +7362,14 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
 	 * events
 	 */
 
-	event->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
-	if (events && atomic_dec_and_test(&event->event_limit)) {
-		ret = 1;
-		event->pending_kill = POLL_HUP;
+	if (!event->attr.signal_on_wakeup) {
+		event->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
+		if (events && atomic_dec_and_test(&event->event_limit)) {
+			ret = 1;
+			event->pending_kill = POLL_HUP;
 
-		perf_event_disable_inatomic(event);
+			perf_event_disable_inatomic(event);
+		}
 	}
 
 	READ_ONCE(event->overflow_handler)(event, data, regs);
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 2831480c63a2..4e7c728569a8 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ static void perf_output_wakeup(struct perf_output_handle *handle)
 {
 	atomic_set(&handle->rb->poll, POLLIN);
 
+	if (handle->event->attr.signal_on_wakeup)
+		handle->event->pending_kill = POLL_IN;
+
 	handle->event->pending_wakeup = 1;
 	irq_work_queue(&handle->event->pending);
 }
-- 
2.12.2