linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/core: fast breakpoint modification via _IOC_MODIFY

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Message-ID: <20171107081457.GE3326@worktop>
Date:   Tue, 7 Nov 2017 09:14:57 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Milind Chabbi <chabbi.milind@...il.com>
Cc:     jolsa@...hat.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Jin Yao <yao.jin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
        Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/core: fast breakpoint modification via
 _IOC_MODIFY_BREAKPOINT.

On Mon, Nov 06, 2017 at 05:09:15PM -0500, Milind Chabbi wrote:
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index 362493a..d458214 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -433,6 +433,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
>  #define PERF_EVENT_IOC_ID		_IOR('$', 7, __u64 *)
>  #define PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_BPF		_IOW('$', 8, __u32)
>  #define PERF_EVENT_IOC_PAUSE_OUTPUT	_IOW('$', 9, __u32)
> +#define PERF_EVENT_IOC_MODIFY_BREAKPOINT \
> +			_IOW('$', 10, struct perf_event_attr *)


I really hate this thing. I would much rather see a more generic update
perf_event_attr interface. Where we allow modifying some of the
perf_event_attr fields.