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Message-ID: <20181031130059.GD10660@kernel.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:00:59 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jolsa@...hat.com,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Don't clone maps from parent when synthesizing
forks
Em Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:24:04PM -0700, David Miller escreveu:
>
> When synthesizing FORK events, we are trying to create thread objects
> for the already running tasks on the machine.
>
> Normally, for a kernel FORK event, we want to clone the parent's maps
> because that is what the kernel just did.
>
> But when synthesizing, this should not be done. If we do, we end up
> with overlapping maps as we process the sythesized MMAP2 events that
> get delivered shortly thereafter.
>
> Use the FORK event misc flags in an internal way to signal this
> situation, so we can elide the map clone when appropriate.
Thanks, applied.
- Arnaldo
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
>
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index f35eb72739c0..9de8780ac8d9 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -646,10 +646,12 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
> *
> * PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA - PERF_RECORD_MMAP* events
> * PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC - PERF_RECORD_COMM event
> + * PERF_RECORD_MISC_FORK_EXEC - PERF_RECORD_FORK event (perf internal)
> * PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT - PERF_RECORD_SWITCH* events
> */
> #define PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA (1 << 13)
> #define PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC (1 << 13)
> +#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_FORK_EXEC (1 << 13)
> #define PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT (1 << 13)
> /*
> * These PERF_RECORD_MISC_* flags below are safely reused
> diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> index f35eb72739c0..9de8780ac8d9 100644
> --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -646,10 +646,12 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
> *
> * PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA - PERF_RECORD_MMAP* events
> * PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC - PERF_RECORD_COMM event
> + * PERF_RECORD_MISC_FORK_EXEC - PERF_RECORD_FORK event (perf internal)
> * PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT - PERF_RECORD_SWITCH* events
> */
> #define PERF_RECORD_MISC_MMAP_DATA (1 << 13)
> #define PERF_RECORD_MISC_COMM_EXEC (1 << 13)
> +#define PERF_RECORD_MISC_FORK_EXEC (1 << 13)
> #define PERF_RECORD_MISC_SWITCH_OUT (1 << 13)
> /*
> * These PERF_RECORD_MISC_* flags below are safely reused
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
> index bc646185f8d9..e9c108a6b1c3 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
> @@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ static int perf_event__synthesize_fork(struct perf_tool *tool,
> event->fork.pid = tgid;
> event->fork.tid = pid;
> event->fork.header.type = PERF_RECORD_FORK;
> + event->fork.header.misc = PERF_RECORD_MISC_FORK_EXEC;
>
> event->fork.header.size = (sizeof(event->fork) + machine->id_hdr_size);
>
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/machine.c b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> index 111ae858cbcb..214b7979c4e7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> @@ -1708,6 +1708,7 @@ int machine__process_fork_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
> struct thread *parent = machine__findnew_thread(machine,
> event->fork.ppid,
> event->fork.ptid);
> + bool do_maps_clone = true;
> int err = 0;
>
> if (dump_trace)
> @@ -1737,8 +1738,11 @@ int machine__process_fork_event(struct machine *machine, union perf_event *event
> thread = machine__findnew_thread(machine, event->fork.pid,
> event->fork.tid);
>
> + if (event->fork.header.misc & PERF_RECORD_MISC_FORK_EXEC)
> + do_maps_clone = false;
> +
> if (thread == NULL || parent == NULL ||
> - thread__fork(thread, parent, sample->time) < 0) {
> + thread__fork(thread, parent, sample->time, do_maps_clone) < 0) {
> dump_printf("problem processing PERF_RECORD_FORK, skipping event.\n");
> err = -1;
> }
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
> index 2048d393ece6..54b2c9ceba9f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
> @@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ static int thread__prepare_access(struct thread *thread)
> }
>
> static int thread__clone_map_groups(struct thread *thread,
> - struct thread *parent)
> + struct thread *parent,
> + bool do_maps_clone)
> {
> /* This is new thread, we share map groups for process. */
> if (thread->pid_ == parent->pid_)
> @@ -341,15 +342,14 @@ static int thread__clone_map_groups(struct thread *thread,
> thread->pid_, thread->tid, parent->pid_, parent->tid);
> return 0;
> }
> -
> /* But this one is new process, copy maps. */
> - if (map_groups__clone(thread, parent->mg) < 0)
> + if (do_maps_clone &&
> + map_groups__clone(thread, parent->mg) < 0)
> return -ENOMEM;
> -
> return 0;
> }
>
> -int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp)
> +int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp, bool do_maps_clone)
> {
> if (parent->comm_set) {
> const char *comm = thread__comm_str(parent);
> @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp)
> }
>
> thread->ppid = parent->tid;
> - return thread__clone_map_groups(thread, parent);
> + return thread__clone_map_groups(thread, parent, do_maps_clone);
> }
>
> void thread__find_cpumode_addr_location(struct thread *thread, u64 addr,
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.h b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
> index 07606aa6998d..7e30fe99b74b 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/thread.h
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.h
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ struct comm *thread__comm(const struct thread *thread);
> struct comm *thread__exec_comm(const struct thread *thread);
> const char *thread__comm_str(const struct thread *thread);
> int thread__insert_map(struct thread *thread, struct map *map);
> -int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp);
> +int thread__fork(struct thread *thread, struct thread *parent, u64 timestamp, bool do_maps_clone);
> size_t thread__fprintf(struct thread *thread, FILE *fp);
>
> struct thread *thread__main_thread(struct machine *machine, struct thread *thread);
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