linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/4] perf: Tweak perf_event

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Date:   Thu, 29 Oct 2020 17:27:23 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     mingo@...nel.org, acme@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eranian@...gle.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/4] perf: Tweak perf_event_attr::exclusive semantics

Currently perf_event_attr::exclusive can be used to ensure an
event(group) is the sole group scheduled on the PMU. One consequence
is that when you have a pinned event (say the watchdog) you can no
longer have regular exclusive event(group)s.

Inspired by the fact that !pinned events are considered less strict,
allow !pinned,exclusive events to share the PMU with pinned,!exclusive
events.

Pinned,exclusive is still fully exclusive.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2637,7 +2637,7 @@ static int group_can_go_on(struct perf_e
 	 * If this group is exclusive and there are already
 	 * events on the CPU, it can't go on.
 	 */
-	if (event->attr.exclusive && cpuctx->active_oncpu)
+	if (event->attr.exclusive && !list_empty(get_event_list(event)))
 		return 0;
 	/*
 	 * Otherwise, try to add it if all previous groups were able