linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 06/16] perf/core: Rework guest callbacks to prepare for static

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Message-ID: <07628e38-e865-a3b1-49bc-b4c469558147@oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Sep 2021 14:31:47 -0400
From:   Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
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        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
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        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
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        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        Artem Kashkanov <artem.kashkanov@...el.com>,
        Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>,
        Zhu Lingshan <lingshan.zhu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/16] perf/core: Rework guest callbacks to prepare for
 static_call support


On 9/21/21 8:05 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> From: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
>
> To prepare for using static_calls to optimize perf's guest callbacks,
> replace ->is_in_guest and ->is_user_mode with a new multiplexed hook
> ->state, tweak ->handle_intel_pt_intr to play nice with being called when
> there is no active guest, and drop "guest" from ->is_in_guest.
>
> Return '0' from ->state and ->handle_intel_pt_intr to indicate "not in
> guest" so that DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_RET0 can be used to define the static
> calls, i.e. no callback == !guest.
>
> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> Originally-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <like.xu@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Zhu Lingshan <lingshan.zhu@...el.com>
> [sean: extracted from static_call patch, fixed get_ip() bug, wrote changelog]
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>


For Xen bits


Reviewed-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>