linux-kernel - [PATCH V6] arm64: perf: Make exporting of pmu events configurable

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Date:   Thu,  9 Jun 2022 18:29:49 +0530
From:   Srinivasarao Pathipati <quic_c_spathi@...cinc.com>
To:     will@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...nel.org,
        namhyung@...nel.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Srinivasarao Pathipati <quic_c_spathi@...cinc.com>
Subject: [PATCH V6] arm64: perf: Make exporting of pmu events configurable

The PMU export bit (PMCR_EL0.X) is getting reset during pmu reset,
Make it configurable using sysctls to enable/disable at runtime.

Signed-off-by: Srinivasarao Pathipati <quic_c_spathi@...cinc.com>
---
Changes since V5:
	- removed configuring with kernel parameters.
Changes since V4:
	- Registering sysctls dynamically for only arm64 as suggested by Will
	- Not removed the code to configure with kernel parameters 
	  as the sysctl's kernel parameter(sysctl.kernel.export_pmu_events)
	  is not working at early bootup. pmu_reset() getting called before 
	  sysctl's kernel parameter is set.
Changes since V3:
	- export bit is now configurable with sysctl
	- enabling export bit on reset instead of retaining

Changes since V2:
	Done below changes as per Will's comments
	- enabling pmcr_x now configurable with kernel parameters and
	  by default it is disabled.
	
Changes since V1:
	- Preserving only PMCR_X bit as per Robin Murphy's comment.

---
 Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst | 11 +++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c              | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
index ddccd10..c2ecd84 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/sysctl/kernel.rst
@@ -267,6 +267,17 @@ domain names are in general different. For a detailed discussion
 see the ``hostname(1)`` man page.
 
 
+export_pmu_events (arm64 only)
+==============================
+
+Controls the PMU export bit (PMCR_EL0.X), which enables the exporting of
+events over an IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED PMU event export bus to another device.
+
+0: disables exporting of events (default).
+
+1: enables exporting of events.
+
+
 firmware_config
 ===============
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index cb69ff1..a8c32a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(long, "config1:0");
 PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(rdpmc, "config1:1");
 
 static int sysctl_perf_user_access __read_mostly;
+static int sysctl_export_pmu_events __read_mostly;
 
 static inline bool armv8pmu_event_is_64bit(struct perf_event *event)
 {
@@ -1047,6 +1048,9 @@ static void armv8pmu_reset(void *info)
 	if (armv8pmu_has_long_event(cpu_pmu))
 		pmcr |= ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_LP;
 
+	if (sysctl_export_pmu_events)
+		pmcr |= ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_X;
+
 	armv8pmu_pmcr_write(pmcr);
 }
 
@@ -1221,6 +1225,15 @@ static struct ctl_table armv8_pmu_sysctl_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
 		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},
+	{
+		.procname       = "export_pmu_events",
+		.data           = &sysctl_export_pmu_events,
+		.maxlen         = sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode           = 0644,
+		.proc_handler   = proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1         = SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2         = SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
 	{ }
 };
 
-- 
2.7.4