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Date:   Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:56:55 -0700
From:   Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1 fyi] tools headers UAPI: Sync files changed by new
 cachestat syscall with the kernel sources

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 7:38 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<arnaldo.melo@...il.com> wrote:
>
> tldr; Just FYI, I'm carrying this on the perf tools tree.
>
> - Arnaldo
>
> Full explanation:
>
> There used to be no copies, with tools/ code using kernel headers
> directly. From time to time tools/perf/ broke due to legitimate kernel
> hacking. At some point Linus complained about such direct usage. Then we
> adopted the current model.
>
> The way these headers are used in perf are not restricted to just
> including them to compile something.
>
> There are sometimes used in scripts that convert defines into string
> tables, etc, so some change may break one of these scripts, or new MSRs
> may use some different #define pattern, etc.
>
> E.g.:
>
>   $ ls -1 tools/perf/trace/beauty/*.sh | head -5
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/arch_errno_names.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/drm_ioctl.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsconfig.sh
>   tools/perf/trace/beauty/fsmount.sh
>   $
>   $ tools/perf/trace/beauty/fadvise.sh
>   static const char *fadvise_advices[] = {
>         [0] = "NORMAL",
>         [1] = "RANDOM",
>         [2] = "SEQUENTIAL",
>         [3] = "WILLNEED",
>         [4] = "DONTNEED",
>         [5] = "NOREUSE",
>   };
>   $
>
> The tools/perf/check-headers.sh script, part of the tools/ build
> process, points out changes in the original files.
>
> So its important not to touch the copies in tools/ when doing changes in
> the original kernel headers, that will be done later, when
> check-headers.sh inform about the change to the perf tools hackers.
>
> ---
>
> To pick the changes in these csets:
>
>   cf264e1329fb0307 ("cachestat: implement cachestat syscall")
>
> That add support for this new syscall in tools such as 'perf trace'.
>
> For instance, this is now possible:
>
>   # perf trace -e cachestat
>   ^C[root@...e ~]#
>   # perf trace -v -e cachestat
>   Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-25-21-0
>   event qualifier tracepoint filter: (common_pid != 3163687 && common_pid != 3147) && (id == 451)
>   mmap size 528384B
>   ^C[root@...e ~]
>
>   # perf trace -v -e *stat* --max-events=10
>   Using CPUID AuthenticAMD-25-21-0
>   event qualifier tracepoint filter: (common_pid != 3163713 && common_pid != 3147) && (id == 4 || id == 5 || id == 6 || id == 136 || id == 137 || id == 138 || id == 262 || id == 332 || id == 451)
>   mmap size 528384B
>        0.000 ( 0.009 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 statfs(pathname: 0x45635288, buf: 0x7f8745725b60)                     = 0
>        0.012 ( 0.003 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 newfstatat(dfd: CWD, filename: 0x45635288, statbuf: 0x7f874569d250)   = 0
>        0.036 ( 0.002 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 newfstatat(dfd: 138, filename: 0x541b7093, statbuf: 0x7f87457256f0, flag: 4096) = 0
>        0.372 ( 0.006 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 statfs(pathname: 0x45635288, buf: 0x7f8745725b10)                     = 0
>        0.379 ( 0.003 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 newfstatat(dfd: CWD, filename: 0x45635288, statbuf: 0x7f874569d250)   = 0
>        0.390 ( 0.002 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 newfstatat(dfd: 138, filename: 0x541b7093, statbuf: 0x7f87457256a0, flag: 4096) = 0
>        0.609 ( 0.005 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 statfs(pathname: 0x45635288, buf: 0x7f8745725b60)                     = 0
>        0.615 ( 0.003 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 newfstatat(dfd: CWD, filename: 0x45635288, statbuf: 0x7f874569d250)   = 0
>        0.625 ( 0.002 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 newfstatat(dfd: 138, filename: 0x541b7093, statbuf: 0x7f87457256f0, flag: 4096) = 0
>        0.826 ( 0.005 ms): Cache2 I/O/4544 statfs(pathname: 0x45635288, buf: 0x7f8745725b10)                     = 0
>   #
>
> That is the filter expression attached to the raw_syscalls:sys_{enter,exit}
> tracepoints.
>
>   $ find tools/perf/arch/ -name "syscall*tbl" | xargs grep -w sys_cachestat
>   tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl:451       n64     cachestat                       sys_cachestat
>   tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl:451        common  cachestat                       sys_cachestat
>   tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl:451  common   cachestat               sys_cachestat                   sys_cachestat
>   tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl:451 common  cachestat               sys_cachestat
>   $
>
>   $ grep -w cachestat /tmp/build/perf-tools/arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.c
>         [451] = "cachestat",
>   $
>
> This addresses these perf build warnings:
>
> Warning: Kernel ABI header differences:
>   diff -u tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
>   diff -u tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h include/uapi/linux/mman.h
>   diff -u tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
>   diff -u tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
>   diff -u tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl arch/s390/kernel/syscalls/syscall.tbl
>   diff -u tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
>
> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
> Cc: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/
> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> ---
>  tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h            |  5 ++++-
>  tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h                    | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  .../perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl  |  1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl |  1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl    |  1 +
>  tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl  |  1 +
>  6 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
> index dd7d8e10f16d83a1..fd6c1cb585db43c4 100644
> --- a/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
> +++ b/tools/include/uapi/asm-generic/unistd.h
> @@ -817,8 +817,11 @@ __SYSCALL(__NR_futex_waitv, sys_futex_waitv)
>  #define __NR_set_mempolicy_home_node 450
>  __SYSCALL(__NR_set_mempolicy_home_node, sys_set_mempolicy_home_node)
>
> +#define __NR_cachestat 451
> +__SYSCALL(__NR_cachestat, sys_cachestat)
> +
>  #undef __NR_syscalls
> -#define __NR_syscalls 451
> +#define __NR_syscalls 452
>
>  /*
>   * 32 bit systems traditionally used different
> diff --git a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
> index f55bc680b5b0a45e..a246e11988d5e0e2 100644
> --- a/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
> +++ b/tools/include/uapi/linux/mman.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>
>  #include <asm/mman.h>
>  #include <asm-generic/hugetlb_encode.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
>
>  #define MREMAP_MAYMOVE         1
>  #define MREMAP_FIXED           2
> @@ -41,4 +42,17 @@
>  #define MAP_HUGE_2GB   HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_2GB
>  #define MAP_HUGE_16GB  HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_16GB
>
> +struct cachestat_range {
> +       __u64 off;
> +       __u64 len;
> +};
> +
> +struct cachestat {
> +       __u64 nr_cache;
> +       __u64 nr_dirty;
> +       __u64 nr_writeback;
> +       __u64 nr_evicted;
> +       __u64 nr_recently_evicted;
> +};
> +
>  #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_MMAN_H */
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
> index 3f1886ad9d8060b4..cfda2511badf3ad0 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/mips/entry/syscalls/syscall_n64.tbl
> @@ -365,3 +365,4 @@
>  448    n64     process_mrelease                sys_process_mrelease
>  449    n64     futex_waitv                     sys_futex_waitv
>  450    common  set_mempolicy_home_node         sys_set_mempolicy_home_node
> +451    n64     cachestat                       sys_cachestat
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
> index a0be127475b1f761..8c0b08b7a80ec4b7 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/powerpc/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
> @@ -537,3 +537,4 @@
>  448    common  process_mrelease                sys_process_mrelease
>  449    common  futex_waitv                     sys_futex_waitv
>  450    nospu   set_mempolicy_home_node         sys_set_mempolicy_home_node
> +451    common  cachestat                       sys_cachestat
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
> index b68f47541169f9af..a6935af2235cab6c 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/s390/entry/syscalls/syscall.tbl
> @@ -453,3 +453,4 @@
>  448  common    process_mrelease        sys_process_mrelease            sys_process_mrelease
>  449  common    futex_waitv             sys_futex_waitv                 sys_futex_waitv
>  450  common    set_mempolicy_home_node sys_set_mempolicy_home_node     sys_set_mempolicy_home_node
> +451  common    cachestat               sys_cachestat                   sys_cachestat
> diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> index c84d12608cd2de9e..227538b0ce801eeb 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> +++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
> @@ -372,6 +372,7 @@
>  448    common  process_mrelease        sys_process_mrelease
>  449    common  futex_waitv             sys_futex_waitv
>  450    common  set_mempolicy_home_node sys_set_mempolicy_home_node
> +451    common  cachestat               sys_cachestat
>
>  #
>  # Due to a historical design error, certain syscalls are numbered differently
> --
> 2.37.1
>

LGTM.
Acked-by: Nhat Pham <nphamcs@...il.com>

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