linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 14/18] perf pmu: Scan type early to fail an invalid PMU quickly

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Message-Id: <20230824041330.266337-15-irogers@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:13:26 -0700
From:   Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>,
        Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Jing Zhang <renyu.zj@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@....com>,
        Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Gaosheng Cui <cuigaosheng1@...wei.com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 14/18] perf pmu: Scan type early to fail an invalid PMU quickly

Scan sysfs PMU's type early so that format and aliases aren't
attempted to be loaded if the PMU name is invalid. This is the case
for event_pmu tokens in parse-events.y where a wildcard name is first
assumed to be a PMU name.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index b6a118226541..9e3b72d84168 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -957,12 +957,21 @@ struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__lookup(struct list_head *pmus, int dirfd, const char
 	if (!pmu)
 		return NULL;
 
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->format);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->aliases);
-	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->caps);
 	pmu->name = strdup(name);
 	if (!pmu->name)
 		goto err;
+
+	/*
+	 * Read type early to fail fast if a lookup name isn't a PMU. Ensure
+	 * that type value is successfully assigned (return 1).
+	 */
+	if (perf_pmu__scan_file_at(pmu, dirfd, "type", "%u", &type) != 1)
+		goto err;
+
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->format);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->aliases);
+	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&pmu->caps);
+
 	/*
 	 * The pmu data we store & need consists of the pmu
 	 * type value and format definitions. Load both right
@@ -982,10 +991,6 @@ struct perf_pmu *perf_pmu__lookup(struct list_head *pmus, int dirfd, const char
 	pmu->is_core = is_pmu_core(name);
 	pmu->cpus = pmu_cpumask(dirfd, name, pmu->is_core);
 
-	/* Read type, and ensure that type value is successfully assigned (return 1) */
-	if (perf_pmu__scan_file_at(pmu, dirfd, "type", "%u", &type) != 1)
-		goto err;
-
 	alias_name = pmu_find_alias_name(name);
 	if (alias_name) {
 		pmu->alias_name = strdup(alias_name);
-- 
2.42.0.rc1.204.g551eb34607-goog