linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/1] perf: Support PERF_SAMPLE_READ with inherit

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Message-ID: <20240119163924.2801678-2-ben.gainey@arm.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 16:39:24 +0000
From: Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@....com>
To: linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: peterz@...radead.org,
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	james.clark@....com,
	Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] perf: Support PERF_SAMPLE_READ with inherit_stat

This change allows events to use PERF_SAMPLE READ with inherit
so long as both inherit_stat and PERF_SAMPLE_TID are set.

In this configuration, and event will be inherited into any
child processes / threads, allowing convenient profiling of a
multi-process or multi-threaded application, whilst allowing
profiling tools to collect per-thread samples, in particular
of groups of counters.

Signed-off-by: Ben Gainey <ben.gainey@....com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 9efd0d7775e7c..4b603463d888f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11988,10 +11988,13 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
 
 	/*
-	 * We currently do not support PERF_SAMPLE_READ on inherited events.
+	 * We do not support PERF_SAMPLE_READ on inherited events unless
+	 * inherit_stat and PERF_SAMPLE_TID are also selected, which allows
+	 * inherited events to collect per-thread samples.
 	 * See perf_output_read().
 	 */
-	if (attr->inherit && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ))
+	if (attr->inherit && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ)
+		&& !(attr->inherit_stat && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_TID)))
 		goto err_ns;
 
 	if (!has_branch_stack(event))
-- 
2.43.0