linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] perf bpf_counter: Fix opening of "any"(-1) CPU events

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Message-ID: <aOdO8beKmaY8M5Ir@google.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2025 14:58:09 +0900
From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Tengda Wu <wutengda@...weicloud.com>,
	linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] perf bpf_counter: Fix opening of "any"(-1) CPU events

On Wed, Oct 08, 2025 at 09:23:47AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> The bperf BPF counter code doesn't handle "any"(-1) CPU events, always
> wanting to aggregate a count against a CPU, which avoids the need for
> atomics so let's not change that. Force evsels used for BPF counters
> to require a CPU when not in system-wide mode so that the "any"(-1)
> value isn't used during map propagation and evsel's CPU map matches
> that of the PMU.
> 
> Fixes: b91917c0c6fa ("perf bpf_counter: Fix handling of cpumap fixing hybrid")
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/builtin-stat.c     | 13 +++++++++++++
>  tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c |  1 +
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> index 7006f848f87a..0fc6884c1bf1 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
> @@ -2540,6 +2540,7 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
>  	unsigned int interval, timeout;
>  	const char * const stat_subcommands[] = { "record", "report" };
>  	char errbuf[BUFSIZ];
> +	struct evsel *counter;
>  
>  	setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
>  
> @@ -2797,6 +2798,18 @@ int cmd_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
>  
>  	evlist__warn_user_requested_cpus(evsel_list, target.cpu_list);
>  
> +	evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
> +		/*
> +		 * Setup BPF counters to require CPUs as any(-1) isn't
> +		 * supported. evlist__create_maps below will propagate this
> +		 * information to the evsels. Note, evsel__is_bperf isn't yet
> +		 * set up, and this change must happen early, so directly use
> +		 * the bpf_counter variable.
> +		 */
> +		if (counter->bpf_counter)

Is it set for --bpf-counters as well?

What about this?

		if ((counter->bpf_counter || target.use_bpf) &&
		    !target__has_cpu())

Thanks,
Namhyung

> +			counter->core.requires_cpu = true;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (evlist__create_maps(evsel_list, &target) < 0) {
>  		if (target__has_task(&target)) {
>  			pr_err("Problems finding threads of monitor\n");
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
> index ca5d01b9017d..d3e5933b171b 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_counter.c
> @@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static int bperf_reload_leader_program(struct evsel *evsel, int attr_map_fd,
>  	 * following evsel__open_per_cpu call
>  	 */
>  	evsel->leader_skel = skel;
> +	assert(!perf_cpu_map__has_any_cpu_or_is_empty(evsel->core.cpus));
>  	evsel__open(evsel, evsel->core.cpus, evsel->core.threads);
>  
>  out:
> -- 
> 2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog
>