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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
index 707d358e0dff..fc6cf21c535e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/lbr.c
@@ -380,7 +380,6 @@ static void __intel_pmu_lbr_save(struct x86_perf_task_context *task_ctx)
void intel_pmu_lbr_sched_task(struct perf_event_context *ctx, bool sched_in)
{
- struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
struct x86_perf_task_context *task_ctx;
/*
@@ -390,31 +389,21 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_sched_task(struct perf_event_context *ctx, bool sched_in)
*/
task_ctx = ctx ? ctx->task_ctx_data : NULL;
if (task_ctx) {
- if (sched_in) {
+ if (sched_in)
__intel_pmu_lbr_restore(task_ctx);
- cpuc->lbr_context = ctx;
- } else {
+ else
__intel_pmu_lbr_save(task_ctx);
- }
return;
}
/*
- * When sampling the branck stack in system-wide, it may be
- * necessary to flush the stack on context switch. This happens
- * when the branch stack does not tag its entries with the pid
- * of the current task. Otherwise it becomes impossible to
- * associate a branch entry with a task. This ambiguity is more
- * likely to appear when the branch stack supports priv level
- * filtering and the user sets it to monitor only at the user
- * level (which could be a useful measurement in system-wide
- * mode). In that case, the risk is high of having a branch
- * stack with branch from multiple tasks.
- */
- if (sched_in) {
+ * Since a context switch can flip the address space and LBR entries
+ * are not tagged with an identifier, we need to wipe the LBR, even for
+ * per-cpu events. You simply cannot resolve the branches from the old
+ * address space.
+ */
+ if (sched_in)
intel_pmu_lbr_reset();
- cpuc->lbr_context = ctx;
- }
}
static inline bool branch_user_callstack(unsigned br_sel)
@@ -422,7 +411,7 @@ static inline bool branch_user_callstack(unsigned br_sel)
return (br_sel & X86_BR_USER) && (br_sel & X86_BR_CALL_STACK);
}
-void intel_pmu_lbr_enable(struct perf_event *event)
+void intel_pmu_lbr_add(struct perf_event *event)
{
struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
struct x86_perf_task_context *task_ctx;
@@ -430,27 +419,38 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_enable(struct perf_event *event)
if (!x86_pmu.lbr_nr)
return;
- /*
- * Reset the LBR stack if we changed task context to
- * avoid data leaks.
- */
- if (event->ctx->task && cpuc->lbr_context != event->ctx) {
- intel_pmu_lbr_reset();
- cpuc->lbr_context = event->ctx;
- }
cpuc->br_sel = event->hw.branch_reg.reg;
- if (branch_user_callstack(cpuc->br_sel) && event->ctx &&
- event->ctx->task_ctx_data) {
+ if (branch_user_callstack(cpuc->br_sel) && event->ctx->task_ctx_data) {
task_ctx = event->ctx->task_ctx_data;
task_ctx->lbr_callstack_users++;
}
- cpuc->lbr_users++;
+ /*
+ * Request pmu::sched_task() callback, which will fire inside the
+ * regular perf event scheduling, so that call will:
+ *
+ * - restore or wipe; when LBR-callstack,
+ * - wipe; otherwise,
+ *
+ * when this is from __perf_event_task_sched_in().
+ *
+ * However, if this is from perf_install_in_context(), no such callback
+ * will follow and we'll need to reset the LBR here if this is the
+ * first LBR event.
+ *
+ * The problem is, we cannot tell these cases apart... but we can
+ * exclude the biggest chunk of cases by looking at
+ * event->total_time_running. An event that has accrued runtime cannot
+ * be 'new'. Conversely, a new event can get installed through the
+ * context switch path for the first time.
+ */
perf_sched_cb_inc(event->ctx->pmu);
+ if (!cpuc->lbr_users++ && !event->total_time_running)
+ intel_pmu_lbr_reset();
}
-void intel_pmu_lbr_disable(struct perf_event *event)
+void intel_pmu_lbr_del(struct perf_event *event)
{
struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
struct x86_perf_task_context *task_ctx;
@@ -467,12 +467,6 @@ void intel_pmu_lbr_disable(struct perf_event *event)
cpuc->lbr_users--;
WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuc->lbr_users < 0);
perf_sched_cb_dec(event->ctx->pmu);
-
- if (cpuc->enabled && !cpuc->lbr_users) {
- __intel_pmu_lbr_disable();
- /* avoid stale pointer */
- cpuc->lbr_context = NULL;
- }
}
void intel_pmu_lbr_enable_all(bool pmi)