Re: [PATCH v2] perf/core: Set event shadow time for inactive events too

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 08:58:07PM -0800, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@google.com>
> 
> While f79256532682 ("perf/core: fix userpage->time_enabled of inactive
> events") fixed this problem for user rdpmc usage, bperf (perf stat
> with BPF) still has the same problem that accessing inactive perf
> events from BPF using bpf_perf_event_read_value().
> 
> +static inline void group_update_event_time(struct perf_event *group_event)
>  {
> +	struct perf_event *event;
> +	struct perf_event_context *ctx = group_event->ctx;

:-( surely you're aware of the reverse xmas tree thing by now?

>  
> +	perf_event_update_time(group_event);
> +	perf_set_shadow_time(group_event, ctx);
>  
> +	for_each_sibling_event(event, group_event) {
> +		perf_event_update_time(event);
> +		perf_set_shadow_time(event, ctx);
> +	}
>  
> +	if (likely(!atomic_read(&group_event->mmap_count)))
>  		return;
>  
> +	perf_event_update_userpage(group_event);
> +
>  	for_each_sibling_event(event, group_event)
> +		perf_event_update_userpage(event);

How does it make sense to chase those pointers twice?

>  }