Re: [PATCH v3 1/5] perf/core: Allow multiple AUX PMU events with the same module

[Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>]

On 8/6/2024 10:14 PM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 09:48:09PM +0100, Leo Yan wrote:
>> This commit changes the condition from checking the same PMU instance to
>> checking the same PMU driver module. This allows support for multiple
>> PMU events with the same driver module.
>>
>> As a result, more than one AUX event (e.g. arm_spe_0 and arm_spe_1) can
>> record trace into the AUX ring buffer.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
>> ---
>>  kernel/events/core.c | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
>> index aa3450bdc227..fdb8918e62a0 100644
>> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
>> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
>> @@ -12344,9 +12344,10 @@ perf_event_set_output(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event *output_event)
>>
>>       /*
>>        * If both events generate aux data, they must be on the same PMU
>> +      * module but can be with different PMU instances.
>>        */
>>       if (has_aux(event) && has_aux(output_event) &&
>> -         event->pmu != output_event->pmu)
>> +         event->pmu->module != output_event->pmu->module)
> 
> A very quick look at: arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c seems to suggest that
> doesn't set pmu->module. Which seems to suggest the above won't work for
> us.

Seems Intel PT and BTS drivers both do not set the pmu->module.

Either we assign the pmu->module for both drivers, or we can update this patch
like below:

        if (has_aux(event) && has_aux(output_event)) {
            /*
             * No idea the module for the PMU is pmu->module is NULL,
             * do not allow tracing for these two AUX event.
             */
            if (!event->pmu->module || !output_event->pmu->module)
                goto out;

            /*
             * Don't allow generate AUX trace data if PMUs don't come from
             * the same module.
             */
            if (event->pmu->module != output_event->pmu->module)
                goto out;
        }

How about you think?  Thanks for review!

Leo