Messages in this thread | | | From | Anshuman Khandual <> | Subject | [PATCH V7 0/6] arm64/perf: Enable branch stack sampling | Date | Thu, 5 Jan 2023 08:40:33 +0530 |
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This series enables perf branch stack sampling support on arm64 platform via a new arch feature called Branch Record Buffer Extension (BRBE). All relevant register definitions could be accessed here.
https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0601/2021-12/AArch64-Registers
This series applies on v6.2-r2.
Changes in V7:
- Folded [PATCH 7/7] into [PATCH 3/7] which enables branch stack sampling event - Defined BRBFCR_EL1_BRANCH_FILTERS, BRBCR_EL1_DEFAULT_CONFIG in the header - Defined BRBFCR_EL1_DEFAULT_CONFIG in the header - Updated BRBCR_EL1_DEFAULT_CONFIG with BRBCR_EL1_FZP - Defined BRBCR_EL1_DEFAULT_TS in the header - Updated BRBCR_EL1_DEFAULT_CONFIG with BRBCR_EL1_DEFAULT_TS - Moved BRBCR_EL1_DEFAULT_CONFIG check inside branch_type_to_brbcr() - Moved down BRBCR_EL1_CC, BRBCR_EL1_MPRED later in branch_type_to_brbcr() - Also set BRBE in paused state in armv8pmu_branch_disable() - Dropped brbe_paused(), set_brbe_paused() helpers - Extracted error string via branch_filter_error_msg[] for armv8pmu_branch_valid() - Replaced brbe_v1p1 with brbe_version in struct brbe_hw_attr - Added valid_brbe_[cc, format, version]() helpers - Split a separate brbe_attributes_probe() from armv8pmu_branch_probe() - Capture event->attr.branch_sample_type earlier in armv8pmu_branch_valid() - Defined enum brbe_bank_idx with possible values for BRBE bank indices - Changed armpmu->hw_attr into armpmu->private - Added missing space in stub definition for armv8pmu_branch_valid() - Replaced both kmalloc() with kzalloc() - Added BRBE_BANK_MAX_ENTRIES - Updated comment for capture_brbe_flags() - Updated comment for struct brbe_hw_attr - Dropped space after type cast in couple of places - Replaced inverse with negation for testing BRBCR_EL1_FZP in armv8pmu_branch_read() - Captured cpuc->branches->branch_entries[idx] in a local variable - Dropped saved_priv from armv8pmu_branch_read() - Reorganize PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_[CYCLES|NO_FLAGS] related configuration - Replaced with FIELD_GET() and FIELD_PREP() wherever applicable - Replaced BRBCR_EL1_TS_PHYSICAL with BRBCR_EL1_TS_VIRTUAL - Moved valid_brbe_nr(), valid_brbe_cc(), valid_brbe_format(), valid_brbe_version() select_brbe_bank(), select_brbe_bank_index() helpers inside the C implementation - Reorganized brbe_valid_nr() and dropped the pr_warn() message - Changed probe sequence in brbe_attributes_probe() - Added 'brbcr' argument into capture_brbe_flags() to ascertain correct state - Disable BRBE before disabling the PMU event counter - Enable PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_HV filters when is_kernel_in_hyp_mode() - Guard armv8pmu_reset() & armv8pmu_sched_task() with arm_pmu_branch_stack_supported()
Changes in V6:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20221208084402.863310-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
- Restore the exception level privilege after reading the branch records - Unpause the buffer after reading the branch records - Decouple BRBCR_EL1_EXCEPTION/ERTN from perf event privilege level - Reworked BRBE implementation and branch stack sampling support on arm pmu - BRBE implementation is now part of overall ARMV8 PMU implementation - BRBE implementation moved from drivers/perf/ to inside arch/arm64/kernel/ - CONFIG_ARM_BRBE_PMU renamed as CONFIG_ARM64_BRBE in arch/arm64/Kconfig - File moved - drivers/perf/arm_pmu_brbe.c -> arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.c - File moved - drivers/perf/arm_pmu_brbe.h -> arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.h - BRBE name has been dropped from struct arm_pmu and struct hw_pmu_events - BRBE name has been abstracted out as 'branches' in arm_pmu and hw_pmu_events - BRBE name has been abstracted out as 'branches' in ARMV8 PMU implementation - Added sched_task() callback into struct arm_pmu - Added 'hw_attr' into struct arm_pmu encapsulating possible PMU HW attributes - Dropped explicit attributes brbe_(v1p1, nr, cc, format) from struct arm_pmu - Dropped brbfcr, brbcr, registers scratch area from struct hw_pmu_events - Dropped brbe_users, brbe_context tracking in struct hw_pmu_events - Added 'features' tracking into struct arm_pmu with ARM_PMU_BRANCH_STACK flag - armpmu->hw_attr maps into 'struct brbe_hw_attr' inside BRBE implementation - Set ARM_PMU_BRANCH_STACK in 'arm_pmu->features' after successful BRBE probe - Added armv8pmu_branch_reset() inside armv8pmu_branch_enable() - Dropped brbe_supported() as events will be rejected via ARM_PMU_BRANCH_STACK - Dropped set_brbe_disabled() as well - Reformated armv8pmu_branch_valid() warnings while rejecting unsupported events
Changes in V5:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20221107062514.2851047-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
- Changed BRBCR_EL1.VIRTUAL from 0b1 to 0b01 - Changed BRBFCR_EL1.EnL into BRBFCR_EL1.EnI - Changed config ARM_BRBE_PMU from 'tristate' to 'bool'
Changes in V4:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221017055713.451092-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
- Changed ../tools/sysreg declarations as suggested - Set PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK in data.sample_flags - Dropped perfmon_capable() check in armpmu_event_init() - s/pr_warn_once/pr_info in armpmu_event_init() - Added brbe_format element into struct pmu_hw_events - Changed v1p1 as brbe_v1p1 in struct pmu_hw_events - Dropped pr_info() from arm64_pmu_brbe_probe(), solved LOCKDEP warning
Changes in V3:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220929075857.158358-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
- Moved brbe_stack from the stack and now dynamically allocated - Return PERF_BR_PRIV_UNKNOWN instead of -1 in brbe_fetch_perf_priv() - Moved BRBIDR0, BRBCR, BRBFCR registers and fields into tools/sysreg - Created dummy BRBINF_EL1 field definitions in tools/sysreg - Dropped ARMPMU_EVT_PRIV framework which cached perfmon_capable() - Both exception and exception return branche records are now captured only if the event has PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL which would already been checked in generic perf via perf_allow_kernel()
Changes in V2:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220908051046.465307-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
- Dropped branch sample filter helpers consolidation patch from this series - Added new hw_perf_event.flags element ARMPMU_EVT_PRIV to cache perfmon_capable() - Use cached perfmon_capable() while configuring BRBE branch record filters
Changes in V1:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220613100119.684673-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
- Added CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS wrapper for all branch sample filter helpers - Process new perf branch types via PERF_BR_EXTEND_ABI
Changes in RFC V2:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-kernel/20220412115455.293119-1-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
- Added branch_sample_priv() while consolidating other branch sample filter helpers - Changed all SYS_BRBXXXN_EL1 register definition encodings per Marc - Changed the BRBE driver as per proposed BRBE related perf ABI changes (V5) - Added documentation for struct arm_pmu changes, updated commit message - Updated commit message for BRBE detection infrastructure patch - PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_KERNEL gets checked during arm event init (outside the driver) - Branch privilege state capture mechanism has now moved inside the driver
Changes in RFC V1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/1642998653-21377-1-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com/
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Cc: Suzuki Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Anshuman Khandual (6): drivers: perf: arm_pmu: Add new sched_task() callback arm64/perf: Add BRBE registers and fields arm64/perf: Add branch stack support in struct arm_pmu arm64/perf: Add branch stack support in struct pmu_hw_events arm64/perf: Add branch stack support in ARMV8 PMU arm64/perf: Enable branch stack events via FEAT_BRBE
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 11 + arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h | 19 ++ arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h | 103 ++++++ arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile | 1 + arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.c | 512 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.h | 257 ++++++++++++++ arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 35 ++ arch/arm64/tools/sysreg | 161 +++++++++ drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c | 12 +- include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h | 19 ++ 10 files changed, 1128 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.c create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.h
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