perf: Add AUX area to ring buffer for raw data streams

This patch introduces "AUX space" in the perf mmap buffer, intended for
exporting high bandwidth data streams to userspace, such as instruction
flow traces.

AUX space is a ring buffer, defined by aux_{offset,size} fields in the
user_page structure, and read/write pointers aux_{head,tail}, which abide
by the same rules as data_* counterparts of the main perf buffer.

In order to allocate/mmap AUX, userspace needs to set up aux_offset to
such an offset that will be greater than data_offset+data_size and
aux_size to be the desired buffer size. Both need to be page aligned.
Then, same aux_offset and aux_size should be passed to mmap() call and
if everything adds up, you should have an AUX buffer as a result.

Pages that are mapped into this buffer also come out of user's mlock
rlimit plus perf_event_mlock_kb allowance.
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Kaixu Xia <kaixu.xia@linaro.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: acme@infradead.org
Cc: adrian.hunter@intel.com
Cc: kan.liang@intel.com
Cc: markus.t.metzger@intel.com
Cc: mathieu.poirier@linaro.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1421237903-181015-3-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.comSigned-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

include/linux/perf_event.h

@@ -284,6 +284,18 @@ struct pmu {
 	 * Return the count value for a counter.
 	 */
 	u64 (*count)			(struct perf_event *event); /*optional*/
+
+	/*
+	 * Set up pmu-private data structures for an AUX area
+	 */
+	void *(*setup_aux)		(int cpu, void **pages,
+					 int nr_pages, bool overwrite);
+					/* optional */
+
+	/*
+	 * Free pmu-private AUX data structures
+	 */
+	void (*free_aux)		(void *aux); /* optional */
 };
 
 /**
@@ -862,6 +874,11 @@ static inline bool needs_branch_stack(struct perf_event *event)
 	return event->attr.branch_sample_type != 0;
 }
 
+static inline bool has_aux(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	return event->pmu->setup_aux;
+}
+
 extern int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			     struct perf_event *event, unsigned int size);
 extern void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle);

include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h

@@ -530,6 +530,22 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
 	__u64	data_tail;		/* user-space written tail */
 	__u64	data_offset;		/* where the buffer starts */
 	__u64	data_size;		/* data buffer size */
+
+	/*
+	 * AUX area is defined by aux_{offset,size} fields that should be set
+	 * by the userspace, so that
+	 *
+	 *   aux_offset >= data_offset + data_size
+	 *
+	 * prior to mmap()ing it. Size of the mmap()ed area should be aux_size.
+	 *
+	 * Ring buffer pointers aux_{head,tail} have the same semantics as
+	 * data_{head,tail} and same ordering rules apply.
+	 */
+	__u64	aux_head;
+	__u64	aux_tail;
+	__u64	aux_offset;
+	__u64	aux_size;
 };
 
 #define PERF_RECORD_MISC_CPUMODE_MASK		(7 << 0)

kernel/events/core.c

@@ -4306,6 +4306,9 @@ static void perf_mmap_open(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	atomic_inc(&event->mmap_count);
 	atomic_inc(&event->rb->mmap_count);
 
+	if (vma->vm_pgoff)
+		atomic_inc(&event->rb->aux_mmap_count);
+
 	if (event->pmu->event_mapped)
 		event->pmu->event_mapped(event);
 }
@@ -4330,6 +4333,20 @@ static void perf_mmap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (event->pmu->event_unmapped)
 		event->pmu->event_unmapped(event);
 
+	/*
+	 * rb->aux_mmap_count will always drop before rb->mmap_count and
+	 * event->mmap_count, so it is ok to use event->mmap_mutex to
+	 * serialize with perf_mmap here.
+	 */
+	if (rb_has_aux(rb) && vma->vm_pgoff == rb->aux_pgoff &&
+	    atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&rb->aux_mmap_count, &event->mmap_mutex)) {
+		atomic_long_sub(rb->aux_nr_pages, &mmap_user->locked_vm);
+		vma->vm_mm->pinned_vm -= rb->aux_mmap_locked;
+
+		rb_free_aux(rb);
+		mutex_unlock(&event->mmap_mutex);
+	}
+
 	atomic_dec(&rb->mmap_count);
 
 	if (!atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock(&event->mmap_count, &event->mmap_mutex))
@@ -4403,7 +4420,7 @@ static void perf_mmap_close(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct perf_mmap_vmops = {
 	.open		= perf_mmap_open,
-	.close		= perf_mmap_close,
+	.close		= perf_mmap_close, /* non mergable */
 	.fault		= perf_mmap_fault,
 	.page_mkwrite	= perf_mmap_fault,
 };
@@ -4414,10 +4431,10 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	unsigned long user_locked, user_lock_limit;
 	struct user_struct *user = current_user();
 	unsigned long locked, lock_limit;
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+	struct ring_buffer *rb = NULL;
 	unsigned long vma_size;
 	unsigned long nr_pages;
-	long user_extra, extra;
+	long user_extra = 0, extra = 0;
 	int ret = 0, flags = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -4432,7 +4449,66 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	vma_size = vma->vm_end - vma->vm_start;
-	nr_pages = (vma_size / PAGE_SIZE) - 1;
+
+	if (vma->vm_pgoff == 0) {
+		nr_pages = (vma_size / PAGE_SIZE) - 1;
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * AUX area mapping: if rb->aux_nr_pages != 0, it's already
+		 * mapped, all subsequent mappings should have the same size
+		 * and offset. Must be above the normal perf buffer.
+		 */
+		u64 aux_offset, aux_size;
+
+		if (!event->rb)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		nr_pages = vma_size / PAGE_SIZE;
+
+		mutex_lock(&event->mmap_mutex);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+
+		rb = event->rb;
+		if (!rb)
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		aux_offset = ACCESS_ONCE(rb->user_page->aux_offset);
+		aux_size = ACCESS_ONCE(rb->user_page->aux_size);
+
+		if (aux_offset < perf_data_size(rb) + PAGE_SIZE)
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		if (aux_offset != vma->vm_pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT)
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		/* already mapped with a different offset */
+		if (rb_has_aux(rb) && rb->aux_pgoff != vma->vm_pgoff)
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		if (aux_size != vma_size || aux_size != nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE)
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		/* already mapped with a different size */
+		if (rb_has_aux(rb) && rb->aux_nr_pages != nr_pages)
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		if (!is_power_of_2(nr_pages))
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&rb->mmap_count))
+			goto aux_unlock;
+
+		if (rb_has_aux(rb)) {
+			atomic_inc(&rb->aux_mmap_count);
+			ret = 0;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
+
+		atomic_set(&rb->aux_mmap_count, 1);
+		user_extra = nr_pages;
+
+		goto accounting;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If we have rb pages ensure they're a power-of-two number, so we
@@ -4444,9 +4520,6 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (vma_size != PAGE_SIZE * (1 + nr_pages))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (vma->vm_pgoff != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->parent_ctx);
 again:
 	mutex_lock(&event->mmap_mutex);
@@ -4470,6 +4543,8 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	}
 
 	user_extra = nr_pages + 1;
+
+accounting:
 	user_lock_limit = sysctl_perf_event_mlock >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10);
 
 	/*
@@ -4479,7 +4554,6 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 
 	user_locked = atomic_long_read(&user->locked_vm) + user_extra;
 
-	extra = 0;
 	if (user_locked > user_lock_limit)
 		extra = user_locked - user_lock_limit;
 
@@ -4493,35 +4567,45 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		goto unlock;
 	}
 
-	WARN_ON(event->rb);
+	WARN_ON(!rb && event->rb);
 
 	if (vma->vm_flags & VM_WRITE)
 		flags |= RING_BUFFER_WRITABLE;
 
-	rb = rb_alloc(nr_pages, 
-		event->attr.watermark ? event->attr.wakeup_watermark : 0,
-		event->cpu, flags);
-
 	if (!rb) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto unlock;
-	}
+		rb = rb_alloc(nr_pages,
+			      event->attr.watermark ? event->attr.wakeup_watermark : 0,
+			      event->cpu, flags);
 
-	atomic_set(&rb->mmap_count, 1);
-	rb->mmap_locked = extra;
-	rb->mmap_user = get_current_user();
+		if (!rb) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
 
-	atomic_long_add(user_extra, &user->locked_vm);
-	vma->vm_mm->pinned_vm += extra;
+		atomic_set(&rb->mmap_count, 1);
+		rb->mmap_user = get_current_user();
+		rb->mmap_locked = extra;
 
-	ring_buffer_attach(event, rb);
+		ring_buffer_attach(event, rb);
 
-	perf_event_init_userpage(event);
-	perf_event_update_userpage(event);
+		perf_event_init_userpage(event);
+		perf_event_update_userpage(event);
+	} else {
+		ret = rb_alloc_aux(rb, event, vma->vm_pgoff, nr_pages, flags);
+		if (!ret)
+			rb->aux_mmap_locked = extra;
+	}
 
 unlock:
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
+		atomic_long_add(user_extra, &user->locked_vm);
+		vma->vm_mm->pinned_vm += extra;
+
 		atomic_inc(&event->mmap_count);
+	} else if (rb) {
+		atomic_dec(&rb->mmap_count);
+	}
+aux_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&event->mmap_mutex);
 
 	/*
@@ -7506,6 +7590,13 @@ perf_event_set_output(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event *output_event)
 	if (output_event->clock != event->clock)
 		goto out;
 
+	/*
+	 * If both events generate aux data, they must be on the same PMU
+	 */
+	if (has_aux(event) && has_aux(output_event) &&
+	    event->pmu != output_event->pmu)
+		goto out;
+
 set:
 	mutex_lock(&event->mmap_mutex);
 	/* Can't redirect output if we've got an active mmap() */

kernel/events/internal.h

@@ -35,6 +35,16 @@ struct ring_buffer {
 	unsigned long			mmap_locked;
 	struct user_struct		*mmap_user;
 
+	/* AUX area */
+	unsigned long			aux_pgoff;
+	int				aux_nr_pages;
+	atomic_t			aux_mmap_count;
+	unsigned long			aux_mmap_locked;
+	void				(*free_aux)(void *);
+	atomic_t			aux_refcount;
+	void				**aux_pages;
+	void				*aux_priv;
+
 	struct perf_event_mmap_page	*user_page;
 	void				*data_pages[0];
 };
@@ -43,6 +53,14 @@ extern void rb_free(struct ring_buffer *rb);
 extern struct ring_buffer *
 rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags);
 extern void perf_event_wakeup(struct perf_event *event);
+extern int rb_alloc_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event,
+			pgoff_t pgoff, int nr_pages, int flags);
+extern void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb);
+
+static inline bool rb_has_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+{
+	return !!rb->aux_nr_pages;
+}
 
 extern void
 perf_event_header__init_id(struct perf_event_header *header,
@@ -81,6 +99,11 @@ static inline unsigned long perf_data_size(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 	return rb->nr_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT + page_order(rb));
 }
 
+static inline unsigned long perf_aux_size(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+{
+	return rb->aux_nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+}
+
 #define DEFINE_OUTPUT_COPY(func_name, memcpy_func)			\
 static inline unsigned long						\
 func_name(struct perf_output_handle *handle,				\

kernel/events/ring_buffer.c

@@ -243,14 +243,87 @@ ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags)
 	spin_lock_init(&rb->event_lock);
 }
 
+int rb_alloc_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event,
+		 pgoff_t pgoff, int nr_pages, int flags)
+{
+	bool overwrite = !(flags & RING_BUFFER_WRITABLE);
+	int node = (event->cpu == -1) ? -1 : cpu_to_node(event->cpu);
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+	if (!has_aux(event))
+		return -ENOTSUPP;
+
+	rb->aux_pages = kzalloc_node(nr_pages * sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL, node);
+	if (!rb->aux_pages)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	rb->free_aux = event->pmu->free_aux;
+	for (rb->aux_nr_pages = 0; rb->aux_nr_pages < nr_pages;
+	     rb->aux_nr_pages++) {
+		struct page *page;
+
+		page = alloc_pages_node(node, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
+		if (!page)
+			goto out;
+
+		rb->aux_pages[rb->aux_nr_pages] = page_address(page);
+	}
+
+	rb->aux_priv = event->pmu->setup_aux(event->cpu, rb->aux_pages, nr_pages,
+					     overwrite);
+	if (!rb->aux_priv)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * aux_pages (and pmu driver's private data, aux_priv) will be
+	 * referenced in both producer's and consumer's contexts, thus
+	 * we keep a refcount here to make sure either of the two can
+	 * reference them safely.
+	 */
+	atomic_set(&rb->aux_refcount, 1);
+
+out:
+	if (!ret)
+		rb->aux_pgoff = pgoff;
+	else
+		rb_free_aux(rb);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void __rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+{
+	int pg;
+
+	if (rb->aux_priv) {
+		rb->free_aux(rb->aux_priv);
+		rb->free_aux = NULL;
+		rb->aux_priv = NULL;
+	}
+
+	for (pg = 0; pg < rb->aux_nr_pages; pg++)
+		free_page((unsigned long)rb->aux_pages[pg]);
+
+	kfree(rb->aux_pages);
+	rb->aux_nr_pages = 0;
+}
+
+void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rb->aux_refcount))
+		__rb_free_aux(rb);
+}
+
 #ifndef CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 
 /*
  * Back perf_mmap() with regular GFP_KERNEL-0 pages.
  */
 
-struct page *
-perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
+static struct page *
+__perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
 {
 	if (pgoff > rb->nr_pages)
 		return NULL;
@@ -340,8 +413,8 @@ static int data_page_nr(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 	return rb->nr_pages << page_order(rb);
 }
 
-struct page *
-perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
+static struct page *
+__perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
 {
 	/* The '>' counts in the user page. */
 	if (pgoff > data_page_nr(rb))
@@ -416,3 +489,19 @@ struct ring_buffer *rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags)
 }
 
 #endif
+
+struct page *
+perf_mmap_to_page(struct ring_buffer *rb, unsigned long pgoff)
+{
+	if (rb->aux_nr_pages) {
+		/* above AUX space */
+		if (pgoff > rb->aux_pgoff + rb->aux_nr_pages)
+			return NULL;
+
+		/* AUX space */
+		if (pgoff >= rb->aux_pgoff)
+			return virt_to_page(rb->aux_pages[pgoff - rb->aux_pgoff]);
+	}
+
+	return __perf_mmap_to_page(rb, pgoff);
+}