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| author | Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com> | 2017-10-05 09:19:20 -0700 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2017-10-07 23:05:57 +0100 |
| commit | 908432ca84fc229e906ba164219e9ad0fe56f755 (patch) | |
| tree | 042a24e92305abbd98d761b695356d5d82760a61 /kernel/bpf/verifier.c | |
| parent | 97562633bcbac4a07d605ae628d7655fa71caaf5 (diff) | |
bpf: add helper bpf_perf_event_read_value for perf event array map
Hardware pmu counters are limited resources. When there are more
pmu based perf events opened than available counters, kernel will
multiplex these events so each event gets certain percentage
(but not 100%) of the pmu time. In case that multiplexing happens,
the number of samples or counter value will not reflect the
case compared to no multiplexing. This makes comparison between
different runs difficult.
Typically, the number of samples or counter value should be
normalized before comparing to other experiments. The typical
normalization is done like:
normalized_num_samples = num_samples * time_enabled / time_running
normalized_counter_value = counter_value * time_enabled / time_running
where time_enabled is the time enabled for event and time_running is
the time running for event since last normalization.
This patch adds helper bpf_perf_event_read_value for kprobed based perf
event array map, to read perf counter and enabled/running time.
The enabled/running time is accumulated since the perf event open.
To achieve scaling factor between two bpf invocations, users
can can use cpu_id as the key (which is typical for perf array usage model)
to remember the previous value and do the calculation inside the
bpf program.
Signed-off-by: Yonghong Song <yhs@fb.com>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@fb.com>
Acked-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/bpf/verifier.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/bpf/verifier.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c index 52b022310f6a..590125e29161 100644 --- a/kernel/bpf/verifier.c +++ b/kernel/bpf/verifier.c @@ -1552,7 +1552,8 @@ static int check_map_func_compatibility(struct bpf_map *map, int func_id) break; case BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY: if (func_id != BPF_FUNC_perf_event_read && - func_id != BPF_FUNC_perf_event_output) + func_id != BPF_FUNC_perf_event_output && + func_id != BPF_FUNC_perf_event_read_value) goto error; break; case BPF_MAP_TYPE_STACK_TRACE: @@ -1595,6 +1596,7 @@ static int check_map_func_compatibility(struct bpf_map *map, int func_id) break; case BPF_FUNC_perf_event_read: case BPF_FUNC_perf_event_output: + case BPF_FUNC_perf_event_read_value: if (map->map_type != BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY) goto error; break; |