[PATCH V6 0/7] arm64/perf: Enable branch stack sampling

Anshuman Khandual anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Thu Dec 8 00:43:55 PST 2022


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 v6.1-rc8.

Changes in V6:

- 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 at arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will at kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie at kernel.org>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark at arm.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh at kernel.org>
Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
Cc: Suzuki Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz at infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo at redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme at kernel.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
Cc: linux-perf-users at vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel at vger.kernel.org

Anshuman Khandual (7):
  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
  drivers: perf: arm_pmu: Enable branch stack sampling event

 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            | 454 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.h            | 266 ++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c      |  31 ++
 arch/arm64/tools/sysreg             | 161 ++++++++++
 drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c              |  12 +-
 include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h        |  19 ++
 10 files changed, 1075 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.c
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/brbe.h

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