[PATCH v2 1/3] perf: Add perf_event_attr::bp_priv
Tiezhu Yang
yangtiezhu at loongson.cn
Fri Jun 21 00:39:08 PDT 2024
Add a member "bp_priv" at the end of the uapi struct perf_event_attr
to make a bridge between ptrace and hardware breakpoint.
This is preparation for later patch on some archs such as ARM, ARM64
and LoongArch which have privilege level of breakpoint.
Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang <yangtiezhu at loongson.cn>
---
include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 +++
kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 1 +
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 3a64499b0f5d..f9f917e854e6 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ enum perf_event_read_format {
#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER6 120 /* add: aux_sample_size */
#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER7 128 /* add: sig_data */
#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER8 136 /* add: config3 */
+#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER9 144 /* add: bp_priv */
/*
* Hardware event_id to monitor via a performance monitoring event:
@@ -522,6 +523,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
__u64 sig_data;
__u64 config3; /* extension of config2 */
+
+ __u8 bp_priv; /* privilege level of breakpoint */
};
/*
diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index 6c2cb4e4f48d..3ad16b226e4f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -754,6 +754,7 @@ static void hw_breakpoint_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr *to,
to->bp_addr = from->bp_addr;
to->bp_type = from->bp_type;
to->bp_len = from->bp_len;
+ to->bp_priv = from->bp_priv;
to->disabled = from->disabled;
}
--
2.42.0
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