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[PATCH 1/2] arm_pmu: fix event CPU filtering

Mark Rutland posted 2 patches 2 years, 6 months ago
[PATCH 1/2] arm_pmu: fix event CPU filtering
Posted by Mark Rutland 2 years, 6 months ago 
Janne reports that perf has been broken on Apple M1 as of commit:

  bd27568117664b8b ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")

That commit replaced the pmu::filter_match() callback with
pmu::filter(), whose return value has the opposite polarity, with true
implying events should be ignored rather than scheduled. While an
attempt was made to update the logic in armv8pmu_filter() and
armpmu_filter() accordingly, the return value remains inverted in a
couple of cases:

* If the arm_pmu does not have an arm_pmu::filter() callback,
  armpmu_filter() will always return whether the CPU is supported rather
  than whether the CPU is not supported.

  As a result, the perf core will not schedule events on supported CPUs,
  resulting in a loss of events. Additionally, the perf core will
  attempt to schedule events on unsupported CPUs, but this will be
  rejected by armpmu_add(), which may result in a loss of events from
  other PMUs on those unsupported CPUs.

* If the arm_pmu does have an arm_pmu::filter() callback, and
  armpmu_filter() is called on a CPU which is not supported by the
  arm_pmu, armpmu_filter() will return false rather than true.

  As a result, the perf core will attempt to schedule events on
  unsupported CPUs, but this will be rejected by armpmu_add(), which may
  result in a loss of events from other PMUs on those unsupported CPUs.

This means a loss of events can be seen with any arm_pmu driver, but
with the ARMv8 PMUv3 driver (which is the only arm_pmu driver with an
arm_pmu::filter() callback) the event loss will be more limited and may
go unnoticed, which is how this issue evaded testing so far.

Fix the CPU filtering by performing this consistently in
armpmu_filter(), and remove the redundant arm_pmu::filter() callback and
armv8pmu_filter() implementation.

Commit bd2756811766 also silently removed the CHAIN event filtering from
armv8pmu_filter(), which will be addressed by a separate patch without
using the filter callback.

Fixes: bd27568117664b8b ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
Reported-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/asahi/20230215-arm_pmu_m1_regression-v1-1-f5a266577c8d@jannau.net/
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com>
Cc: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
Cc: Eric Curtin <ecurtin@redhat.com>
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 7 -------
 drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c         | 8 +-------
 include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h   | 1 -
 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index a5193f2146a6..3e43538f6b72 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1023,12 +1023,6 @@ static int armv8pmu_set_event_filter(struct hw_perf_event *event,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool armv8pmu_filter(struct pmu *pmu, int cpu)
-{
-	struct arm_pmu *armpmu = to_arm_pmu(pmu);
-	return !cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &armpmu->supported_cpus);
-}
-
 static void armv8pmu_reset(void *info)
 {
 	struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu = (struct arm_pmu *)info;
@@ -1258,7 +1252,6 @@ static int armv8_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu, char *name,
 	cpu_pmu->stop			= armv8pmu_stop;
 	cpu_pmu->reset			= armv8pmu_reset;
 	cpu_pmu->set_event_filter	= armv8pmu_set_event_filter;
-	cpu_pmu->filter			= armv8pmu_filter;
 
 	cpu_pmu->pmu.event_idx		= armv8pmu_user_event_idx;
 
diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
index 9b593f985805..40f70f83daba 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
@@ -550,13 +550,7 @@ static void armpmu_disable(struct pmu *pmu)
 static bool armpmu_filter(struct pmu *pmu, int cpu)
 {
 	struct arm_pmu *armpmu = to_arm_pmu(pmu);
-	bool ret;
-
-	ret = cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &armpmu->supported_cpus);
-	if (ret && armpmu->filter)
-		return armpmu->filter(pmu, cpu);
-
-	return ret;
+	return !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &armpmu->supported_cpus);
 }
 
 static ssize_t cpus_show(struct device *dev,
diff --git a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
index ef914a600087..525b5d64e394 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ struct arm_pmu {
 	void		(*stop)(struct arm_pmu *);
 	void		(*reset)(void *);
 	int		(*map_event)(struct perf_event *event);
-	bool		(*filter)(struct pmu *pmu, int cpu);
 	int		num_events;
 	bool		secure_access; /* 32-bit ARM only */
 #define ARMV8_PMUV3_MAX_COMMON_EVENTS		0x40
-- 
2.30.2
Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm_pmu: fix event CPU filtering
Posted by Janne Grunau 2 years, 6 months ago 
On 2023-02-16 14:12:38 +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> Janne reports that perf has been broken on Apple M1 as of commit:
> 
>   bd27568117664b8b ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
> 
> That commit replaced the pmu::filter_match() callback with
> pmu::filter(), whose return value has the opposite polarity, with true
> implying events should be ignored rather than scheduled. While an
> attempt was made to update the logic in armv8pmu_filter() and
> armpmu_filter() accordingly, the return value remains inverted in a
> couple of cases:
> 
> * If the arm_pmu does not have an arm_pmu::filter() callback,
>   armpmu_filter() will always return whether the CPU is supported rather
>   than whether the CPU is not supported.
> 
>   As a result, the perf core will not schedule events on supported CPUs,
>   resulting in a loss of events. Additionally, the perf core will
>   attempt to schedule events on unsupported CPUs, but this will be
>   rejected by armpmu_add(), which may result in a loss of events from
>   other PMUs on those unsupported CPUs.
> 
> * If the arm_pmu does have an arm_pmu::filter() callback, and
>   armpmu_filter() is called on a CPU which is not supported by the
>   arm_pmu, armpmu_filter() will return false rather than true.
> 
>   As a result, the perf core will attempt to schedule events on
>   unsupported CPUs, but this will be rejected by armpmu_add(), which may
>   result in a loss of events from other PMUs on those unsupported CPUs.
> 
> This means a loss of events can be seen with any arm_pmu driver, but
> with the ARMv8 PMUv3 driver (which is the only arm_pmu driver with an
> arm_pmu::filter() callback) the event loss will be more limited and may
> go unnoticed, which is how this issue evaded testing so far.
> 
> Fix the CPU filtering by performing this consistently in
> armpmu_filter(), and remove the redundant arm_pmu::filter() callback and
> armv8pmu_filter() implementation.
> 
> Commit bd2756811766 also silently removed the CHAIN event filtering from
> armv8pmu_filter(), which will be addressed by a separate patch without
> using the filter callback.
> 
> Fixes: bd27568117664b8b ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
> Reported-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/asahi/20230215-arm_pmu_m1_regression-v1-1-f5a266577c8d@jannau.net/
> Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@amd.com>
> Cc: Asahi Lina <lina@asahilina.net>
> Cc: Eric Curtin <ecurtin@redhat.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 7 -------
>  drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c         | 8 +-------
>  include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h   | 1 -
>  3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
> index a5193f2146a6..3e43538f6b72 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
> @@ -1023,12 +1023,6 @@ static int armv8pmu_set_event_filter(struct hw_perf_event *event,
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> -static bool armv8pmu_filter(struct pmu *pmu, int cpu)
> -{
> -	struct arm_pmu *armpmu = to_arm_pmu(pmu);
> -	return !cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), &armpmu->supported_cpus);
> -}
> -
>  static void armv8pmu_reset(void *info)
>  {
>  	struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu = (struct arm_pmu *)info;
> @@ -1258,7 +1252,6 @@ static int armv8_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu, char *name,
>  	cpu_pmu->stop			= armv8pmu_stop;
>  	cpu_pmu->reset			= armv8pmu_reset;
>  	cpu_pmu->set_event_filter	= armv8pmu_set_event_filter;
> -	cpu_pmu->filter			= armv8pmu_filter;
>  
>  	cpu_pmu->pmu.event_idx		= armv8pmu_user_event_idx;
>  
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
> index 9b593f985805..40f70f83daba 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/arm_pmu.c
> @@ -550,13 +550,7 @@ static void armpmu_disable(struct pmu *pmu)
>  static bool armpmu_filter(struct pmu *pmu, int cpu)
>  {
>  	struct arm_pmu *armpmu = to_arm_pmu(pmu);
> -	bool ret;
> -
> -	ret = cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &armpmu->supported_cpus);
> -	if (ret && armpmu->filter)
> -		return armpmu->filter(pmu, cpu);
> -
> -	return ret;
> +	return !cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &armpmu->supported_cpus);
>  }
>  
>  static ssize_t cpus_show(struct device *dev,
> diff --git a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
> index ef914a600087..525b5d64e394 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf/arm_pmu.h
> @@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ struct arm_pmu {
>  	void		(*stop)(struct arm_pmu *);
>  	void		(*reset)(void *);
>  	int		(*map_event)(struct perf_event *event);
> -	bool		(*filter)(struct pmu *pmu, int cpu);
>  	int		num_events;
>  	bool		secure_access; /* 32-bit ARM only */
>  #define ARMV8_PMUV3_MAX_COMMON_EVENTS		0x40

This works as well. I limited the patch to the minimal fix this                                                   
this late in the cycle.

Tested-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>

thanks,
Janne
Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm_pmu: fix event CPU filtering
Posted by Mark Rutland 2 years, 6 months ago 
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 03:35:19PM +0100, Janne Grunau wrote:
> On 2023-02-16 14:12:38 +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > Fix the CPU filtering by performing this consistently in
> > armpmu_filter(), and remove the redundant arm_pmu::filter() callback and
> > armv8pmu_filter() implementation.
> > 
> > Commit bd2756811766 also silently removed the CHAIN event filtering from
> > armv8pmu_filter(), which will be addressed by a separate patch without
> > using the filter callback.

[...]

> This works as well. I limited the patch to the minimal fix this                                                   
> this late in the cycle.

I did appreciate that you'd made the effort for the minimal fix; had the issue
with CHAIN events not existed I would have acked that as-is and done the
simplification later. Given the CHAIN issue and given the simplification make
the code "obviously correct" I think it's preferable to do both bits now.

> Tested-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>

Thanks!

Hopefully Will or Peter can pick this up shortly; I'm assuming that Will can
take this via the arm64 tree.

Mark.
Re: [PATCH 1/2] arm_pmu: fix event CPU filtering
Posted by Will Deacon 2 years, 6 months ago 
On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 03:13:11PM +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 03:35:19PM +0100, Janne Grunau wrote:
> > On 2023-02-16 14:12:38 +0000, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > > Fix the CPU filtering by performing this consistently in
> > > armpmu_filter(), and remove the redundant arm_pmu::filter() callback and
> > > armv8pmu_filter() implementation.
> > > 
> > > Commit bd2756811766 also silently removed the CHAIN event filtering from
> > > armv8pmu_filter(), which will be addressed by a separate patch without
> > > using the filter callback.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > This works as well. I limited the patch to the minimal fix this                                                   
> > this late in the cycle.
> 
> I did appreciate that you'd made the effort for the minimal fix; had the issue
> with CHAIN events not existed I would have acked that as-is and done the
> simplification later. Given the CHAIN issue and given the simplification make
> the code "obviously correct" I think it's preferable to do both bits now.
> 
> > Tested-by: Janne Grunau <j@jannau.net>
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Hopefully Will or Peter can pick this up shortly; I'm assuming that Will can
> take this via the arm64 tree.

I'll grab 'em.

Will

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