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[09/13] Move bp_type_idx to kernel/event/hw_breakpoint.c

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Palmer Dabbelt Sept. 14, 2015, 10:50 p.m. UTC
This has a "#ifdef CONFIG_*" that used to be exposed to userspace.

The names in here are so generic that I don't think it's a good idea
to expose them to userspace (or even the rest of the kernel).  Since
there's only one kernel user, it's been moved to that file.

Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Waterman <waterman@eecs.berkeley.edu>
Reviewed-by: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
---
 include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 10 ----------
 kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c      | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Comments

Peter Zijlstra Sept. 15, 2015, 8:06 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 03:50:43PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> This has a "#ifdef CONFIG_*" that used to be exposed to userspace.
> 
> The names in here are so generic that I don't think it's a good idea
> to expose them to userspace (or even the rest of the kernel).  Since
> there's only one kernel user, it's been moved to that file.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Waterman <waterman@eecs.berkeley.edu>
> Reviewed-by: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 10 ----------
>  kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c      | 10 ++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> index b04000a2296a..7a6a5a7f9511 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> @@ -17,14 +17,4 @@ enum {
>  	HW_BREAKPOINT_INVALID   = HW_BREAKPOINT_RW | HW_BREAKPOINT_X,
>  };
>  
> -enum bp_type_idx {
> -	TYPE_INST 	= 0,
> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
> -	TYPE_DATA	= 0,
> -#else
> -	TYPE_DATA	= 1,
> -#endif
> -	TYPE_MAX
> -};

This is rather unfortunate; you are correct that the naming is too
generic (and I tend to agree), but I think these values are required by
userspace to fill out:

  perf_event_attr::bp_type

So removing them will break things.

Frederic?
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Palmer Dabbelt Sept. 15, 2015, 6:40 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:06:07 PDT (-0700), peterz@infradead.org wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 03:50:43PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> This has a "#ifdef CONFIG_*" that used to be exposed to userspace.
>>
>> The names in here are so generic that I don't think it's a good idea
>> to expose them to userspace (or even the rest of the kernel).  Since
>> there's only one kernel user, it's been moved to that file.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Andrew Waterman <waterman@eecs.berkeley.edu>
>> Reviewed-by: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
>> ---
>>  include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 10 ----------
>>  kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c      | 10 ++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
>> index b04000a2296a..7a6a5a7f9511 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
>> @@ -17,14 +17,4 @@ enum {
>>  	HW_BREAKPOINT_INVALID   = HW_BREAKPOINT_RW | HW_BREAKPOINT_X,
>>  };
>>
>> -enum bp_type_idx {
>> -	TYPE_INST 	= 0,
>> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
>> -	TYPE_DATA	= 0,
>> -#else
>> -	TYPE_DATA	= 1,
>> -#endif
>> -	TYPE_MAX
>> -};
>
> This is rather unfortunate; you are correct that the naming is too
> generic (and I tend to agree), but I think these values are required by
> userspace to fill out:
>
>   perf_event_attr::bp_type
>
> So removing them will break things.
>
> Frederic?

perf_event_open(2) says

       bp_type (since Linux 2.6.33)
              This chooses the breakpoint type.  It is one of:

              HW_BREAKPOINT_EMPTY
                     No breakpoint.

              HW_BREAKPOINT_R
                     Count when we read the memory location.

              HW_BREAKPOINT_W
                     Count when we write the memory location.

              HW_BREAKPOINT_RW
                     Count when we read or write the memory location.

              HW_BREAKPOINT_X
                     Count when we execute code at the memory location.

              The values can be combined via a bitwise or, but the combination
              of HW_BREAKPOINT_R or HW_BREAKPOINT_W  with  HW_BREAKPOINT_X  is
              not allowed.

so I think removing this enum from userspace is OK.  Did I miss
something?
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Peter Zijlstra Sept. 15, 2015, 7:39 p.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:40:11AM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:06:07 PDT (-0700), peterz@infradead.org wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 03:50:43PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
> >> This has a "#ifdef CONFIG_*" that used to be exposed to userspace.
> >>
> >> The names in here are so generic that I don't think it's a good idea
> >> to expose them to userspace (or even the rest of the kernel).  Since
> >> there's only one kernel user, it's been moved to that file.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> >> Reviewed-by: Andrew Waterman <waterman@eecs.berkeley.edu>
> >> Reviewed-by: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
> >> ---
> >>  include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 10 ----------
> >>  kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c      | 10 ++++++++++
> >>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> >> index b04000a2296a..7a6a5a7f9511 100644
> >> --- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> >> @@ -17,14 +17,4 @@ enum {
> >>  	HW_BREAKPOINT_INVALID   = HW_BREAKPOINT_RW | HW_BREAKPOINT_X,
> >>  };
> >>
> >> -enum bp_type_idx {
> >> -	TYPE_INST 	= 0,
> >> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
> >> -	TYPE_DATA	= 0,
> >> -#else
> >> -	TYPE_DATA	= 1,
> >> -#endif
> >> -	TYPE_MAX
> >> -};
> >
> > This is rather unfortunate; you are correct that the naming is too
> > generic (and I tend to agree), but I think these values are required by
> > userspace to fill out:
> >
> >   perf_event_attr::bp_type
> >
> > So removing them will break things.
> >
> > Frederic?
> 
> perf_event_open(2) says
> 
>        bp_type (since Linux 2.6.33)
>               This chooses the breakpoint type.  It is one of:
> 
>               HW_BREAKPOINT_EMPTY
>                      No breakpoint.
> 
>               HW_BREAKPOINT_R
>                      Count when we read the memory location.
> 
>               HW_BREAKPOINT_W
>                      Count when we write the memory location.
> 
>               HW_BREAKPOINT_RW
>                      Count when we read or write the memory location.
> 
>               HW_BREAKPOINT_X
>                      Count when we execute code at the memory location.
> 
>               The values can be combined via a bitwise or, but the combination
>               of HW_BREAKPOINT_R or HW_BREAKPOINT_W  with  HW_BREAKPOINT_X  is
>               not allowed.
> 
> so I think removing this enum from userspace is OK.  Did I miss
> something?

Nah, could've just been me not being awake. Unless Frederic says
otherwise I'll chalk it up to not having drank enough morning juice.
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Arnd Bergmann Sept. 15, 2015, 9:15 p.m. UTC | #4
On Tuesday 15 September 2015 10:06:07 Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> > index b04000a2296a..7a6a5a7f9511 100644
> > --- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> > @@ -17,14 +17,4 @@ enum {
> >       HW_BREAKPOINT_INVALID   = HW_BREAKPOINT_RW | HW_BREAKPOINT_X,
> >  };
> >  
> > -enum bp_type_idx {
> > -     TYPE_INST       = 0,
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
> > -     TYPE_DATA       = 0,
> > -#else
> > -     TYPE_DATA       = 1,
> > -#endif
> > -     TYPE_MAX
> > -};
> 
> This is rather unfortunate; you are correct that the naming is too
> generic (and I tend to agree), but I think these values are required by
> userspace to fill out:
> 
>   perf_event_attr::bp_type
> 
> So removing them will break things.
> 
> Frederic?

If user space actually relies on the definition from this header file,
then it will use the wrong one on x86 and get 'TYPE_DATA = 1', while the
kernel uses 'TYPE_DATA = 0'.

That seems unlikely to work, so I suspect it gets a different definition.
If it uses this definition and it does work, we can probably use

#if defined(__KERNEL__) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS)

but that requires a comment explaining exactly why that works.

	Arnd
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Palmer Dabbelt Sept. 17, 2015, 3:56 a.m. UTC | #5
On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 12:39:10 PDT (-0700), peterz@infradead.org wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:40:11AM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:06:07 PDT (-0700), peterz@infradead.org wrote:
>> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 03:50:43PM -0700, Palmer Dabbelt wrote:
>> >> This has a "#ifdef CONFIG_*" that used to be exposed to userspace.
>> >>
>> >> The names in here are so generic that I don't think it's a good idea
>> >> to expose them to userspace (or even the rest of the kernel).  Since
>> >> there's only one kernel user, it's been moved to that file.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
>> >> Reviewed-by: Andrew Waterman <waterman@eecs.berkeley.edu>
>> >> Reviewed-by: Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>
>> >> ---
>> >>  include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h | 10 ----------
>> >>  kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c      | 10 ++++++++++
>> >>  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
>> >> index b04000a2296a..7a6a5a7f9511 100644
>> >> --- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
>> >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
>> >> @@ -17,14 +17,4 @@ enum {
>> >>  	HW_BREAKPOINT_INVALID   = HW_BREAKPOINT_RW | HW_BREAKPOINT_X,
>> >>  };
>> >>
>> >> -enum bp_type_idx {
>> >> -	TYPE_INST 	= 0,
>> >> -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
>> >> -	TYPE_DATA	= 0,
>> >> -#else
>> >> -	TYPE_DATA	= 1,
>> >> -#endif
>> >> -	TYPE_MAX
>> >> -};
>> >
>> > This is rather unfortunate; you are correct that the naming is too
>> > generic (and I tend to agree), but I think these values are required by
>> > userspace to fill out:
>> >
>> >   perf_event_attr::bp_type
>> >
>> > So removing them will break things.
>> >
>> > Frederic?
>>
>> perf_event_open(2) says
>>
>>        bp_type (since Linux 2.6.33)
>>               This chooses the breakpoint type.  It is one of:
>>
>>               HW_BREAKPOINT_EMPTY
>>                      No breakpoint.
>>
>>               HW_BREAKPOINT_R
>>                      Count when we read the memory location.
>>
>>               HW_BREAKPOINT_W
>>                      Count when we write the memory location.
>>
>>               HW_BREAKPOINT_RW
>>                      Count when we read or write the memory location.
>>
>>               HW_BREAKPOINT_X
>>                      Count when we execute code at the memory location.
>>
>>               The values can be combined via a bitwise or, but the combination
>>               of HW_BREAKPOINT_R or HW_BREAKPOINT_W  with  HW_BREAKPOINT_X  is
>>               not allowed.
>>
>> so I think removing this enum from userspace is OK.  Did I miss
>> something?
>
> Nah, could've just been me not being awake. Unless Frederic says
> otherwise I'll chalk it up to not having drank enough morning juice.

Well, I'm going to leave this alone, then -- as Arnd pointed out in a
later email that got mis-threaded, this would be super tricky to fix
if userspace actually relied on it (which is why I was scared I was
wrong).

v4 (which is hopefully the final version of the patch set) will leave
this as it is.
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David Howells Sept. 17, 2015, 10:28 a.m. UTC | #6
Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:

> That seems unlikely to work, so I suspect it gets a different definition.
> If it uses this definition and it does work, we can probably use
> 
> #if defined(__KERNEL__) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS)
> 
> but that requires a comment explaining exactly why that works.

Are you suggesting wrapping the entire construct in this within the UAPI
header?

David
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Frederic Weisbecker Sept. 24, 2015, 12:15 p.m. UTC | #7
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 11:15:29PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 September 2015 10:06:07 Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> > > index b04000a2296a..7a6a5a7f9511 100644
> > > --- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> > > +++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
> > > @@ -17,14 +17,4 @@ enum {
> > >       HW_BREAKPOINT_INVALID   = HW_BREAKPOINT_RW | HW_BREAKPOINT_X,
> > >  };
> > >  
> > > -enum bp_type_idx {
> > > -     TYPE_INST       = 0,
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
> > > -     TYPE_DATA       = 0,
> > > -#else
> > > -     TYPE_DATA       = 1,
> > > -#endif
> > > -     TYPE_MAX
> > > -};
> > 
> > This is rather unfortunate; you are correct that the naming is too
> > generic (and I tend to agree), but I think these values are required by
> > userspace to fill out:
> > 
> >   perf_event_attr::bp_type
> > 
> > So removing them will break things.
> > 
> > Frederic?
> 
> If user space actually relies on the definition from this header file,
> then it will use the wrong one on x86 and get 'TYPE_DATA = 1', while the
> kernel uses 'TYPE_DATA = 0'.
> 
> That seems unlikely to work, so I suspect it gets a different definition.
> If it uses this definition and it does work, we can probably use
> 
> #if defined(__KERNEL__) && defined(CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS)
> 
> but that requires a comment explaining exactly why that works.

I think this TYPE_DATA/TYPE_INST can be safely removed from uapi. This is only
about internal kernel code. Userspace only relies on HW_BREAKPOINT_[R/W/X]
to tell about the nature of the breakpoint.

If userspace ever relies on it, which I have no idea why, it even needs to define
CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS. No really there shouldn't be any user of that outside
the kernel.

Thanks.

> 
> 	Arnd
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diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
index b04000a2296a..7a6a5a7f9511 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/hw_breakpoint.h
@@ -17,14 +17,4 @@  enum {
 	HW_BREAKPOINT_INVALID   = HW_BREAKPOINT_RW | HW_BREAKPOINT_X,
 };
 
-enum bp_type_idx {
-	TYPE_INST 	= 0,
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS
-	TYPE_DATA	= 0,
-#else
-	TYPE_DATA	= 1,
-#endif
-	TYPE_MAX
-};
-
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_HW_BREAKPOINT_H */
diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index 92ce5f4ccc26..5ad117e0f55b 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@  struct bp_cpuinfo {
 	unsigned int	flexible; /* XXX: placeholder, see fetch_this_slot() */
 };
 
+enum bp_type_idx {
+	TYPE_INST	= 0,
+#if defined(CONFIG_HAVE_MIXED_BREAKPOINTS_REGS)
+	TYPE_DATA	= 0,
+#else
+	TYPE_DATA	= 1,
+#endif
+	TYPE_MAX
+};
+
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct bp_cpuinfo, bp_cpuinfo[TYPE_MAX]);
 static int nr_slots[TYPE_MAX];