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[v3,0/3] Use BPF filters for a "perf top -u" workaround

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Ian Rogers May 24, 2024, 8:52 p.m. UTC
Allow uid and gid to be terms in BPF filters by first breaking the
connection between filter terms and PERF_SAMPLE_xx values. Calculate
the uid and gid using the bpf_get_current_uid_gid helper, rather than
from a value in the sample. Allow filters to be passed to perf top, this allows:

$ perf top -e cycles:P --filter "uid == $(id -u)"

to work as a "perf top -u" workaround, as "perf top -u" usually fails
due to processes/threads terminating between the /proc scan and the
perf_event_open.

v3. Move PERF_SAMPLE_xx asserts to sample_filter.bpf.c to avoid
    conflicting definitions between vmlinux.h and perf_event.h as
    reported by Namhyung.
v2. Allow PERF_SAMPLE_xx to be computed from the PBF_TERM_xx value
    using a shift as requested by Namhyung.

Ian Rogers (3):
  perf bpf filter: Give terms their own enum
  perf bpf filter: Add uid and gid terms
  perf top: Allow filters on events

 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt     |  2 +-
 tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt        |  4 ++
 tools/perf/builtin-top.c                     |  9 +++
 tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c                 | 33 +++++----
 tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.h                 |  5 +-
 tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.l                 | 66 +++++++++---------
 tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.y                 |  7 +-
 tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample-filter.h     | 40 ++++++++++-
 tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.bpf.c | 73 +++++++++++++++-----
 9 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

Comments

Namhyung Kim May 30, 2024, 6:03 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 1:52 PM Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> wrote:
>
> Allow uid and gid to be terms in BPF filters by first breaking the
> connection between filter terms and PERF_SAMPLE_xx values. Calculate
> the uid and gid using the bpf_get_current_uid_gid helper, rather than
> from a value in the sample. Allow filters to be passed to perf top, this allows:
>
> $ perf top -e cycles:P --filter "uid == $(id -u)"
>
> to work as a "perf top -u" workaround, as "perf top -u" usually fails
> due to processes/threads terminating between the /proc scan and the
> perf_event_open.
>
> v3. Move PERF_SAMPLE_xx asserts to sample_filter.bpf.c to avoid
>     conflicting definitions between vmlinux.h and perf_event.h as
>     reported by Namhyung.
> v2. Allow PERF_SAMPLE_xx to be computed from the PBF_TERM_xx value
>     using a shift as requested by Namhyung.
>
> Ian Rogers (3):
>   perf bpf filter: Give terms their own enum
>   perf bpf filter: Add uid and gid terms
>   perf top: Allow filters on events

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung

>
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt     |  2 +-
>  tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt        |  4 ++
>  tools/perf/builtin-top.c                     |  9 +++
>  tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c                 | 33 +++++----
>  tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.h                 |  5 +-
>  tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.l                 | 66 +++++++++---------
>  tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.y                 |  7 +-
>  tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample-filter.h     | 40 ++++++++++-
>  tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.bpf.c | 73 +++++++++++++++-----
>  9 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.45.1.288.g0e0cd299f1-goog
>
Namhyung Kim May 31, 2024, 9:14 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 24 May 2024 13:52:24 -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Allow uid and gid to be terms in BPF filters by first breaking the
> connection between filter terms and PERF_SAMPLE_xx values. Calculate
> the uid and gid using the bpf_get_current_uid_gid helper, rather than
> from a value in the sample. Allow filters to be passed to perf top, this allows:
> 
> $ perf top -e cycles:P --filter "uid == $(id -u)"
> 
> [...]

Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

[1/3] perf bpf filter: Give terms their own enum
      commit: 63b9cbd7941aa9ec5cb61567042176c4ce04b020
[2/3] perf bpf filter: Add uid and gid terms
      commit: d92aa899fe0a66350303a1986d6dc7ec4b3a1ea7
[3/3] perf top: Allow filters on events
      commit: af752016340021d433a962063067e819dba889b1

Best regards,