Adds bit perf_event_attr::remove_on_exec, to support removing an event
from a task on exec.
This option supports the case where an event is supposed to be
process-wide only, and should not propagate beyond exec, to limit
monitoring to the original process image only.
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <pet...@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <el...@google.com>
---
v3:
* Rework based on Peter's "perf: Rework perf_event_exit_event()" added
to the beginning of the series. Intermediate attempts between v2 and
this v3 can be found here:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/yfm6aaksrlf2n...@elver.google.com
v2:
* Add patch to series.
---
include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 +-
kernel/events/core.c | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
index 813efb65fea8..8c5b9f5ad63f 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
text_poke : 1, /* include text poke
events */
build_id : 1, /* use build id in mmap2
events */
inherit_thread : 1, /* children only inherit
if cloned with CLONE_THREAD */
- __reserved_1 : 28;
+ remove_on_exec : 1, /* event is removed from
task on exec */
+ __reserved_1 : 27;
union {
__u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 224cbcf6125a..b6434697c516 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4247,6 +4247,57 @@ static void perf_event_enable_on_exec(int ctxn)
put_ctx(clone_ctx);
}
+static void perf_remove_from_owner(struct perf_event *event);
+static void perf_event_exit_event(struct perf_event *event,
+ struct perf_event_context *ctx);
+
+/*
+ * Removes all events from the current task that have been marked
+ * remove-on-exec, and feeds their values back to parent events.
+ */
+static void perf_event_remove_on_exec(int ctxn)
+{
+ struct perf_event_context *ctx, *clone_ctx = NULL;
+ struct perf_event *event, *next;
+ LIST_HEAD(free_list);
+ unsigned long flags;
+ bool modified = false;
+
+ ctx = perf_pin_task_context(current, ctxn);
+ if (!ctx)
+ return;
+
+ mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->task != current))
+ goto unlock;
+
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(event, next, &ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+ if (!event->attr.remove_on_exec)
+ continue;
+
+ if (!is_kernel_event(event))
+ perf_remove_from_owner(event);
+
+ modified = true;
+
+ perf_event_exit_event(event, ctx);
+ }
+
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
+ if (modified)
+ clone_ctx = unclone_ctx(ctx);
+ --ctx->pin_count;
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
+
+unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+
+ put_ctx(ctx);
+ if (clone_ctx)
+ put_ctx(clone_ctx);
+}
+
struct perf_read_data {
struct perf_event *event;
bool group;
@@ -7559,18 +7610,18 @@ void perf_event_exec(void)
struct perf_event_context *ctx;
int ctxn;
- rcu_read_lock();
for_each_task_context_nr(ctxn) {
- ctx = current->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn];
- if (!ctx)
- continue;
-
perf_event_enable_on_exec(ctxn);
+ perf_event_remove_on_exec(ctxn);
- perf_iterate_ctx(ctx, perf_event_addr_filters_exec, NULL,
- true);
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ctx = rcu_dereference(current->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn]);
+ if (ctx) {
+ perf_iterate_ctx(ctx, perf_event_addr_filters_exec,
+ NULL, true);
+ }
+ rcu_read_unlock();
}
- rcu_read_unlock();
}
struct remote_output {
@@ -11652,6 +11703,9 @@ static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user
*uattr,
if (!attr->inherit && attr->inherit_thread)
return -EINVAL;
+ if (attr->remove_on_exec && attr->enable_on_exec)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
out:
return ret;
--
2.31.0.291.g576ba9dcdaf-goog
