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SubjectRe: [PATCH bpf,perf]] bpf,perf: return EOPNOTSUPP for attaching bpf handler on PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY
On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 08:07:29AM -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 14, 2020 at 5:53 AM Florian Lehner <dev@der-flo.net> wrote:
> >
> > At the moment it is not possible to attach a bpf handler to a perf event
> > of type PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE with a configuration of PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY.
>
> It is possible or it is not possible?
>
> Such "commit log as an abstract statement" patches are a mystery to a reader.
> Please explain what problem you're trying to solve and how it's being addressed.

Perf events of type software/dummy are just placeholder events and don't
require a counting event. So attaching the bpf handler to the
overflow_handler of this event does not trigger the execution of the bpf
handler.
So the idea of this fix was to indicate to the user that attaching a bpf
handler to such a perf event is not (yet) supported.

> > Signed-off-by: Florian Lehner <dev@der-flo.net>
> > ---
> > kernel/events/core.c | 4 ++++
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> > index da467e1dd49a..4e8846b7ceda 100644
> > --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> > @@ -9668,6 +9668,10 @@ static int perf_event_set_bpf_handler(struct perf_event *event, u32 prog_fd)
> > if (event->prog)
> > return -EEXIST;
> >
> > + if (event->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE &&
> > + event->attr.config == PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY)
> > + return -EOPNOTSUPP;
>
> Is it a fix or a feature?
> If it is a fix please add 'Fixes:' tag.

I was not sure how to address it and so I have chosen PATCH. As bpf
handlers are still not executed on such events, I also would not call it
a feature.

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