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[v2,2/5] perf: Allow a PMU to have a parent.

Message ID 20230324171313.18448-3-Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com
State Superseded
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Series CXL 3.0 Performance Monitoring Unit support | expand

Commit Message

Jonathan Cameron March 24, 2023, 5:13 p.m. UTC
Some PMUs have well defined parents such as PCI devices.
As the device_initialize() and device_add() are all within
pmu_dev_alloc() which is called from perf_pmu_register()
there is no opportunity to set the parent from within a driver.

Add a struct device *parent field to struct pmu and use that
to set the parent.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
 kernel/events/core.c       | 1 +
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

Comments

Liang, Kan March 27, 2023, 5:04 p.m. UTC | #1
On 2023-03-24 1:13 p.m., Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> Some PMUs have well defined parents such as PCI devices.
> As the device_initialize() and device_add() are all within
> pmu_dev_alloc() which is called from perf_pmu_register()
> there is no opportunity to set the parent from within a driver.
> 
> Add a struct device *parent field to struct pmu and use that
> to set the parent.

Why we want a PMU parent? Maybe I missed it. I don't see that the parent
is used anywhere.

Thanks,
Kan

> 
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
>  kernel/events/core.c       | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index d5628a7b5eaa..b99db1eda72c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ struct pmu {
>  
>  	struct module			*module;
>  	struct device			*dev;
> +	struct device			*parent;
>  	const struct attribute_group	**attr_groups;
>  	const struct attribute_group	**attr_update;
>  	const char			*name;
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index fb3e436bcd4a..a84c282221f2 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -11367,6 +11367,7 @@ static int pmu_dev_alloc(struct pmu *pmu)
>  
>  	dev_set_drvdata(pmu->dev, pmu);
>  	pmu->dev->bus = &pmu_bus;
> +	pmu->dev->parent = pmu->parent;
>  	pmu->dev->release = pmu_dev_release;
>  
>  	ret = dev_set_name(pmu->dev, "%s", pmu->name);
Jonathan Cameron March 28, 2023, 10:54 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:04:08 -0400
"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> On 2023-03-24 1:13 p.m., Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > Some PMUs have well defined parents such as PCI devices.
> > As the device_initialize() and device_add() are all within
> > pmu_dev_alloc() which is called from perf_pmu_register()
> > there is no opportunity to set the parent from within a driver.
> > 
> > Add a struct device *parent field to struct pmu and use that
> > to set the parent.  
> 
> Why we want a PMU parent? Maybe I missed it. I don't see that the parent
> is used anywhere.

This allows you to identify the association between PMU and the hardware related
device that is providing it by looking at the directory structure in sysfs rather
than putting them directly under /sys/devices.

ls -l /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/

... armv8_pmuv3_0 -> ../../../devices/arm8_pmuv3_0
... breakpoint -> ../../../devices/breakpoint
... cpmu0 -> ../../../devices/pci0000:0c/0000:0c:00.0/0000:0d:00.0/cpmu0/cpmu0
etc

(the first cpmu0 is the parent registered as a child of the PCI EP and used for
 driver binding).  So it's of use to userspace rather than in the kernel driver
itself.

Note that almost nothing is normally in the top level /sys/devices other than
event_sources - because nearly all other struct device instances created by
subsystems have parents assigned.

On my system

ls /sys/devices

armv8_pmuv3_0	LNXSYSTEM:00	pci0000:0c	pnp0		system		uprobe
breakpoint	pci0000:00	platform	software	tracepoint	virtual

+CC Greg KH for input on whether / why this make sense.

Thanks,

Jonathan

> 
> Thanks,
> Kan
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Cameron <Jonathan.Cameron@huawei.com>
> > ---
> >  include/linux/perf_event.h | 1 +
> >  kernel/events/core.c       | 1 +
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> > index d5628a7b5eaa..b99db1eda72c 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> > @@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ struct pmu {
> >  
> >  	struct module			*module;
> >  	struct device			*dev;
> > +	struct device			*parent;
> >  	const struct attribute_group	**attr_groups;
> >  	const struct attribute_group	**attr_update;
> >  	const char			*name;
> > diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> > index fb3e436bcd4a..a84c282221f2 100644
> > --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> > @@ -11367,6 +11367,7 @@ static int pmu_dev_alloc(struct pmu *pmu)
> >  
> >  	dev_set_drvdata(pmu->dev, pmu);
> >  	pmu->dev->bus = &pmu_bus;
> > +	pmu->dev->parent = pmu->parent;
> >  	pmu->dev->release = pmu_dev_release;
> >  
> >  	ret = dev_set_name(pmu->dev, "%s", pmu->name);  
>
Greg KH March 28, 2023, 11:01 a.m. UTC | #3
On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:54:44AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:04:08 -0400
> "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 2023-03-24 1:13 p.m., Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > > Some PMUs have well defined parents such as PCI devices.
> > > As the device_initialize() and device_add() are all within
> > > pmu_dev_alloc() which is called from perf_pmu_register()
> > > there is no opportunity to set the parent from within a driver.
> > > 
> > > Add a struct device *parent field to struct pmu and use that
> > > to set the parent.  
> > 
> > Why we want a PMU parent? Maybe I missed it. I don't see that the parent
> > is used anywhere.
> 
> This allows you to identify the association between PMU and the hardware related
> device that is providing it by looking at the directory structure in sysfs rather
> than putting them directly under /sys/devices.
> 
> ls -l /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/
> 
> ... armv8_pmuv3_0 -> ../../../devices/arm8_pmuv3_0
> ... breakpoint -> ../../../devices/breakpoint
> ... cpmu0 -> ../../../devices/pci0000:0c/0000:0c:00.0/0000:0d:00.0/cpmu0/cpmu0
> etc
> 
> (the first cpmu0 is the parent registered as a child of the PCI EP and used for
>  driver binding).  So it's of use to userspace rather than in the kernel driver
> itself.
> 
> Note that almost nothing is normally in the top level /sys/devices other than
> event_sources - because nearly all other struct device instances created by
> subsystems have parents assigned.
> 
> On my system
> 
> ls /sys/devices
> 
> armv8_pmuv3_0	LNXSYSTEM:00	pci0000:0c	pnp0		system		uprobe
> breakpoint	pci0000:00	platform	software	tracepoint	virtual
> 
> +CC Greg KH for input on whether / why this make sense.

That doesn't make sense, nothing should be in /sys/devices/ EXCEPT the
root device of busses.  Everything else is wrong and should have their
code fixed up (i.e. "breakpoint", "software", etc.)

thanks,

greg k-h
Jonathan Cameron March 29, 2023, 8:55 a.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:01:08 +0200
Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:54:44AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:04:08 -0400
> > "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > On 2023-03-24 1:13 p.m., Jonathan Cameron wrote:  
> > > > Some PMUs have well defined parents such as PCI devices.
> > > > As the device_initialize() and device_add() are all within
> > > > pmu_dev_alloc() which is called from perf_pmu_register()
> > > > there is no opportunity to set the parent from within a driver.
> > > > 
> > > > Add a struct device *parent field to struct pmu and use that
> > > > to set the parent.    
> > > 
> > > Why we want a PMU parent? Maybe I missed it. I don't see that the parent
> > > is used anywhere.  
> > 
> > This allows you to identify the association between PMU and the hardware related
> > device that is providing it by looking at the directory structure in sysfs rather
> > than putting them directly under /sys/devices.
> > 
> > ls -l /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/
> > 
> > ... armv8_pmuv3_0 -> ../../../devices/arm8_pmuv3_0
> > ... breakpoint -> ../../../devices/breakpoint
> > ... cpmu0 -> ../../../devices/pci0000:0c/0000:0c:00.0/0000:0d:00.0/cpmu0/cpmu0
> > etc
> > 
> > (the first cpmu0 is the parent registered as a child of the PCI EP and used for
> >  driver binding).  So it's of use to userspace rather than in the kernel driver
> > itself.
> > 
> > Note that almost nothing is normally in the top level /sys/devices other than
> > event_sources - because nearly all other struct device instances created by
> > subsystems have parents assigned.
> > 
> > On my system
> > 
> > ls /sys/devices
> > 
> > armv8_pmuv3_0	LNXSYSTEM:00	pci0000:0c	pnp0		system		uprobe
> > breakpoint	pci0000:00	platform	software	tracepoint	virtual
> > 
> > +CC Greg KH for input on whether / why this make sense.  
> 
> That doesn't make sense, nothing should be in /sys/devices/ EXCEPT the
> root device of busses.  Everything else is wrong and should have their
> code fixed up (i.e. "breakpoint", "software", etc.)

Thanks Greg.

I was thinking to cycle back round to that once I'd got agreement on 'some' devices,
but great to have clarity from the start that these should all have
parents.

For a few cases the parent is not immediately obvious but we'll figure it out.

Jonathan


> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
Greg KH March 29, 2023, 9:03 a.m. UTC | #5
On Wed, Mar 29, 2023 at 09:55:04AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:01:08 +0200
> Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:54:44AM +0100, Jonathan Cameron wrote:
> > > On Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:04:08 -0400
> > > "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > On 2023-03-24 1:13 p.m., Jonathan Cameron wrote:  
> > > > > Some PMUs have well defined parents such as PCI devices.
> > > > > As the device_initialize() and device_add() are all within
> > > > > pmu_dev_alloc() which is called from perf_pmu_register()
> > > > > there is no opportunity to set the parent from within a driver.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Add a struct device *parent field to struct pmu and use that
> > > > > to set the parent.    
> > > > 
> > > > Why we want a PMU parent? Maybe I missed it. I don't see that the parent
> > > > is used anywhere.  
> > > 
> > > This allows you to identify the association between PMU and the hardware related
> > > device that is providing it by looking at the directory structure in sysfs rather
> > > than putting them directly under /sys/devices.
> > > 
> > > ls -l /sys/bus/event_sources/devices/
> > > 
> > > ... armv8_pmuv3_0 -> ../../../devices/arm8_pmuv3_0
> > > ... breakpoint -> ../../../devices/breakpoint
> > > ... cpmu0 -> ../../../devices/pci0000:0c/0000:0c:00.0/0000:0d:00.0/cpmu0/cpmu0
> > > etc
> > > 
> > > (the first cpmu0 is the parent registered as a child of the PCI EP and used for
> > >  driver binding).  So it's of use to userspace rather than in the kernel driver
> > > itself.
> > > 
> > > Note that almost nothing is normally in the top level /sys/devices other than
> > > event_sources - because nearly all other struct device instances created by
> > > subsystems have parents assigned.
> > > 
> > > On my system
> > > 
> > > ls /sys/devices
> > > 
> > > armv8_pmuv3_0	LNXSYSTEM:00	pci0000:0c	pnp0		system		uprobe
> > > breakpoint	pci0000:00	platform	software	tracepoint	virtual
> > > 
> > > +CC Greg KH for input on whether / why this make sense.  
> > 
> > That doesn't make sense, nothing should be in /sys/devices/ EXCEPT the
> > root device of busses.  Everything else is wrong and should have their
> > code fixed up (i.e. "breakpoint", "software", etc.)
> 
> Thanks Greg.
> 
> I was thinking to cycle back round to that once I'd got agreement on 'some' devices,
> but great to have clarity from the start that these should all have
> parents.
> 
> For a few cases the parent is not immediately obvious but we'll figure it out.

If there is no "real" parent, then it is a virtual device and belongs
under the "virtual" directory.  Otherwise why are these "devices" at all
with such generic names?

thanks,

greg k-h
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diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index d5628a7b5eaa..b99db1eda72c 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@  struct pmu {
 
 	struct module			*module;
 	struct device			*dev;
+	struct device			*parent;
 	const struct attribute_group	**attr_groups;
 	const struct attribute_group	**attr_update;
 	const char			*name;
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index fb3e436bcd4a..a84c282221f2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11367,6 +11367,7 @@  static int pmu_dev_alloc(struct pmu *pmu)
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(pmu->dev, pmu);
 	pmu->dev->bus = &pmu_bus;
+	pmu->dev->parent = pmu->parent;
 	pmu->dev->release = pmu_dev_release;
 
 	ret = dev_set_name(pmu->dev, "%s", pmu->name);