Re: [PATCH V9 10/10] arm64/perf: Implement branch records save on PMU IRQ

From: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
To: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, will@kernel.org,
	catalin.marinas@arm.com, mark.rutland@arm.com
Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
	Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
	Suzuki Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V9 10/10] arm64/perf: Implement branch records save on PMU IRQ
Date: Tue, 23 May 2023 15:51:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <641cb79d-fe79-3873-3698-fec66a4e3253@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83cac0ae-7e82-d67e-c854-941c65dae79e@arm.com>

On 23/05/2023 15:39, James Clark wrote:
> 
> 
> On 15/03/2023 05:14, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>> This modifies armv8pmu_branch_read() to concatenate live entries along with
>> task context stored entries and then process the resultant buffer to create
>> perf branch entry array for perf_sample_data. It follows the same principle
>> like task sched out.
>>
>> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
>> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
>> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
>> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
>> ---
> 
> [...]
> 
>>  void armv8pmu_branch_read(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc, struct perf_event *event)
>>  {
>>  	struct brbe_hw_attr *brbe_attr = (struct brbe_hw_attr *)cpuc->percpu_pmu->private;
>> +	struct arm64_perf_task_context *task_ctx = event->pmu_ctx->task_ctx_data;
>> +	struct brbe_regset live[BRBE_MAX_ENTRIES];
>> +	int nr_live, nr_store;
>>  	u64 brbfcr, brbcr;
>> -	int idx, loop1_idx1, loop1_idx2, loop2_idx1, loop2_idx2, count;
>>  
>>  	brbcr = read_sysreg_s(SYS_BRBCR_EL1);
>>  	brbfcr = read_sysreg_s(SYS_BRBFCR_EL1);
>> @@ -739,36 +743,13 @@ void armv8pmu_branch_read(struct pmu_hw_events *cpuc, struct perf_event *event)
>>  	write_sysreg_s(brbfcr | BRBFCR_EL1_PAUSED, SYS_BRBFCR_EL1);
>>  	isb();
>>  
>> -	/* Determine the indices for each loop */
>> -	loop1_idx1 = BRBE_BANK0_IDX_MIN;
>> -	if (brbe_attr->brbe_nr <= BRBE_BANK_MAX_ENTRIES) {
>> -		loop1_idx2 = brbe_attr->brbe_nr - 1;
>> -		loop2_idx1 = BRBE_BANK1_IDX_MIN;
>> -		loop2_idx2 = BRBE_BANK0_IDX_MAX;
>> -	} else {
>> -		loop1_idx2 = BRBE_BANK0_IDX_MAX;
>> -		loop2_idx1 = BRBE_BANK1_IDX_MIN;
>> -		loop2_idx2 = brbe_attr->brbe_nr - 1;
>> -	}
>> -
>> -	/* Loop through bank 0 */
>> -	select_brbe_bank(BRBE_BANK_IDX_0);
>> -	for (idx = 0, count = loop1_idx1; count <= loop1_idx2; idx++, count++) {
>> -		if (!capture_branch_entry(cpuc, event, idx))
>> -			goto skip_bank_1;
>> -	}
>> -
>> -	/* Loop through bank 1 */
>> -	select_brbe_bank(BRBE_BANK_IDX_1);
>> -	for (count = loop2_idx1; count <= loop2_idx2; idx++, count++) {
>> -		if (!capture_branch_entry(cpuc, event, idx))
>> -			break;
>> -	}
>> -
>> -skip_bank_1:
>> -	cpuc->branches->branch_stack.nr = idx;
>> -	cpuc->branches->branch_stack.hw_idx = -1ULL;
>> +	nr_live = capture_brbe_regset(brbe_attr, live);
>> +	nr_store = task_ctx->nr_brbe_records;
>> +	nr_store = stitch_stored_live_entries(task_ctx->store, live, nr_store,
>> +					      nr_live, brbe_attr->brbe_nr);
>> +	process_branch_entries(cpuc, event, task_ctx->store, nr_store);
> 
> Hi Anshuman,
> 
> With the following command I get a crash:
> 
>   perf record --branch-filter any,save_type -a -- ls
> 
> [  101.171822] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
> virtual address 0000000000000600
> ...
> [145380.414654] Call trace:
> [145380.414739]  armv8pmu_branch_read+0x7c/0x578
> [145380.414895]  armv8pmu_handle_irq+0x104/0x1c0
> [145380.415043]  armpmu_dispatch_irq+0x38/0x70
> [145380.415209]  __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x124/0x3b8
> [145380.415392]  handle_irq_event+0x54/0xc8
> [145380.415567]  handle_fasteoi_irq+0x100/0x1e0
> [145380.415718]  generic_handle_domain_irq+0x38/0x58
> [145380.415895]  gic_handle_irq+0x5c/0x130
> [145380.416025]  call_on_irq_stack+0x24/0x58
> [145380.416173]  el1_interrupt+0x74/0xc0
> [145380.416321]  el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x28
> [145380.416475]  el1h_64_irq+0x64/0x68
> [145380.416604]  smp_call_function_single+0xe8/0x1f0
> [145380.416745]  event_function_call+0xbc/0x1c8
> [145380.416919]  _perf_event_enable+0x84/0xa0
> [145380.417069]  perf_ioctl+0xe8/0xd68
> [145380.417204]  __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x9c/0xe0
> [145380.417353]  invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x120
> [145380.417523]  el0_svc_common+0xd0/0x120
> [145380.417693]  do_el0_svc+0x3c/0xb8
> [145380.417859]  el0_svc+0x50/0xc0
> [145380.418004]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x84/0xf0
> [145380.418160]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x198
> 
> When using --branch-filter any,u without -a it seems to be fine so could
> be that task_ctx is null in per-cpu mode, or something to do with the
> userspace only flag?
> 
> I'm also wondering if it's possible to collapse some of the last 5
> commits? They seem to mostly modify things in brbe.c which is a new file
> so the history probably isn't important at this point it just makes it a
> bit harder to review.
> 

I realised I just tested V9 instead of V10 but I diffed them and don't
see anything that would change this issue so it's probably on both versions.

>>  	process_branch_aborts(cpuc);
>> +	task_ctx->nr_brbe_records = 0;
>>  
>>  	/* Unpause the buffer */
>>  	write_sysreg_s(brbfcr & ~BRBFCR_EL1_PAUSED, SYS_BRBFCR_EL1);