Merge branch 'bpf-perf'

Merge branch 'bpf-perf'

Kaixu Xia says:

====================
bpf: Introduce the new ability of eBPF programs to access hardware PMU counter

This patchset is base on the net-next:
 git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git
commit 9dc20a649609c95ce7c5ac4282656ba627b67d49.

Previous patch v6 url:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/8/4/188

changes in V7:
 - rebase the whole patch set to net-next tree(9dc20a64);
 - split out the core perf APIs into Patch 1/5;
 - change the return value of function perf_event_attrs()
   from struct perf_event * to const struct perf_event * in
   Patch 1/5;
 - rename the function perf_event_read_internal() to perf_event_
   read_local() and rewrite it in Patch 1/5;
 - rename the function check_func_limit() to check_map_func
   _compatibility() and remove the unnecessary pass pointer to
   a pointer in Patch 4/5;

changes in V6:
 - make the Patch 1/4 commit message more meaning and readable;
 - remove the unnecessary comment in Patch 2/4 and make it clean;
 - declare the function perf_event_release_kernel() in include/
   linux/perf_event.h to fix the build error when CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
   isn't configured in Patch 2/4;
 - add function perf_event_attrs() to get the struct perf_event_attr
   in Patch 2/4.
 - move the related code from kernel/trace/bpf_trace.c to kernel/
   events/core.c and add function perf_event_read_internal() to
   avoid poking inside of the event outside of perf code in Patch 3/4;
 - generial the func & map match-pair with an array in Patch 3/4;

changes in V5:
 - move struct fd_array_map_ops* fd_ops to bpf_map;
 - move array perf event decrement refcnt function to
   map_free;
 - fix the NULL ptr of perf_event_get();
 - move bpf_perf_event_read() to kernel/bpf/bpf_trace.c;
 - get rid of the remaining struct bpf_prog;
 - move the unnecessay cast on void *;

changes in V4:
 - make the bpf_prog_array_map more generic;
 - fix the bug of event refcnt leak;
 - use more useful errno in bpf_perf_event_read();

changes in V3:
 - collapse V2 patches 1-3 into one;
 - drop the function map->ops->map_traverse_elem() and release
   the struct perf_event in map_free;
 - only allow to access bpf_perf_event_read() from programs;
 - update the perf_event_array_map elem via xchg();
 - pass index directly to bpf_perf_event_read() instead of
   MAP_KEY;

changes in V2:
 - put atomic_long_inc_not_zero() between fdget() and fdput();
 - limit the event type to PERF_TYPE_RAW and PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
 - Only read the event counter on current CPU or on current
   process;
 - add new map type BPF_MAP_TYPE_PERF_EVENT_ARRAY to store the
   pointer to the struct perf_event;
 - according to the perf_event_map_fd and key, the function
   bpf_perf_event_read() can get the Hardware PMU counter value;

Patch 5/5 is a simple example and shows how to use this new eBPF
programs ability. The PMU counter data can be found in
/sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace(trace_pipe).(the cycles PMU
value when 'kprobe/sys_write' sampling)

  $ cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/trace_pipe
  $ ./tracex6
       ...
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905673: : CPU-0   681765271
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905690: : CPU-0   681787855
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905707: : CPU-0   681810504
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905725: : CPU-0   681834771
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905745: : CPU-0   681859519
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905766: : CPU-0   681890419
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905783: : CPU-0   681914045
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905800: : CPU-0   681935950
       syslog-ng-548   [000] d..1    76.905816: : CPU-0   681958299
              ls-690   [005] d..1    82.241308: : CPU-5   3138451
              sh-691   [004] d..1    82.244570: : CPU-4   7324988
           <...>-699   [007] d..1    99.961387: : CPU-7   3194027
           <...>-695   [003] d..1    99.961474: : CPU-3   288901
           <...>-695   [003] d..1    99.961541: : CPU-3   383145
           <...>-695   [003] d..1    99.961591: : CPU-3   450365
           <...>-695   [003] d..1    99.961639: : CPU-3   515751
           <...>-695   [003] d..1    99.961686: : CPU-3   579047
       ...

The detail of patches is as follow:

Patch 1/5 add the necessary core perf APIs perf_event_attrs(),
perf_event_get(),perf_event_read_local() when accessing events
counters in eBPF programs

Patch 2/5 rewrites part of the bpf_prog_array map code and make it
more generic;

Patch 3/5 introduces a new bpf map type. This map only stores the
pointer to struct perf_event;

Patch 4/5 implements function bpf_perf_event_read() that get the
selected hardware PMU conuter;

Patch 5/5 gives a simple example.
====================

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>