perf_counter: Add forward/backward attribute ABI compatibility
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:46:55 +0000 (12:46 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:28:52 +0000 (14:28 +0200)
Provide for means of extending the perf_counter_attr in a 'natural' way.

We allow growing the structure by appending fields at the end by specifying
the full structure size inside it.

When a new kernel sees a smaller (old) structure, it will 0 pad the tail.
When an old kernel sees a larger (new) structure, it will verify the tail
consists of 0s, otherwise fail.

If we fail due to a size-mismatch, we return -E2BIG and write the kernel's
native attribe size back into the provided structure.

Furthermore, add some attribute verification, so that we'll fail counter
creation when unknown bits are present (PERF_SAMPLE, PERF_FORMAT, or in
the __reserved fields).

(This ABI detail is introduced while keeping the existing syscall ABI.)

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
include/linux/perf_counter.h
include/linux/syscalls.h
kernel/perf_counter.c
tools/perf/perf.h

index 7c4f32f6ae1aed3b19a64c4393ba8a11a66d3d7e..1b3118a1023abfb3f8c7c3f8b0204e1f87d5d212 100644 (file)
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ enum perf_counter_sample_format {
        PERF_SAMPLE_ID                          = 1U << 6,
        PERF_SAMPLE_CPU                         = 1U << 7,
        PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD                      = 1U << 8,
+
+       PERF_SAMPLE_MAX = 1U << 9,              /* non-ABI */
 };
 
 /*
@@ -131,17 +133,26 @@ enum perf_counter_read_format {
        PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED          = 1U << 0,
        PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING          = 1U << 1,
        PERF_FORMAT_ID                          = 1U << 2,
+
+       PERF_FORMAT_MAX = 1U << 3,              /* non-ABI */
 };
 
+#define PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0    64      /* sizeof first published struct */
+
 /*
  * Hardware event to monitor via a performance monitoring counter:
  */
 struct perf_counter_attr {
+
        /*
         * Major type: hardware/software/tracepoint/etc.
         */
        __u32                   type;
-       __u32                   __reserved_1;
+
+       /*
+        * Size of the attr structure, for fwd/bwd compat.
+        */
+       __u32                   size;
 
        /*
         * Type specific configuration information.
@@ -168,12 +179,12 @@ struct perf_counter_attr {
                                comm           :  1, /* include comm data     */
                                freq           :  1, /* use freq, not period  */
 
-                               __reserved_2   : 53;
+                               __reserved_1   : 53;
 
        __u32                   wakeup_events;  /* wakeup every n events */
-       __u32                   __reserved_3;
+       __u32                   __reserved_2;
 
-       __u64                   __reserved_4;
+       __u64                   __reserved_3;
 };
 
 /*
index c6c84ad8bd7119dea51f73ab13ee34987c5d152d..418d90f5effe72ff9921a6ea066bb526a7337127 100644 (file)
@@ -758,6 +758,6 @@ int kernel_execve(const char *filename, char *const argv[], char *const envp[]);
 
 
 asmlinkage long sys_perf_counter_open(
-               const struct perf_counter_attr __user *attr_uptr,
+               struct perf_counter_attr __user *attr_uptr,
                pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags);
 #endif
index 663bbe0150573238fe4ffd3a1699edbebf34f188..29b685f551aac6aa2f5bee8e1356755ae5627001 100644 (file)
@@ -3584,6 +3584,9 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
        case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
                pmu = tp_perf_counter_init(counter);
                break;
+
+       default:
+               break;
        }
 done:
        err = 0;
@@ -3610,6 +3613,85 @@ done:
        return counter;
 }
 
+static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_counter_attr __user *uattr,
+                         struct perf_counter_attr *attr)
+{
+       int ret;
+       u32 size;
+
+       if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uattr, PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0))
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       /*
+        * zero the full structure, so that a short copy will be nice.
+        */
+       memset(attr, 0, sizeof(*attr));
+
+       ret = get_user(size, &uattr->size);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
+
+       if (size > PAGE_SIZE)   /* silly large */
+               goto err_size;
+
+       if (!size)              /* abi compat */
+               size = PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0;
+
+       if (size < PERF_ATTR_SIZE_VER0)
+               goto err_size;
+
+       /*
+        * If we're handed a bigger struct than we know of,
+        * ensure all the unknown bits are 0.
+        */
+       if (size > sizeof(*attr)) {
+               unsigned long val;
+               unsigned long __user *addr;
+               unsigned long __user *end;
+
+               addr = PTR_ALIGN((void __user *)uattr + sizeof(*attr),
+                               sizeof(unsigned long));
+               end  = PTR_ALIGN((void __user *)uattr + size,
+                               sizeof(unsigned long));
+
+               for (; addr < end; addr += sizeof(unsigned long)) {
+                       ret = get_user(val, addr);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
+                       if (val)
+                               goto err_size;
+               }
+       }
+
+       ret = copy_from_user(attr, uattr, size);
+       if (ret)
+               return -EFAULT;
+
+       /*
+        * If the type exists, the corresponding creation will verify
+        * the attr->config.
+        */
+       if (attr->type >= PERF_TYPE_MAX)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (attr->__reserved_1 || attr->__reserved_2 || attr->__reserved_3)
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (attr->sample_type & ~(PERF_SAMPLE_MAX-1))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (attr->read_format & ~(PERF_FORMAT_MAX-1))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+out:
+       return ret;
+
+err_size:
+       put_user(sizeof(*attr), &uattr->size);
+       ret = -E2BIG;
+       goto out;
+}
+
 /**
  * sys_perf_counter_open - open a performance counter, associate it to a task/cpu
  *
@@ -3619,7 +3701,7 @@ done:
  * @group_fd:          group leader counter fd
  */
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
-               const struct perf_counter_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
+               struct perf_counter_attr __user *, attr_uptr,
                pid_t, pid, int, cpu, int, group_fd, unsigned long, flags)
 {
        struct perf_counter *counter, *group_leader;
@@ -3635,8 +3717,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
        if (flags)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (copy_from_user(&attr, attr_uptr, sizeof(attr)) != 0)
-               return -EFAULT;
+       ret = perf_copy_attr(attr_uptr, &attr);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        if (!attr.exclude_kernel) {
                if (perf_paranoid_kernel() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
index af0a5046d743a22b718b0360b392cc4107fdc6ef..87a1aca4a4246e0dad3ea82276ccd5487cddacf0 100644 (file)
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ static inline unsigned long long rdclock(void)
        _min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })
 
 static inline int
-sys_perf_counter_open(struct perf_counter_attr *attr_uptr,
+sys_perf_counter_open(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
                      pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
                      unsigned long flags)
 {
-       return syscall(__NR_perf_counter_open, attr_uptr, pid, cpu,
+       attr->size = sizeof(*attr);
+       return syscall(__NR_perf_counter_open, attr, pid, cpu,
                       group_fd, flags);
 }