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drivers/perf: pmuv3: don't expose SW_INCR event in sysfs

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The SW_INCR event is somewhat unusual, and depends on the specific HW
counter that it is programmed into. When programmed into PMEVCNTR<n>,
SW_INCR will count any writes to PMSWINC_EL0 with bit n set, ignoring
writes to SW_INCR with bit n clear.

Event rotation means that there's no fixed relationship between
perf_events and HW counters, so this isn't all that useful.

Further, we program PMUSERENR.{SW,EN}=={0,0}, which causes EL0 writes to
PMSWINC_EL0 to be trapped and handled as UNDEFINED, resulting in a
SIGILL to userspace.

Given that, it's not a good idea to expose SW_INCR in sysfs. Hide it as
we did for CHAIN back in commit:

  4ba2578fa7 ("arm64: perf: don't expose CHAIN event in sysfs")

Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231204115847.2993026-1-mark.rutland@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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Mark Rutland 2023-12-04 11:58:47 +00:00 committed by Will Deacon
parent 877806b9b4
commit ca6f537e45
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drivers/perf/arm_pmuv3.c
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@ -169,7 +169,11 @@ armv8pmu_events_sysfs_show(struct device *dev,
PMU_EVENT_ATTR_ID(name, armv8pmu_events_sysfs_show, config)
static struct attribute *armv8_pmuv3_event_attrs[] = {
ARMV8_EVENT_ATTR(sw_incr, ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_SW_INCR),
/*
* Don't expose the sw_incr event in /sys. It's not usable as writes to
* PMSWINC_EL0 will trap as PMUSERENR.{SW,EN}=={0,0} and event rotation
* means we don't have a fixed event<->counter relationship regardless.
*/
ARMV8_EVENT_ATTR(l1i_cache_refill, ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_L1I_CACHE_REFILL),
ARMV8_EVENT_ATTR(l1i_tlb_refill, ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_L1I_TLB_REFILL),
ARMV8_EVENT_ATTR(l1d_cache_refill, ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL),