perf: Extend the mmap control page with time (TSC) fields

Extend the mmap control page with fields so that userspace can compute
time deltas relative to the provided time fields.

Currently only implemented for x86 with constant and nonstop TSC.
Signed-off-by: NPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Arun Sharma <asharma@fb.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-3u1jucza77j3wuvs0x2bic0f@git.kernel.orgSigned-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include <asm/compat.h>
 #include <asm/smp.h>
 #include <asm/alternative.h>
+#include <asm/timer.h>
 
 #include "perf_event.h"
 
@@ -1627,6 +1628,19 @@ static struct pmu pmu = {
 	.event_idx	= x86_pmu_event_idx,
 };
 
+void perf_update_user_clock(struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg, u64 now)
+{
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC))
+		return;
+
+	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC))
+		return;
+
+	userpg->time_mult = this_cpu_read(cyc2ns);
+	userpg->time_shift = CYC2NS_SCALE_FACTOR;
+	userpg->time_offset = this_cpu_read(cyc2ns_offset) - now;
+}
+
 /*
  * callchain support
  */

include/linux/perf_event.h

@@ -291,12 +291,14 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
 	__s64	offset;			/* add to hardware event value */
 	__u64	time_enabled;		/* time event active */
 	__u64	time_running;		/* time event on cpu */
+	__u32	time_mult, time_shift;
+	__u64	time_offset;
 
 		/*
 		 * Hole for extension of the self monitor capabilities
 		 */
 
-	__u64	__reserved[123];	/* align to 1k */
+	__u64	__reserved[121];	/* align to 1k */
 
 	/*
 	 * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.

kernel/events/core.c

@@ -3220,17 +3220,22 @@ static int perf_event_index(struct perf_event *event)
 }
 
 static void calc_timer_values(struct perf_event *event,
+				u64 *now,
 				u64 *enabled,
 				u64 *running)
 {
-	u64 now, ctx_time;
+	u64 ctx_time;
 
-	now = perf_clock();
-	ctx_time = event->shadow_ctx_time + now;
+	*now = perf_clock();
+	ctx_time = event->shadow_ctx_time + *now;
 	*enabled = ctx_time - event->tstamp_enabled;
 	*running = ctx_time - event->tstamp_running;
 }
 
+void __weak perf_update_user_clock(struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg, u64 now)
+{
+}
+
 /*
  * Callers need to ensure there can be no nesting of this function, otherwise
  * the seqlock logic goes bad. We can not serialize this because the arch
@@ -3240,7 +3245,7 @@ void perf_event_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct perf_event_mmap_page *userpg;
 	struct ring_buffer *rb;
-	u64 enabled, running;
+	u64 enabled, running, now;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
@@ -3252,7 +3257,7 @@ void perf_event_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event)
 	 * because of locking issue as we can be called in
 	 * NMI context
 	 */
-	calc_timer_values(event, &enabled, &running);
+	calc_timer_values(event, &now, &enabled, &running);
 	rb = rcu_dereference(event->rb);
 	if (!rb)
 		goto unlock;
@@ -3277,6 +3282,8 @@ void perf_event_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event)
 	userpg->time_running = running +
 			atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_running);
 
+	perf_update_user_clock(userpg, now);
+
 	barrier();
 	++userpg->lock;
 	preempt_enable();
@@ -3763,7 +3770,7 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 static void perf_output_read(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			     struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	u64 enabled = 0, running = 0;
+	u64 enabled = 0, running = 0, now;
 	u64 read_format = event->attr.read_format;
 
 	/*
@@ -3776,7 +3783,7 @@ static void perf_output_read(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 	 * NMI context
 	 */
 	if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIMES)
-		calc_timer_values(event, &enabled, &running);
+		calc_timer_values(event, &now, &enabled, &running);
 
 	if (event->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)
 		perf_output_read_group(handle, event, enabled, running);