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Oleg Nesterov committed 31ba334836c
uprobes/perf: Teach trace_uprobe/perf code to pre-filter Finally implement uprobe_perf_filter() which checks ->nr_systemwide or ->perf_events to figure out whether we need to insert the breakpoint. uprobe_perf_open/close are changed to do uprobe_apply(true/false) when the new perf event comes or goes away. Note that currently this is very suboptimal: - uprobe_register() called by TRACE_REG_PERF_REGISTER becomes a heavy nop, consumer->filter() always returns F at this stage. As it was already discussed we need uprobe_register_only() to avoid the costly register_for_each_vma() when possible. - uprobe_apply() is oftenly overkill. Unless "nr_systemwide != 0" changes we need uprobe_apply_mm(), unapply_uprobe() is almost what we need. - uprobe_apply() can be simply avoided sometimes, see the next changes. Testing: # perf probe -x /lib/libc.so.6 syscall # perl -e 'syscall -1 while 1' & [1] 530 # perf record -e probe_libc:syscall perl -e 'syscall -1 for 1..10; sleep 1' # perf report --show-total-period 100.00% 10 perl libc-2.8.so [.] syscall Before this patch: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_profile /lib/libc.so.6 syscall 79291 A huge ->nrhit == 79291 reflects the fact that the background process 530 constantly hits this breakpoint too, even if doesn't contribute to the output. After the patch: # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/uprobe_profile /lib/libc.so.6 syscall 10 This shows that only the target process was punished by int3. Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>