linux/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
Adrian Hunter a5b0153c88 perf tools: Fix CLOEXEC probe for perf_event_paranoid == 2
With /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid set to 2, the probe of
PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC would fail.  Fix by excluding kernel profiling from
the probe event.

Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1407855871-15024-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
2014-08-13 15:58:08 -03:00

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#include "util.h"
#include "../perf.h"
#include "cloexec.h"
#include "asm/bug.h"
static unsigned long flag = PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC;
static int perf_flag_probe(void)
{
/* use 'safest' configuration as used in perf_evsel__fallback() */
struct perf_event_attr attr = {
.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE,
.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK,
.exclude_kernel = 1,
};
int fd;
int err;
/* check cloexec flag */
fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1,
PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC);
err = errno;
if (fd >= 0) {
close(fd);
return 1;
}
WARN_ONCE(err != EINVAL && err != EBUSY,
"perf_event_open(..., PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC) failed with unexpected error %d (%s)\n",
err, strerror(err));
/* not supported, confirm error related to PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC */
fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, 0, -1, -1, 0);
err = errno;
if (WARN_ONCE(fd < 0 && err != EBUSY,
"perf_event_open(..., 0) failed unexpectedly with error %d (%s)\n",
err, strerror(err)))
return -1;
close(fd);
return 0;
}
unsigned long perf_event_open_cloexec_flag(void)
{
static bool probed;
if (!probed) {
if (perf_flag_probe() <= 0)
flag = 0;
probed = true;
}
return flag;
}