Merge branch 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf updates from Ingo Molnar:
 "Most of the changes are for tooling, the main changes in this cycle were:

   - Improve Intel-PT hardware tracing support, both on the kernel and
     on the tooling side: PTWRITE instruction support, power events for
     C-state tracing, etc. (Adrian Hunter)

   - Add support to measure SMI cost to the x86 architecture, with
     tooling support in 'perf stat' (Kan Liang)

   - Support function filtering in 'perf ftrace', plus related
     improvements (Namhyung Kim)

   - Allow adding and removing fields to the default 'perf script'
     columns, using + or - as field prefixes to do so (Andi Kleen)

   - Allow resolving the DSO name with 'perf script -F brstack{sym,off},dso'
     (Mark Santaniello)

   - Add perf tooling unwind support for PowerPC (Paolo Bonzini)

   - ... and various other improvements as well"

* 'perf-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (84 commits)
  perf auxtrace: Add CPU filter support
  perf intel-pt: Do not use TSC packets for calculating CPU cycles to TSC
  perf intel-pt: Update documentation to include new ptwrite and power events
  perf intel-pt: Add example script for power events and PTWRITE
  perf intel-pt: Synthesize new power and "ptwrite" events
  perf intel-pt: Move code in intel_pt_synth_events() to simplify attr setting
  perf intel-pt: Factor out intel_pt_set_event_name()
  perf intel-pt: Tidy messages into called function intel_pt_synth_event()
  perf intel-pt: Tidy Intel PT evsel lookup into separate function
  perf intel-pt: Join needlessly wrapped lines
  perf intel-pt: Remove unused instructions_sample_period
  perf intel-pt: Factor out common code synthesizing event samples
  perf script: Add synthesized Intel PT power and ptwrite events
  perf/x86/intel: Constify the 'lbr_desc[]' array and make a function static
  perf script: Add 'synth' field for synthesized event payloads
  perf auxtrace: Add itrace option to output power events
  perf auxtrace: Add itrace option to output ptwrite events
  tools include: Add byte-swapping macros to kernel.h
  perf script: Add 'synth' event type for synthesized events
  x86/insn: perf tools: Add new ptwrite instruction
  ...

kernel/events/core.c

@@ -925,11 +925,6 @@ static inline int is_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline u64 perf_cgroup_event_cgrp_time(struct perf_event *event)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static inline void update_cgrp_time_from_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 }
@@ -5729,9 +5724,6 @@ static void perf_output_read_one(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 	__output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
 }
 
-/*
- * XXX PERF_FORMAT_GROUP vs inherited events seems difficult.
- */
 static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			    struct perf_event *event,
 			    u64 enabled, u64 running)
@@ -5776,6 +5768,13 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 #define PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIMES (PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|\
 				 PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING)
 
+/*
+ * XXX PERF_SAMPLE_READ vs inherited events seems difficult.
+ *
+ * The problem is that its both hard and excessively expensive to iterate the
+ * child list, not to mention that its impossible to IPI the children running
+ * on another CPU, from interrupt/NMI context.
+ */
 static void perf_output_read(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			     struct perf_event *event)
 {
@@ -9193,7 +9192,7 @@ static int perf_try_init_event(struct pmu *pmu, struct perf_event *event)
 
 static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct pmu *pmu = NULL;
+	struct pmu *pmu;
 	int idx;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -9462,9 +9461,10 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period);
 
 	/*
-	 * we currently do not support PERF_FORMAT_GROUP on inherited events
+	 * We currently do not support PERF_SAMPLE_READ on inherited events.
+	 * See perf_output_read().
 	 */
-	if (attr->inherit && (attr->read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP))
+	if (attr->inherit && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ))
 		goto err_ns;
 
 	if (!has_branch_stack(event))
@@ -9477,9 +9477,7 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	}
 
 	pmu = perf_init_event(event);
-	if (!pmu)
-		goto err_ns;
-	else if (IS_ERR(pmu)) {
+	if (IS_ERR(pmu)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(pmu);
 		goto err_ns;
 	}
@@ -9492,8 +9490,10 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 		event->addr_filters_offs = kcalloc(pmu->nr_addr_filters,
 						   sizeof(unsigned long),
 						   GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!event->addr_filters_offs)
+		if (!event->addr_filters_offs) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto err_per_task;
+		}
 
 		/* force hw sync on the address filters */
 		event->addr_filters_gen = 1;