[PATCH v8 1/2] perf: Reveal PMU type in fdinfo
From: Chun-Tse Shao
Date: Tue Jun 02 2026 - 14:16:05 EST
It gives useful info on knowing which PMUs are reserved by this process.
Also add config which would be useful.
Testing cycles:
$ ./perf stat -e cycles &
$ cat /proc/`pidof perf`/fdinfo/3
pos: 0
flags: 02000002
mnt_id: 16
ino: 3081
perf_event_attr.type: 0
perf_event_attr.config: 0x0
perf_event_attr.config1: 0x0
perf_event_attr.config2: 0x0
perf_event_attr.config3: 0x0
perf_event_attr.config4: 0x0
Testing L1-dcache-load-misses:
$ ./perf stat -e L1-dcache-load-misses &
$ cat /proc/`pidof perf`/fdinfo/3
pos: 0
flags: 02000002
mnt_id: 16
ino: 1072
perf_event_attr.type: 3
perf_event_attr.config: 0x10000
perf_event_attr.config1: 0x0
perf_event_attr.config2: 0x0
perf_event_attr.config3: 0x0
perf_event_attr.config4: 0x0
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@xxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: Gemini:gemini-3.1-pro-preview
---
v8:
- Fix a race condition on 32-bit architectures by acquiring parent or
child child_mutex inside perf_show_fdinfo() to prevent concurrent
mutations via perf_event_modify_breakpoint() from causing torn reads
of breakpoint fields (which alias config1 and config2).
- Expose missing config4 field in the fdinfo output.
---
kernel/events/core.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 29 insertions(+)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 7935d5663944..95d806bba654 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
#include <linux/percpu-rwsem.h>
#include <linux/unwind_deferred.h>
#include <linux/kvm_types.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
#include "internal.h"
@@ -7546,6 +7547,33 @@ static int perf_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
return 0;
}
+static void perf_show_fdinfo(struct seq_file *m, struct file *f)
+{
+ struct perf_event *event = f->private_data;
+ struct perf_event_context *ctx;
+ struct mutex *child_mutex;
+
+ ctx = perf_event_ctx_lock(event);
+ child_mutex = event->parent ? &event->parent->child_mutex : &event->child_mutex;
+ mutex_lock(child_mutex);
+
+ seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.type:\t%u\n", event->orig_type);
+ if (event->pmu)
+ seq_printf(m, "pmu_type:\t%u\n", event->pmu->type);
+ seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config:\t0x%llx\n", (unsigned long long)event->attr.config);
+ seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config1:\t0x%llx\n",
+ (unsigned long long)event->attr.config1);
+ seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config2:\t0x%llx\n",
+ (unsigned long long)event->attr.config2);
+ seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config3:\t0x%llx\n",
+ (unsigned long long)event->attr.config3);
+ seq_printf(m, "perf_event_attr.config4:\t0x%llx\n",
+ (unsigned long long)event->attr.config4);
+
+ mutex_unlock(child_mutex);
+ perf_event_ctx_unlock(event, ctx);
+}
+
static const struct file_operations perf_fops = {
.release = perf_release,
.read = perf_read,
@@ -7554,6 +7582,7 @@ static const struct file_operations perf_fops = {
.compat_ioctl = perf_compat_ioctl,
.mmap = perf_mmap,
.fasync = perf_fasync,
+ .show_fdinfo = perf_show_fdinfo,
};
/*
--
2.54.0.1013.g208068f2d8-goog