| //! Direct, unsafe bindings for Linux [`perf_event_open`][man] and friends. |
| //! |
| //! Linux's `perf_event_open` system call provides access to the processor's |
| //! performance measurement counters (things like instructions retired, cache |
| //! misses, and so on), kernel counters (context switches, page faults), and |
| //! many other sources of performance information. |
| //! |
| //! You can't get the `perf_event_open` function from the `libc` crate, as you |
| //! would any other system call. The Linux standard C library does not provide a |
| //! binding for this function or its associated types and constants. |
| //! |
| //! Rust analogs to the C types and constants from `<linux/perf_event.h>` and |
| //! `<linux/hw_breakpoint.h>`, generated with `bindgen`, are available in the |
| //! [`bindings`] module. |
| //! |
| //! There are several ioctls for use with `perf_event_open` file descriptors; |
| //! see the [`ioctls`] module for those. |
| //! |
| //! For a safe and convenient interface to this functionality, see the |
| //! [`perf_event`] crate. |
| //! |
| //! ## Using the raw API |
| //! |
| //! As the kernel interface evolves, the struct and union types from the |
| //! [`bindings`] module may acquire new fields. To ensure that your code will |
| //! continue to compile against newer versions of this crate, you should |
| //! construct values of these types by calling their `Default` implementations, |
| //! which return zero-filled values, and then assigning to the fields you care |
| //! about. For example: |
| //! |
| //! ``` |
| //! use perf_event_open_sys as sys; |
| //! |
| //! // Construct a zero-filled `perf_event_attr`. |
| //! let mut attrs = sys::bindings::perf_event_attr::default(); |
| //! |
| //! // Populate the fields we need. |
| //! attrs.size = std::mem::size_of::<sys::bindings::perf_event_attr>() as u32; |
| //! attrs.type_ = sys::bindings::perf_type_id_PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE; |
| //! attrs.config = sys::bindings::perf_hw_id_PERF_COUNT_HW_INSTRUCTIONS as u64; |
| //! attrs.set_disabled(1); |
| //! attrs.set_exclude_kernel(1); |
| //! attrs.set_exclude_hv(1); |
| //! |
| //! // Make the system call. |
| //! let result = unsafe { |
| //! sys::perf_event_open(&mut attrs, 0, -1, -1, 0) |
| //! }; |
| //! |
| //! if result < 0 { |
| //! // ... handle error |
| //! } |
| //! |
| //! // ... use `result` as a raw file descriptor |
| //! ``` |
| //! |
| //! It is not necessary to adjust `size` to what the running kernel expects: |
| //! older kernels can accept newer `perf_event_attr` structs, and vice versa. As |
| //! long as the `size` field was properly initialized, an error result of |
| //! `E2BIG` indicates that the `attrs` structure has requested behavior the |
| //! kernel is too old to support. |
| //! |
| //! When `E2BIG` is returned, the kernel writes the size it expected back to the |
| //! `size` field of the `attrs` struct. Again, if you want to retry the call, it |
| //! is not necessary to adjust the size you pass to match what the kernel passed |
| //! back. The size from the kernel just indicates which version of the API the |
| //! kernel supports; see the documentation for the `PERF_EVENT_ATTR_SIZE_VER...` |
| //! constants for details. |
| //! |
| //! ## Kernel versions |
| //! |
| //! The bindings in this crate are generated from the Linux kernel headers |
| //! packaged by Fedora as `kernel-headers-5.6.11-100.fc30.x86_64`, which |
| //! corresponds to `PERF_EVENT_ATTR_SIZE_VER6`. |
| //! |
| //! As explained above, bugs aside, it is not necessary to use the version of |
| //! these structures that matches the kernel you want to run under, so it should |
| //! always be acceptable to use the latest version of this crate, even if you |
| //! want to support older kernels. |
| //! |
| //! This crate's `README.md` file includes instructions on regenerating the |
| //! bindings from newer kernel headers. However, this can be a breaking change |
| //! for users that have not followed the advice above, so regeneration should |
| //! cause a major version increment. |
| //! |
| //! If you need features that are available only in a more recent version of the |
| //! types than this crate provides, please file an issue. |
| //! |
| //! ## Linux API Backward/Forward Compatibility Strategy |
| //! |
| //! (This is more detail than necessary if you just want to use the crate. I |
| //! want to write this down somewhere so that I have something to refer to when |
| //! I forget the details.) |
| //! |
| //! It is an important principle of Linux kernel development that new versions |
| //! of the kernel should not break userspace. If upgrading your kernel breaks a |
| //! user program, then that's a bug in the kernel. (This refers to the run-time |
| //! interface. I don't know what the stability rules are for the kernel headers: |
| //! can new headers cause old code to fail to compile? Anyway, run time is our |
| //! concern here.) |
| //! |
| //! But when you have an open-ended, complex system call like `perf_event_open`, |
| //! it's really important for the interface to be able to evolve. Certainly, old |
| //! programs must run properly on new kernels, but ideally, it should work the |
| //! other way, too: a program built against a newer version of the kernel |
| //! headers should run on an older kernel, as long as it only requests features |
| //! the old kernel actually supports. That is, simply compiling against newer |
| //! headers should not be disqualifying - only using those new headers to |
| //! request features the running kernel can't provide should cause an error. |
| //! |
| //! Consider the specific case of passing a struct like `perf_event_attr` to a |
| //! system call like `perf_event_open`. In general, there are two versions of |
| //! the struct in play: the version the user program was compiled against, and |
| //! the version the running kernel was compiled against. How can we let old |
| //! programs call `perf_event_open` on new kernels, and vice versa? |
| //! |
| //! Linux has a neat strategy for making this work. There are four rules: |
| //! |
| //! - Every system call that passes a struct to the kernel includes some |
| //! indication of how large userspace thinks that struct is. For |
| //! `perf_event_open`, it's the `size` field of the `perf_event_attr` |
| //! struct. For `ioctl`s that pass a struct, it's a bitfield of the |
| //! `request` value. |
| //! |
| //! - Fields are never deleted from structs. At most, newer kernel headers may |
| //! rename them to '__reserved_foo' or something like that, but once a field |
| //! has been placed, its layout in the struct never changes. |
| //! |
| //! - New fields are added to the end of structs. |
| //! |
| //! - New fields' semantics are chosen such that filling them with zeros |
| //! preserves the old behavior. That is, turning an old struct into a new |
| //! struct by extending it with zero bytes should always give you a new |
| //! struct with the same meaning the old struct had. |
| //! |
| //! Then, the kernel's strategy for receiving structs from userspace (explained |
| //! by the kernel comments for `copy_struct_from_user` in |
| //! `include/linux/uaccess.h`) is as follows: |
| //! |
| //! - If the kernel's struct is larger than the one passed from userspace, |
| //! then that means the kernel is newer than the userspace program. The |
| //! kernel copies the userspace data into the initial bytes of its own |
| //! struct, and zeros the remaining bytes. Since zeroed fields have no |
| //! effect, the resulting struct properly reflects the user's intent. |
| //! |
| //! - If the kernel's struct is smaller than the one passed from userspace, |
| //! then that means that a userspace program compiled against newer kernel |
| //! headers is running on an older kernel. The kernel checks that the excess |
| //! bytes in the userspace struct are all zero; if they are not, the system |
| //! call returns `E2BIG`, indicating that userspace has requested a feature |
| //! the kernel doesn't support. If they are all zero, then the kernel |
| //! initializes its own struct with the bytes from the start of the |
| //! userspace struct, and drops the rest. Since the dropped bytes were all |
| //! zero, they did not affect the requested behavior, and the resulting |
| //! struct reflects the user's intent. |
| //! |
| //! - In either case, the kernel verifies that any `__reserved_foo` fields in |
| //! its own version of the struct are zero. |
| //! |
| //! This covers both the old-on-new and new-on-old cases, and returns an error |
| //! only when the call requests functionality the kernel doesn't support. |
| //! |
| //! You can find one example of using `perf_event_open` in the [`perf_event`] |
| //! crate, which provides a safe interface to a subset of `perf_event_open`'s |
| //! functionality. |
| //! |
| //! [`bindings`]: bindings/index.html |
| //! [`ioctls`]: ioctls/index.html |
| //! [man]: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html |
| //! [`perf_event`]: https://crates.io/crates/perf_event |
| |
| pub mod bindings; |
| |
| use libc::pid_t; |
| use std::os::raw::{c_int, c_ulong}; |
| |
| /// The `perf_event_open` system call. |
| /// |
| /// See the [`perf_event_open(2) man page`][man] for details. |
| /// |
| /// On error, this returns a negated raw OS error value. The C `errno` value is |
| /// not changed. |
| /// |
| /// Note: The `attrs` argument needs to be a `*mut` because if the `size` field |
| /// is too small or too large, the kernel writes the size it was expecing back |
| /// into that field. It might do other things as well. |
| /// |
| /// [man]: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html |
| pub unsafe fn perf_event_open( |
| attrs: *mut bindings::perf_event_attr, |
| pid: pid_t, |
| cpu: c_int, |
| group_fd: c_int, |
| flags: c_ulong, |
| ) -> c_int { |
| libc::syscall( |
| bindings::__NR_perf_event_open as libc::c_long, |
| attrs as *const bindings::perf_event_attr, |
| pid, |
| cpu, |
| group_fd, |
| flags, |
| ) as c_int |
| } |
| |
| #[allow(dead_code, non_snake_case)] |
| pub mod ioctls { |
| //! Ioctls for use with `perf_event_open` file descriptors. |
| //! |
| //! See the [`perf_event_open(2)`][man] man page for details. |
| //! |
| //! On error, these return `-1` and set the C `errno` value. |
| //! |
| //! [man]: http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/perf_event_open.2.html |
| use crate::bindings::{self, perf_event_attr, perf_event_query_bpf}; |
| use std::os::raw::{c_char, c_int, c_uint, c_ulong}; |
| |
| macro_rules! define_ioctls { |
| ( $( $args:tt )* ) => { |
| $( |
| define_ioctl!($args); |
| )* |
| } |
| } |
| |
| macro_rules! define_ioctl { |
| ({ $name:ident, $ioctl:ident, $arg_type:ty }) => { |
| pub unsafe fn $name(fd: c_int, arg: $arg_type) -> c_int { |
| untyped_ioctl(fd, bindings::$ioctl, arg) |
| } |
| }; |
| } |
| |
| define_ioctls! { |
| { ENABLE, perf_event_ioctls_ENABLE, c_uint } |
| { DISABLE, perf_event_ioctls_DISABLE, c_uint } |
| { REFRESH, perf_event_ioctls_REFRESH, c_int } |
| { RESET, perf_event_ioctls_RESET, c_uint } |
| { PERIOD, perf_event_ioctls_PERIOD, u64 } |
| { SET_OUTPUT, perf_event_ioctls_SET_OUTPUT, c_int } |
| { SET_FILTER, perf_event_ioctls_SET_FILTER, *mut c_char } |
| { ID, perf_event_ioctls_ID, *mut u64 } |
| { SET_BPF, perf_event_ioctls_SET_BPF, u32 } |
| { PAUSE_OUTPUT, perf_event_ioctls_PAUSE_OUTPUT, u32 } |
| { QUERY_BPF, perf_event_ioctls_QUERY_BPF, *mut perf_event_query_bpf } |
| { MODIFY_ATTRIBUTES, perf_event_ioctls_MODIFY_ATTRIBUTES, *mut perf_event_attr } |
| } |
| |
| unsafe fn untyped_ioctl<A>( |
| fd: c_int, |
| ioctl: bindings::perf_event_ioctls, |
| arg: A, |
| ) -> c_int { |
| #[cfg(target_env = "musl")] |
| return libc::ioctl(fd, ioctl as c_int, arg); |
| |
| #[cfg(not(target_env = "musl"))] |
| libc::ioctl(fd, ioctl as c_ulong, arg) |
| } |
| } |