Like x86, some users may want to disable userspace PMU counter
altogether. Add a sysctl 'perf_user_access' file to control userspace
counter access. The default is '0' which is disabled. Writing '1'
enables access.

Note that x86 also supports writing '2' to globally enable user access.
As there's not existing userspace support to worry about, this shouldn't
be necessary for Arm. It could be added later if the need arises.

Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <redacted>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
---
v9:
 - Use sysctl instead of sysfs attr
 - Default to disabled
v8:
 - New patch

---
 arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index d07788dad388..74f77b68f5f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c

@@ -286,6 +286,21 @@ static const struct attribute_group armv8_pmuv3_events_attr_group = {
 PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(event, "config:0-15");
 PMU_FORMAT_ATTR(long, "config1:0");
 
+static int sysctl_perf_user_access __read_mostly;
+
+static struct ctl_table armv8_pmu_sysctl_table[] = {
+	{
+		.procname       = "perf_user_access",
+		.data		= &sysctl_perf_user_access,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(unsigned int),
+		.mode           = 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec_minmax,
+		.extra1		= SYSCTL_ZERO,
+		.extra2		= SYSCTL_ONE,
+	},
+	{ }
+};
+
 static inline bool armv8pmu_event_is_64bit(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	return event->attr.config1 & 0x1;

@@ -1136,6 +1151,8 @@ static int armv8_pmu_init(struct arm_pmu *cpu_pmu, char *name,
 	cpu_pmu->attr_groups[ARMPMU_ATTR_GROUP_CAPS] = caps ?
 			caps : &armv8_pmuv3_caps_attr_group;
 
+	register_sysctl("kernel", armv8_pmu_sysctl_table);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 

-- 
2.30.2


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