perf/arch: Record sample last_period before updating on the x86 and PowerPC platforms

This change alters the PowerPC and x86 driver implementations to record
the last sample period before the event is updated for the next period.

A common pattern in PMU driver implementations is to have a
"*_event_set_period" function which takes care of updating the various
period-related fields in a perf_event structure. In most cases, the
drivers choose to call this function after initializing a sample data
structure with perf_sample_data_init. The x86 and PowerPC drivers
deviate from this, choosing to update the period before initializing the
sample data. When using an event with an alternate sample period, this
causes an incorrect period to be written to the sample data that gets
reported to userspace.

Signed-off-by: Mark Barnett <mark.barnett@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250408171530.140858-2-mark.barnett@arm.com

5 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
index b906d28f74fd..42ff4d167acc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-book3s.c
@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 			       struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	u64 period = event->hw.sample_period;
+	const u64 last_period = event->hw.last_period;
 	s64 prev, delta, left;
 	int record = 0;
 
@@ -2320,7 +2321,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 	if (record) {
 		struct perf_sample_data data;
 
-		perf_sample_data_init(&data, ~0ULL, event->hw.last_period);
+		perf_sample_data_init(&data, ~0ULL, last_period);
 
 		if (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR_TYPE)
 			perf_get_data_addr(event, regs, &data.addr);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
index 1a53ab08447c..d2ffcc7021c5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/perf/core-fsl-emb.c
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 			       struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	u64 period = event->hw.sample_period;
+	const u64 last_period = event->hw.last_period;
 	s64 prev, delta, left;
 	int record = 0;
 
@@ -632,7 +633,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long val,
 	if (record) {
 		struct perf_sample_data data;
 
-		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, event->hw.last_period);
+		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, last_period);
 
 		if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
 			fsl_emb_pmu_stop(event, 0);
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index f53ae1fd986f..cae213296a63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -1684,6 +1684,7 @@ int x86_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc;
 	struct perf_event *event;
 	int idx, handled = 0;
+	u64 last_period;
 	u64 val;
 
 	cpuc = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_hw_events);
@@ -1703,6 +1704,7 @@ int x86_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 			continue;
 
 		event = cpuc->events[idx];
+		last_period = event->hw.last_period;
 
 		val = static_call(x86_pmu_update)(event);
 		if (val & (1ULL << (x86_pmu.cntval_bits - 1)))
@@ -1716,7 +1718,7 @@ int x86_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
 		if (!static_call(x86_pmu_set_period)(event))
 			continue;
 
-		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, event->hw.last_period);
+		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, last_period);
 
 		perf_sample_save_brstack(&data, event, &cpuc->lbr_stack, NULL);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 3152a018c502..0ceaa1b07019 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -3223,6 +3223,7 @@ static int handle_pmi_common(struct pt_regs *regs, u64 status)
 
 	for_each_set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&status, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
 		struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[bit];
+		u64 last_period;
 
 		handled++;
 
@@ -3250,10 +3251,12 @@ static int handle_pmi_common(struct pt_regs *regs, u64 status)
 		if (is_pebs_counter_event_group(event))
 			x86_pmu.drain_pebs(regs, &data);
 
+		last_period = event->hw.last_period;
+
 		if (!intel_pmu_save_and_restart(event))
 			continue;
 
-		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, event->hw.last_period);
+		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, last_period);
 
 		if (has_branch_stack(event))
 			intel_pmu_lbr_save_brstack(&data, cpuc, event);
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/knc.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/knc.c
index 034a1f6a457c..3e8ec049b46d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/knc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/knc.c
@@ -241,16 +241,18 @@ again:
 
 	for_each_set_bit(bit, (unsigned long *)&status, X86_PMC_IDX_MAX) {
 		struct perf_event *event = cpuc->events[bit];
+		u64 last_period;
 
 		handled++;
 
 		if (!test_bit(bit, cpuc->active_mask))
 			continue;
 
+		last_period = event->hw.last_period;
 		if (!intel_pmu_save_and_restart(event))
 			continue;
 
-		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, event->hw.last_period);
+		perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, last_period);
 
 		if (perf_event_overflow(event, &data, regs))
 			x86_pmu_stop(event, 0);