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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/* Manage affinity to optimize IPIs inside the kernel perf API. */
+#define _GNU_SOURCE 1
+#include <sched.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
+#include <linux/zalloc.h>
+#include "perf.h"
+#include "cpumap.h"
+#include "affinity.h"
+
+static int get_cpu_set_size(void)
+{
+ int sz = cpu__max_cpu() + 8 - 1;
+ /*
+ * sched_getaffinity doesn't like masks smaller than the kernel.
+ * Hopefully that's big enough.
+ */
+ if (sz < 4096)
+ sz = 4096;
+ return sz / 8;
+}
+
+int affinity__setup(struct affinity *a)
+{
+ int cpu_set_size = get_cpu_set_size();
+
+ a->orig_cpus = bitmap_alloc(cpu_set_size * 8);
+ if (!a->orig_cpus)
+ return -1;
+ sched_getaffinity(0, cpu_set_size, (cpu_set_t *)a->orig_cpus);
+ a->sched_cpus = bitmap_alloc(cpu_set_size * 8);
+ if (!a->sched_cpus) {
+ zfree(&a->orig_cpus);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ bitmap_zero((unsigned long *)a->sched_cpus, cpu_set_size);
+ a->changed = false;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * perf_event_open does an IPI internally to the target CPU.
+ * It is more efficient to change perf's affinity to the target
+ * CPU and then set up all events on that CPU, so we amortize
+ * CPU communication.
+ */
+void affinity__set(struct affinity *a, int cpu)
+{
+ int cpu_set_size = get_cpu_set_size();
+
+ if (cpu == -1)
+ return;
+ a->changed = true;
+ set_bit(cpu, a->sched_cpus);
+ /*
+ * We ignore errors because affinity is just an optimization.
+ * This could happen for example with isolated CPUs or cpusets.
+ * In this case the IPIs inside the kernel's perf API still work.
+ */
+ sched_setaffinity(0, cpu_set_size, (cpu_set_t *)a->sched_cpus);
+ clear_bit(cpu, a->sched_cpus);
+}
+
+void affinity__cleanup(struct affinity *a)
+{
+ int cpu_set_size = get_cpu_set_size();
+
+ if (a->changed)
+ sched_setaffinity(0, cpu_set_size, (cpu_set_t *)a->orig_cpus);
+ zfree(&a->sched_cpus);
+ zfree(&a->orig_cpus);
+}