From 2e498d0a74e5b88a6689ae1b811f247f91ff188e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marco Elver Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 12:35:59 +0200 Subject: perf: Add support for event removal on exec Adds bit perf_event_attr::remove_on_exec, to support removing an event from a task on exec. This option supports the case where an event is supposed to be process-wide only, and should not propagate beyond exec, to limit monitoring to the original process image only. Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra Signed-off-by: Marco Elver Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210408103605.1676875-5-elver@google.com --- include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/uapi/linux') diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h index 813efb65fea8..8c5b9f5ad63f 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h @@ -390,7 +390,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr { text_poke : 1, /* include text poke events */ build_id : 1, /* use build id in mmap2 events */ inherit_thread : 1, /* children only inherit if cloned with CLONE_THREAD */ - __reserved_1 : 28; + remove_on_exec : 1, /* event is removed from task on exec */ + __reserved_1 : 27; union { __u32 wakeup_events; /* wakeup every n events */ -- cgit v1.2.3