Allow uid and gid to be terms in BPF filters by first breaking the connection between filter terms and PERF_SAMPLE_xx values. Calculate the uid and gid using the bpf_get_current_uid_gid helper, rather than from a value in the sample. Allow filters to be passed to perf top, this allows: $ perf top -e cycles:P --filter "uid == $(id -u)" to work as a "perf top -u" workaround, as "perf top -u" usually fails due to processes/threads terminating between the /proc scan and the perf_event_open. v3. Move PERF_SAMPLE_xx asserts to sample_filter.bpf.c to avoid conflicting definitions between vmlinux.h and perf_event.h as reported by Namhyung. v2. Allow PERF_SAMPLE_xx to be computed from the PBF_TERM_xx value using a shift as requested by Namhyung. Ian Rogers (3): perf bpf filter: Give terms their own enum perf bpf filter: Add uid and gid terms perf top: Allow filters on events tools/perf/Documentation/perf-record.txt | 2 +- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-top.txt | 4 ++ tools/perf/builtin-top.c | 9 +++ tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.c | 33 +++++---- tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.h | 5 +- tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.l | 66 +++++++++--------- tools/perf/util/bpf-filter.y | 7 +- tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample-filter.h | 40 ++++++++++- tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/sample_filter.bpf.c | 73 +++++++++++++++----- 9 files changed, 169 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-) -- 2.45.1.288.g0e0cd299f1-goog