perf: uapi: Document perf_event_attr::sig_data truncation on 32 bit architectures

Due to the alignment requirements of siginfo_t, as described in
3ddb3fd ("signal, perf: Fix siginfo_t by avoiding u64 on 32-bit
architectures"), siginfo_t::si_perf_data is limited to an unsigned long.

However, perf_event_attr::sig_data is an u64, to avoid having to deal
with compat conversions. Due to being an u64, it may not immediately be
clear to users that sig_data is truncated on 32 bit architectures.

Add a comment to explicitly point this out, and hopefully help some
users save time by not having to deduce themselves what's happening.

Reported-by: Dmitry Vyukov <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Dmitry Vyukov <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

Author: melver

include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h

@@ -465,6 +465,8 @@ struct perf_event_attr {
 	/*
 	 * User provided data if sigtrap=1, passed back to user via
 	 * siginfo_t::si_perf_data, e.g. to permit user to identify the event.
+	 * Note, siginfo_t::si_perf_data is long-sized, and sig_data will be
+	 * truncated accordingly on 32 bit architectures.
 	 */
 	__u64	sig_data;
 };