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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-01-28 11:48:25 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-01-28 11:48:25 -0800
commit39e383626caffd2b5f4407710157b32172898869 (patch)
tree978199e59b072fd07ca855dd395d4db681a18a18 /kernel
parent8c76e31a6af1f27f7ccd381757adcae2984eac91 (diff)
parentefe951d3de9141626a494bcb1efb0650eaef6491 (diff)
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Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf fixes from Thomas Gleixner: "Four patches which all address lock inversions and deadlocks in the perf core code and the Intel debug store" * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: perf/x86: Fix perf,x86,cpuhp deadlock perf/core: Fix ctx::mutex deadlock perf/core: Fix another perf,trace,cpuhp lock inversion perf/core: Fix lock inversion between perf,trace,cpuhp
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c47
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4df5b695bf0d..5d8f4031f8d5 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,10 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
* perf_event_context::lock
* perf_event::mmap_mutex
* mmap_sem
+ *
+ * cpu_hotplug_lock
+ * pmus_lock
+ * cpuctx->mutex / perf_event_context::mutex
*/
static struct perf_event_context *
perf_event_ctx_lock_nested(struct perf_event *event, int nesting)
@@ -4196,6 +4200,7 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
{
struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
struct perf_event *child, *tmp;
+ LIST_HEAD(free_list);
/*
* If we got here through err_file: fput(event_file); we will not have
@@ -4268,8 +4273,7 @@ again:
struct perf_event, child_list);
if (tmp == child) {
perf_remove_from_context(child, DETACH_GROUP);
- list_del(&child->child_list);
- free_event(child);
+ list_move(&child->child_list, &free_list);
/*
* This matches the refcount bump in inherit_event();
* this can't be the last reference.
@@ -4284,6 +4288,11 @@ again:
}
mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(child, tmp, &free_list, child_list) {
+ list_del(&child->child_list);
+ free_event(child);
+ }
+
no_ctx:
put_event(event); /* Must be the 'last' reference */
return 0;
@@ -8516,6 +8525,29 @@ fail_clear_files:
return ret;
}
+static int
+perf_tracepoint_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, char *filter_str)
+{
+ struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
+ int ret;
+
+ /*
+ * Beware, here be dragons!!
+ *
+ * the tracepoint muck will deadlock against ctx->mutex, but the tracepoint
+ * stuff does not actually need it. So temporarily drop ctx->mutex. As per
+ * perf_event_ctx_lock() we already have a reference on ctx.
+ *
+ * This can result in event getting moved to a different ctx, but that
+ * does not affect the tracepoint state.
+ */
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+ ret = ftrace_profile_set_filter(event, event->attr.config, filter_str);
+ mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
static int perf_event_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, void __user *arg)
{
char *filter_str;
@@ -8532,8 +8564,7 @@ static int perf_event_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, void __user *arg)
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) &&
event->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT)
- ret = ftrace_profile_set_filter(event, event->attr.config,
- filter_str);
+ ret = perf_tracepoint_set_filter(event, filter_str);
else if (has_addr_filter(event))
ret = perf_event_set_addr_filter(event, filter_str);
@@ -9168,7 +9199,13 @@ static int perf_try_init_event(struct pmu *pmu, struct perf_event *event)
if (!try_module_get(pmu->module))
return -ENODEV;
- if (event->group_leader != event) {
+ /*
+ * A number of pmu->event_init() methods iterate the sibling_list to,
+ * for example, validate if the group fits on the PMU. Therefore,
+ * if this is a sibling event, acquire the ctx->mutex to protect
+ * the sibling_list.
+ */
+ if (event->group_leader != event && pmu->task_ctx_nr != perf_sw_context) {
/*
* This ctx->mutex can nest when we're called through
* inheritance. See the perf_event_ctx_lock_nested() comment.