1 files changed, 55 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 115cc62a371d..3bf20e36a8e7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3562,28 +3562,21 @@ static void perf_event_for_each(struct perf_event *event,
 	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
 }
 
-static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
-{
-	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
-	int ret = 0, active;
+struct period_event {
+	struct perf_event *event;
 	u64 value;
+};
 
-	if (!is_sampling_event(event))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (copy_from_user(&value, arg, sizeof(value)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (!value)
-		return -EINVAL;
+static int __perf_event_period(void *info)
+{
+	struct period_event *pe = info;
+	struct perf_event *event = pe->event;
+	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
+	u64 value = pe->value;
+	bool active;
 
-	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
 	if (event->attr.freq) {
-		if (value > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate) {
-			ret = -EINVAL;
-			goto unlock;
-		}
-
 		event->attr.sample_freq = value;
 	} else {
 		event->attr.sample_period = value;
@@ -3602,11 +3595,53 @@ static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
 		event->pmu->start(event, PERF_EF_RELOAD);
 		perf_pmu_enable(ctx->pmu);
 	}
+	raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 
-unlock:
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
+{
+	struct period_event pe = { .event = event, };
+	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	u64 value;
+
+	if (!is_sampling_event(event))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&value, arg, sizeof(value)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (!value)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (event->attr.freq && value > sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	task = ctx->task;
+	pe.value = value;
+
+	if (!task) {
+		cpu_function_call(event->cpu, __perf_event_period, &pe);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+retry:
+	if (!task_function_call(task, __perf_event_period, &pe))
+		return 0;
+
+	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+	if (ctx->is_active) {
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+		task = ctx->task;
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	__perf_event_period(&pe);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations perf_fops;