perf: Fix PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD migration race
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Tue, 4 Aug 2015 17:22:49 +0000 (19:22 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:37:22 +0000 (11:37 +0200)
I ran the perf fuzzer, which triggered some WARN()s which are due to
trying to stop/restart an event on the wrong CPU.

Use the normal IPI pattern to ensure we run the code on the correct CPU.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Fixes: bad7192b842c ("perf: Fix PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD to force-reset the period")
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
kernel/events/core.c

index 072b8a686517eadb7534f9a0b219190892c3aa0c..e6feb51141340a99a248fea0ad1dc17402b0dbdb 100644 (file)
@@ -3958,28 +3958,21 @@ static void perf_event_for_each(struct perf_event *event,
                perf_event_for_each_child(sibling, func);
 }
 
-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;
@@ -3998,11 +3991,53 @@ 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;