From 9886167d20c0720dcfb01e62cdff4d906b226f43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 16:02:23 +0200 Subject: perf: Fix perf_pmu_migrate_context While auditing the list_entry usage due to a trinity bug I found that perf_pmu_migrate_context violates the rules for perf_event::event_entry. The problem is that perf_event::event_entry is a RCU list element, and hence we must wait for a full RCU grace period before re-using the element after deletion. Therefore the usage in perf_pmu_migrate_context() which re-uses the entry immediately is broken. For now introduce another list_head into perf_event for this specific usage. This doesn't actually fix the trinity report because that never goes through this code. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-mkj72lxagw1z8fvjm648iznw@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index 866e85c5eb94..c8ba627c1d60 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -294,9 +294,31 @@ struct ring_buffer; */ struct perf_event { #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS - struct list_head group_entry; + /* + * entry onto perf_event_context::event_list; + * modifications require ctx->lock + * RCU safe iterations. + */ struct list_head event_entry; + + /* + * XXX: group_entry and sibling_list should be mutually exclusive; + * either you're a sibling on a group, or you're the group leader. + * Rework the code to always use the same list element. + * + * Locked for modification by both ctx->mutex and ctx->lock; holding + * either sufficies for read. + */ + struct list_head group_entry; struct list_head sibling_list; + + /* + * We need storage to track the entries in perf_pmu_migrate_context; we + * cannot use the event_entry because of RCU and we want to keep the + * group in tact which avoids us using the other two entries. + */ + struct list_head migrate_entry; + struct hlist_node hlist_entry; int nr_siblings; int group_flags; -- cgit v1.2.3