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From: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
To: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>,
	Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] perf: Support disable() after stop() on software events
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:34:55 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1276328098-24114-3-git-send-regression-fweisbec@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1276328098-24114-1-git-send-regression-fweisbec@gmail.com>

If we call perf_event_stop() on a software event and then the
disable() pmu callback on them after that, we'll call twice
hlist_del_rcu() on the same hlist node and then bring a crash
by dereferencing LIST_POISON2.

Just use hlist_del_init_rcu() instead to fix this problem.

This preparates for new context exclusions.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com>
Cc: Zhang Yanmin <yanmin_zhang@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c             |    2 +-
 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 95a56ed..c5f2306 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -4292,7 +4292,7 @@ static int perf_swevent_enable(struct perf_event *event)
 
 static void perf_swevent_disable(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	hlist_del_rcu(&event->hlist_entry);
+	hlist_del_init_rcu(&event->hlist_entry);
 }
 
 static void perf_swevent_void(struct perf_event *event)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 4799d70..7bc1f26 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ int perf_trace_enable(struct perf_event *p_event)
 
 void perf_trace_disable(struct perf_event *p_event)
 {
-	hlist_del_rcu(&p_event->hlist_entry);
+	hlist_del_init_rcu(&p_event->hlist_entry);
 }
 
 void perf_trace_destroy(struct perf_event *p_event)
-- 
1.6.2.3


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-06-12  7:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-06-12  7:34 [PATCH 0/5 v3] perf events finer grained context instrumentation / context exclusion Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-12  7:34 ` [PATCH 1/5] perf: Provide a proper stop action for software events Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-12  9:43   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-12 16:25     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-12  7:34 ` Frederic Weisbecker [this message]
2010-06-12  7:34 ` [PATCH 3/5] perf: Ability to enable in a paused mode Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-12  9:44   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-12 16:44     ` Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-12  7:34 ` [PATCH 4/5] perf: Introduce task, softirq and hardirq contexts exclusion Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-12  7:34 ` [PATCH 5/5] perf: Support for task/softirq/hardirq exclusion on tools Frederic Weisbecker
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-06-10  3:49 [PATCH 0/5] perf events finer grained context instrumentation / context exclusion Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-10  3:49 ` [PATCH 2/5] perf: Support disable() after stop() on software events Frederic Weisbecker
2010-06-10 10:50   ` Peter Zijlstra
2010-06-10 16:31     ` Frederic Weisbecker

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