[PATCH] perf/core: do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled cgroups

[PATCH] perf/core: do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled cgroups

[David Carrillo-Cisneros]

commit db4a835601b7
("perf/core: Set cgroup in CPU contexts for new cgroup events")

fails to verify that event->cgrp is actually the scheduled cgroup
in a CPU before setting cpuctx->cgrp. This patch fixes that.
The bug only impacts the first cgroup that is created in a CPU.

Now that there is a different path for scheduled and unscheduled
cgroups, add a warning to catch when cpuctx->cgrp is still set after
the last cgroup event has been unsheduled.

Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 7c0d263..62f70a3 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -902,6 +902,17 @@ list_update_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event,
 	 * this will always be called from the right CPU.
 	 */
 	cpuctx = __get_cpu_context(ctx);
+
+	/* Only set/clear cpuctx->cgrp if current task uses event->cgrp. */
+	if (perf_cgroup_from_task(current, ctx) != event->cgrp) {
+		/*
+		 * We are removing the last cpu event in this context.
+		 * If that event is not active in this cpu, cpuctx->cgrp
+		 * should've been cleared by perf_cgroup_switch.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!add && cpuctx->cgrp);
+		return;
+	}
 	cpuctx->cgrp = add ? event->cgrp : NULL;
 }
 
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

[PATCH v2] perf/core: do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled cgroups

[David Carrillo-Cisneros]

(v2 only extends this changelog.)

commit db4a835601b7
("perf/core: Set cgroup in CPU contexts for new cgroup events")

failed to verify that event->cgrp is actually the scheduled cgroup
in a CPU before setting cpuctx->cgrp. This patch fixes that.

Now that there is a different path for scheduled and unscheduled
cgroup, add a warning to catch when cpuctx->cgrp is still set after
the last cgroup event has been unsheduled.

To verify the bug:

  # Create 2 cgroups.
  mkdir /dev/cgroups/devices/g1
  mkdir /dev/cgroups/devices/g2

  # launch a task, bind it to a cpu and move it to g1
  CPU=2
  while :; do : ; done &
  P=$!

  taskset -pc $CPU $P
  echo $P > /dev/cgroups/devices/g1/tasks

  # monitor g2 (it runs no tasks) and observe output
  perf stat -e cycles -I 1000 -C $CPU -G g2

  #           time             counts unit events
     1.000091408          7,579,527      cycles                    g2
     2.000350111      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     3.000589181      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     4.000771428      <not counted>      cycles                    g2

  # note first line that displays that a task run in g2, despite
  # g2 having no tasks. This is because cpuctx->cgrp was wrongly
  # set when context of new event was installed.
  # After applying the fix we obtain the right output:

  perf stat -e cycles -I 1000 -C $CPU -G g2
  #           time             counts unit events
     1.000119615      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     2.000389430      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     3.000590962      <not counted>      cycles                    g2

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index c6e47e9..55953db 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -902,6 +902,17 @@ list_update_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event,
 	 * this will always be called from the right CPU.
 	 */
 	cpuctx = __get_cpu_context(ctx);
+
+	/* Only set/clear cpuctx->cgrp if current task uses event->cgrp. */
+	if (perf_cgroup_from_task(current, ctx) != event->cgrp) {
+		/*
+		 * We are removing the last cpu event in this context.
+		 * If that event is not active in this cpu, cpuctx->cgrp
+		 * should've been cleared by perf_cgroup_switch.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!add && cpuctx->cgrp);
+		return;
+	}
 	cpuctx->cgrp = add ? event->cgrp : NULL;
 }
 
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020

[tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: Do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled cgroups

[tip-bot for David Carrillo-Cisneros]

Commit-ID:  864c2357ca898c6171fe5284f5ecc795c8ce27a8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/864c2357ca898c6171fe5284f5ecc795c8ce27a8
Author:     David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 1 Nov 2016 11:52:58 -0700
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:18:22 +0100

perf/core: Do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled cgroups

Commit:

  db4a835601b7 ("perf/core: Set cgroup in CPU contexts for new cgroup events")

failed to verify that event->cgrp is actually the scheduled cgroup
in a CPU before setting cpuctx->cgrp. This patch fixes that.

Now that there is a different path for scheduled and unscheduled
cgroup, add a warning to catch when cpuctx->cgrp is still set after
the last cgroup event has been unsheduled.

To verify the bug:

  # Create 2 cgroups.
  mkdir /dev/cgroups/devices/g1
  mkdir /dev/cgroups/devices/g2

  # launch a task, bind it to a cpu and move it to g1
  CPU=2
  while :; do : ; done &
  P=$!

  taskset -pc $CPU $P
  echo $P > /dev/cgroups/devices/g1/tasks

  # monitor g2 (it runs no tasks) and observe output
  perf stat -e cycles -I 1000 -C $CPU -G g2

  #           time             counts unit events
     1.000091408          7,579,527      cycles                    g2
     2.000350111      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     3.000589181      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     4.000771428      <not counted>      cycles                    g2

  # note first line that displays that a task run in g2, despite
  # g2 having no tasks. This is because cpuctx->cgrp was wrongly
  # set when context of new event was installed.
  # After applying the fix we obtain the right output:

  perf stat -e cycles -I 1000 -C $CPU -G g2
  #           time             counts unit events
     1.000119615      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     2.000389430      <not counted>      cycles                    g2
     3.000590962      <not counted>      cycles                    g2

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nilay Vaish <nilayvaish@gmail.com>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1478026378-86083-1-git-send-email-davidcc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 0e29213..ff230bb 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -902,6 +902,17 @@ list_update_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event,
 	 * this will always be called from the right CPU.
 	 */
 	cpuctx = __get_cpu_context(ctx);
+
+	/* Only set/clear cpuctx->cgrp if current task uses event->cgrp. */
+	if (perf_cgroup_from_task(current, ctx) != event->cgrp) {
+		/*
+		 * We are removing the last cpu event in this context.
+		 * If that event is not active in this cpu, cpuctx->cgrp
+		 * should've been cleared by perf_cgroup_switch.
+		 */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!add && cpuctx->cgrp);
+		return;
+	}
 	cpuctx->cgrp = add ? event->cgrp : NULL;
 }
 

Re: [PATCH v2] perf/core: do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled cgroups

[David Carrillo-Cisneros]

Hi all,

Ping on this patch. Is there any outstanding problem with it?
Hopefully can make it to 4.9

Thanks,
David