Re: [PATCH 1/1] perf/core: fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctx

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Thu, Jun 05, 2025 at 01:29:21PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> But yes, slightly confusing. Let me see if I can make a less confusing
> patch, and if not, sprinkle comments.

I've settled on the below.

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Subject: perf: Fix cgroup state vs ERROR
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date: Thu Jun 5 12:37:11 CEST 2025

While chasing down a missing perf_cgroup_event_disable() elsewhere,
Leo Yan found that both perf_put_aux_event() and
perf_remove_sibling_event() were also missing one.

Specifically, the rule is that events that switch to OFF,ERROR need to
call perf_cgroup_event_disable().

Unify the disable paths to ensure this.

Fixes: ab43762ef010 ("perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data")
Fixes: 9f0c4fa111dc ("perf/core: Add a new PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING event capability")
Reported-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c |   51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2149,8 +2149,9 @@ perf_aux_output_match(struct perf_event
 }
 
 static void put_event(struct perf_event *event);
-static void event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
-			    struct perf_event_context *ctx);
+static void __event_disable(struct perf_event *event,
+			    struct perf_event_context *ctx,
+			    enum perf_event_state state);
 
 static void perf_put_aux_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
@@ -2183,8 +2184,7 @@ static void perf_put_aux_event(struct pe
 		 * state so that we don't try to schedule it again. Note
 		 * that perf_event_enable() will clear the ERROR status.
 		 */
-		event_sched_out(iter, ctx);
-		perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR);
+		__event_disable(iter, ctx, PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2242,18 +2242,6 @@ static inline struct list_head *get_even
 				    &event->pmu_ctx->flexible_active;
 }
 
-/*
- * Events that have PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING require being part of a group and
- * cannot exist on their own, schedule them out and move them into the ERROR
- * state. Also see _perf_event_enable(), it will not be able to recover
- * this ERROR state.
- */
-static inline void perf_remove_sibling_event(struct perf_event *event)
-{
-	event_sched_out(event, event->ctx);
-	perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR);
-}
-
 static void perf_group_detach(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader;
@@ -2289,8 +2277,15 @@ static void perf_group_detach(struct per
 	 */
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, tmp, &event->sibling_list, sibling_list) {
 
+		/*
+		 * Events that have PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING require being part of
+		 * a group and cannot exist on their own, schedule them out
+		 * and move them into the ERROR state. Also see
+		 * _perf_event_enable(), it will not be able to recover this
+		 * ERROR state.
+		 */
 		if (sibling->event_caps & PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING)
-			perf_remove_sibling_event(sibling);
+			__event_disable(sibling, ctx, PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR);
 
 		sibling->group_leader = sibling;
 		list_del_init(&sibling->sibling_list);
@@ -2562,6 +2557,15 @@ static void perf_remove_from_context(str
 	event_function_call(event, __perf_remove_from_context, (void *)flags);
 }
 
+static void __event_disable(struct perf_event *event,
+			    struct perf_event_context *ctx,
+			    enum perf_event_state state)
+{
+	event_sched_out(event, ctx);
+	perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
+	perf_event_set_state(event, state);
+}
+
 /*
  * Cross CPU call to disable a performance event
  */
@@ -2576,13 +2580,18 @@ static void __perf_event_disable(struct
 	perf_pmu_disable(event->pmu_ctx->pmu);
 	ctx_time_update_event(ctx, event);
 
+	/*
+	 * When disabling a group leader, the whole group becomes ineligible
+	 * to run, so schedule out the full group.
+	 */
 	if (event == event->group_leader)
 		group_sched_out(event, ctx);
-	else
-		event_sched_out(event, ctx);
 
-	perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF);
-	perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
+	/*
+	 * But only mark the leader OFF; the siblings will remain
+	 * INACTIVE.
+	 */
+	__event_disable(event, ctx, PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF);
 
 	perf_pmu_enable(event->pmu_ctx->pmu);
 }