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From: Jeff Barnes <jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] tracing/user_events: Share tracing state between existing threads
Date: Fri,  2 Oct 2026 11:39:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261002153934.798176-3-jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261002153934.798176-1-jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com>

Threads created before the first user-events registration can share an
mm_struct while each has a NULL user_event_mm pointer.

When one thread registers an event, current_user_event_mm() creates a
user_event_mm and attaches it only to that task. A pre-existing sibling
thread sharing the same mm_struct can later create another user_event_mm.
The two wrappers have independent enabler lists, allowing both threads to
register different events using the same enable address and bit despite
the EADDRINUSE check.

Look for an active user_event_mm associated with the current mm_struct
before allocating a new one. Attach the current task to that wrapper and
increment its task count.

Serialize lookup and attachment with the final task-count decrement and
list removal so that a task cannot attach to a wrapper after its
last-task transition has begun.

Without this change, the new selftest reports that the second
registration succeeds. With the change, it is rejected with
EADDRINUSE, and all user_events ABI tests pass.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Barnes <jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index f658c3a77aa7..950d8a3cd0e3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ static int user_event_parse(struct user_event_group *group, char *name,
 
 static struct user_event_mm *user_event_mm_get(struct user_event_mm *mm);
 static struct user_event_mm *user_event_mm_get_all(struct user_event *user);
+static void user_event_mm_destroy(struct user_event_mm *mm);
 static void user_event_mm_put(struct user_event_mm *mm);
 static int destroy_user_event(struct user_event *user);
 static bool user_fields_match(struct user_event *user, int argc,
@@ -754,33 +755,78 @@ static struct user_event_mm *user_event_mm_alloc(struct task_struct *t)
 	return user_mm;
 }
 
+static struct user_event_mm *
+user_event_mm_find_locked(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	struct user_event_mm *user_mm;
+
+	lockdep_assert_held(&user_event_mms_lock);
+
+	list_for_each_entry(user_mm, &user_event_mms, mms_link)
+		if (user_mm->mm == mm)
+			return user_mm;
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 static void user_event_mm_attach(struct user_event_mm *user_mm, struct task_struct *t)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
 	list_add_rcu(&user_mm->mms_link, &user_event_mms);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
-
 	t->user_event_mm = user_mm;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
 }
 
 static struct user_event_mm *current_user_event_mm(void)
 {
+	struct user_event_mm *new_mm;
 	struct user_event_mm *user_mm = current->user_event_mm;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
 	if (user_mm)
-		goto inc;
+		return user_event_mm_get(user_mm);
 
-	user_mm = user_event_mm_alloc(current);
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
 
-	if (!user_mm)
-		goto error;
+	user_mm = user_event_mm_find_locked(current->mm);
+
+	if (user_mm) {
+		refcount_inc(&user_mm->tasks);
+		current->user_event_mm = user_mm;
+		user_event_mm_get(user_mm);
+	}
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
+
+	if (user_mm)
+		return user_mm;
+
+	new_mm = user_event_mm_alloc(current);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
+
+	user_mm = user_event_mm_find_locked(current->mm);
+
+	if (user_mm) {
+		refcount_inc(&user_mm->tasks);
+	} else if (new_mm) {
+		user_mm = new_mm;
+		list_add_rcu(&user_mm->mms_link, &user_event_mms);
+	} else {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	current->user_event_mm = user_mm;
+	user_event_mm_get(user_mm);
+
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
+
+	if (new_mm && new_mm != user_mm)
+		user_event_mm_destroy(new_mm);
 
-	user_event_mm_attach(user_mm, current);
-inc:
-	refcount_inc(&user_mm->refcnt);
-error:
 	return user_mm;
 }
 
@@ -817,14 +863,18 @@ void user_event_mm_remove(struct task_struct *t)
 	might_sleep();
 
 	mm = t->user_event_mm;
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
+
 	t->user_event_mm = NULL;
 
-	/* Clone will increment the tasks, only remove if last clone */
-	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&mm->tasks))
+	/* Clones and attached tasks increment this count. */
+	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&mm->tasks)) {
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
 		return;
+	}
 
-	/* Remove the mm from the list, so it can no longer be enabled */
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
+	/* Prevent new tasks from attaching after the last-task transition. */
 	list_del_rcu(&mm->mms_link);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&user_event_mms_lock, flags);
 
-- 
2.43.0


      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-02 15:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-02 15:39 [PATCH 0/2] tracing/user_events: Share " Jeff Barnes
2026-10-02 15:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] selftests/user_events: Test registration from " Jeff Barnes
2026-10-02 15:39 ` Jeff Barnes [this message]

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