From: Jeff Barnes <jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com>
To: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org
Cc: mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, reddybalavignesh9979@gmail.com,
richard.weiyang@gmail.com, michael.bommarito@gmail.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/3] tracing/user_events: Serialize duplicate enabler lookup with event removal
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 12:47:18 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261006164720.3940272-2-jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261006164720.3940272-1-jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com>
user_event_enabler_exists() performs a plain traversal of the per-mm
enabler list. Registration invokes it while holding the event group's
reg_mutex, which serializes registration and unregister operations from
that group.
However, deferred fault cleanup can remove an enabler asynchronously
while holding event_mutex without holding the group reg_mutex. The plain
list traversal can therefore race with list_del_rcu() despite the
registration mutex being held.
Take event_mutex around user_event_enabler_exists() so the traversal is
serialized with all enabler removal paths. Pass the group into
current_user_event_enabler_exists() and assert that its reg_mutex is
already held.
This preserves the established lock order of group->reg_mutex followed
by event_mutex.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Barnes <jeffbarnes@linux.microsoft.com>
---
kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index f658c3a77aa7..24983f68d075 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -890,16 +890,21 @@ void user_event_mm_dup(struct task_struct *t, struct user_event_mm *old_mm)
user_event_mm_destroy(mm);
}
-static bool current_user_event_enabler_exists(unsigned long uaddr,
- unsigned char bit)
+static bool
+current_user_event_enabler_exists(struct user_event_group *group,
+ unsigned long uaddr, unsigned char bit)
{
struct user_event_mm *user_mm = current_user_event_mm();
bool exists;
+ lockdep_assert_held(&group->reg_mutex);
+
if (!user_mm)
return false;
+ mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
exists = user_event_enabler_exists(user_mm, uaddr, bit);
+ mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
user_event_mm_put(user_mm);
@@ -2510,7 +2515,8 @@ static long user_events_ioctl_reg(struct user_event_file_info *info,
* for user processes that is far easier to debug if this is explicitly
* an error upon registering.
*/
- if (current_user_event_enabler_exists((unsigned long)reg.enable_addr,
+ if (current_user_event_enabler_exists(info->group,
+ (unsigned long)reg.enable_addr,
reg.enable_bit))
return -EADDRINUSE;
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-06 16:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-02 15:39 [PATCH 0/2] tracing/user_events: Share state between existing threads Jeff Barnes
2026-10-02 15:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] selftests/user_events: Test registration from " Jeff Barnes
2026-10-02 15:39 ` [PATCH 2/2] tracing/user_events: Share tracing state between " Jeff Barnes
2026-10-06 16:47 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] tracing/user_events: Share state with " Jeff Barnes
2026-10-06 16:47 ` Jeff Barnes [this message]
2026-10-06 16:47 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] tracing/user_events: Share event " Jeff Barnes
2026-10-06 16:47 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] selftests/user_events: Test registration from " Jeff Barnes
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