Re: [PATCH drivers/perf: hisi:] drivers/perf: hisi: fix NULL pointer issue when uninstall hns3 pmu driver

[Yicong Yang <yangyicong@huawei.com>]

Hi Jijie,

On 2023/10/9 18:50, Jijie Shao wrote:
> From: Hao Chen <chenhao418@huawei.com>
> 
> When uninstall hns3 pmu driver, it will call cpuhp_state_remove_instance()
> and then callback function hns3_pmu_offline_cpu() is called, it may cause
> NULL pointer call trace when other driver is installing or uninstalling
> concurrently.
> 

More information about the calltrace you've met and how to reproduce this?
I'm not sure why other drivers are involved.

> As John Garry's opinion, cpuhp_state_remove_instance() is used for shared
> interrupt, and using cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls() is fine for PCIe
> or HNS3 pmu.
> 

I'm a bit confused here. We need to update the using CPU and migrate the perf
context as well as the interrupt affinity in cpuhp::teardown() callback, so
it make sense to not call this on driver detachment. But I cannot figure
out why this is related to the shared interrupt, more details?

> So, replace cpuhp_state_remove_instance() with
> cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls() to fix this problem.
> 
> Fixes: 66637ab137b4 ("drivers/perf: hisi: add driver for HNS3 PMU")
> Signed-off-by: Hao Chen <chenhao418@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jijie Shao <shaojijie@huawei.com>
> ---
>  drivers/perf/hisilicon/hns3_pmu.c | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hns3_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hns3_pmu.c
> index e0457d84af6b..16869bf5bf4c 100644
> --- a/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hns3_pmu.c
> +++ b/drivers/perf/hisilicon/hns3_pmu.c
> @@ -1556,8 +1556,8 @@ static int hns3_pmu_init_pmu(struct pci_dev *pdev, struct hns3_pmu *hns3_pmu)
>  	ret = perf_pmu_register(&hns3_pmu->pmu, hns3_pmu->pmu.name, -1);
>  	if (ret) {
>  		pci_err(pdev, "failed to register perf PMU, ret = %d.\n", ret);
> -		cpuhp_state_remove_instance(CPUHP_AP_PERF_ARM_HNS3_PMU_ONLINE,
> -					    &hns3_pmu->node);
> +		cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_PERF_ARM_HNS3_PMU_ONLINE,
> +						    &hns3_pmu->node);
>  	}
>  
>  	return ret;
> @@ -1568,8 +1568,8 @@ static void hns3_pmu_uninit_pmu(struct pci_dev *pdev)
>  	struct hns3_pmu *hns3_pmu = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
>  
>  	perf_pmu_unregister(&hns3_pmu->pmu);
> -	cpuhp_state_remove_instance(CPUHP_AP_PERF_ARM_HNS3_PMU_ONLINE,
> -				    &hns3_pmu->node);
> +	cpuhp_state_remove_instance_nocalls(CPUHP_AP_PERF_ARM_HNS3_PMU_ONLINE,
> +					    &hns3_pmu->node);
>  }
Thanks.