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authorYeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>2025-06-02 21:40:49 +0300
committerPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>2025-06-05 15:37:52 +0300
commit3b7a34aebbdf2a4b7295205bf0c654294283ec82 (patch)
tree6fb3b6fa4be3ece8e139f7eb91e3a294001fa87f
parent61988e36dc5457cdff7ae7927e8d9ad1419ee998 (diff)
downloadlinux-3b7a34aebbdf2a4b7295205bf0c654294283ec82.tar.xz
perf: Fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctx
Commit a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit") moves the event->state update to before list_del_event(). This makes the event->state test in list_del_event() always false; never calling perf_cgroup_event_disable(). As a result, cpuctx->cgrp won't be cleared properly; causing havoc. Fixes: a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit") Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: David Wang <00107082@163.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aD2TspKH%2F7yvfYoO@e129823.arm.com/
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c21
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1cc98b9b3c0b..d78608323916 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2120,18 +2120,6 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
if (event->group_leader == event)
del_event_from_groups(event, ctx);
- /*
- * If event was in error state, then keep it
- * that way, otherwise bogus counts will be
- * returned on read(). The only way to get out
- * of error state is by explicit re-enabling
- * of the event
- */
- if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
- perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
- perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF);
- }
-
ctx->generation++;
event->pmu_ctx->nr_events--;
}
@@ -2488,11 +2476,14 @@ __perf_remove_from_context(struct perf_event *event,
state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_EXIT;
if (flags & DETACH_REVOKE)
state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_REVOKED;
- if (flags & DETACH_DEAD) {
- event->pending_disable = 1;
+ if (flags & DETACH_DEAD)
state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_DEAD;
- }
+
event_sched_out(event, ctx);
+
+ if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+ perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
+
perf_event_set_state(event, min(event->state, state));
if (flags & DETACH_GROUP)