[tip:perf/core] perf: Fix locking for PERF_FORMAT_GROUP

From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
Date: Sat Nov 21 2009 - 08:44:45 EST


Commit-ID: 6f10581aeaa5543a3b7a8c7a87a064375ec357f8
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/6f10581aeaa5543a3b7a8c7a87a064375ec357f8
Author: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:19:56 +0100
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:11:40 +0100

perf: Fix locking for PERF_FORMAT_GROUP

We should hold event->child_mutex when iterating the inherited
counters, we should hold ctx->mutex when iterating siblings.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20091120212509.251030114@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
---
kernel/perf_event.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 80f40da..3ede098 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1782,6 +1782,7 @@ u64 perf_event_read_value(struct perf_event *event, u64 *enabled, u64 *running)
*enabled = 0;
*running = 0;

+ mutex_lock(&event->child_mutex);
total += perf_event_read(event);
*enabled += event->total_time_enabled +
atomic64_read(&event->child_total_time_enabled);
@@ -1793,6 +1794,7 @@ u64 perf_event_read_value(struct perf_event *event, u64 *enabled, u64 *running)
*enabled += child->total_time_enabled;
*running += child->total_time_running;
}
+ mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex);

return total;
}
@@ -1802,10 +1804,12 @@ static int perf_event_read_group(struct perf_event *event,
u64 read_format, char __user *buf)
{
struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader, *sub;
- int n = 0, size = 0, ret = 0;
+ int n = 0, size = 0, ret = -EFAULT;
+ struct perf_event_context *ctx = leader->ctx;
u64 values[5];
u64 count, enabled, running;

+ mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
count = perf_event_read_value(leader, &enabled, &running);

values[n++] = 1 + leader->nr_siblings;
@@ -1820,9 +1824,9 @@ static int perf_event_read_group(struct perf_event *event,
size = n * sizeof(u64);

if (copy_to_user(buf, values, size))
- return -EFAULT;
+ goto unlock;

- ret += size;
+ ret = size;

list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry) {
n = 0;
@@ -1833,11 +1837,15 @@ static int perf_event_read_group(struct perf_event *event,

size = n * sizeof(u64);

- if (copy_to_user(buf + size, values, size))
- return -EFAULT;
+ if (copy_to_user(buf + size, values, size)) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto unlock;
+ }

ret += size;
}
+unlock:
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);

return ret;
}
@@ -1884,12 +1892,10 @@ perf_read_hw(struct perf_event *event, char __user *buf, size_t count)
return -ENOSPC;

WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->parent_ctx);
- mutex_lock(&event->child_mutex);
if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)
ret = perf_event_read_group(event, read_format, buf);
else
ret = perf_event_read_one(event, read_format, buf);
- mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex);

return ret;
}
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