Re: [PATCH v3] perf/ftrace: Fix WARNING in __unregister_ftrace_function

[Steven Rostedt]

On Wed, 27 May 2026 11:13:01 -0400
Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> perf_ftrace_function_unregister() unconditionally calls
> unregister_ftrace_function() without checking whether the ftrace_ops
> was ever successfully registered. This triggers a WARN_ON in
> __unregister_ftrace_function() when the ops doesn't have
> FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED set.
> 
> This can happen during perf_event_alloc() error cleanup when
> perf_trace_destroy() is called via __free_event() on an event whose
> ftrace_ops registration failed or was already torn down by
> perf_try_init_event()'s err_destroy path.
> 
> The call path is:
>   perf_event_alloc() error cleanup
>     -> __free_event()
>       -> event->destroy() [tp_perf_event_destroy]
>         -> perf_trace_destroy()
>           -> perf_trace_event_close()
>             -> TRACE_REG_PERF_CLOSE
>               -> perf_ftrace_function_unregister()
>                 -> unregister_ftrace_function()
>                   -> __unregister_ftrace_function()
>                     -> WARN_ON(!(ops->flags & FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED))  
> 
> Fix this by checking FTRACE_OPS_FL_ENABLED before attempting to
> unregister. If the ops is not enabled, just free the filter and
> return success.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Rik. Is this urgent where it should have a Fixes tag and Cc
stable as well as be sent to Linus during the -rc release, or can it
wait for the next merge window?

-- Steve