[PATCH 3.2 148/221] perf: Fix irq_work 'tail' recursion

[Ben Hutchings]

3.2.69-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit d525211f9d1be8b523ec7633f080f2116f5ea536 upstream.

Vince reported a watchdog lockup like:

	[<ffffffff8115e114>] perf_tp_event+0xc4/0x210
	[<ffffffff810b4f8a>] perf_trace_lock+0x12a/0x160
	[<ffffffff810b7f10>] lock_release+0x130/0x260
	[<ffffffff816c7474>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x24/0x40
	[<ffffffff8107bb4d>] do_send_sig_info+0x5d/0x80
	[<ffffffff811f69df>] send_sigio_to_task+0x12f/0x1a0
	[<ffffffff811f71ce>] send_sigio+0xae/0x100
	[<ffffffff811f72b7>] kill_fasync+0x97/0xf0
	[<ffffffff8115d0b4>] perf_event_wakeup+0xd4/0xf0
	[<ffffffff8115d103>] perf_pending_event+0x33/0x60
	[<ffffffff8114e3fc>] irq_work_run_list+0x4c/0x80
	[<ffffffff8114e448>] irq_work_run+0x18/0x40
	[<ffffffff810196af>] smp_trace_irq_work_interrupt+0x3f/0xc0
	[<ffffffff816c99bd>] trace_irq_work_interrupt+0x6d/0x80

Which is caused by an irq_work generating new irq_work and therefore
not allowing forward progress.

This happens because processing the perf irq_work triggers another
perf event (tracepoint stuff) which in turn generates an irq_work ad
infinitum.

Avoid this by raising the recursion counter in the irq_work -- which
effectively disables all software events (including tracepoints) from
actually triggering again.

Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150219170311.GH21418@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3956,6 +3956,13 @@ static void perf_pending_event(struct ir
 {
 	struct perf_event *event = container_of(entry,
 			struct perf_event, pending);
+	int rctx;
+
+	rctx = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();
+	/*
+	 * If we 'fail' here, that's OK, it means recursion is already disabled
+	 * and we won't recurse 'further'.
+	 */
 
 	if (event->pending_disable) {
 		event->pending_disable = 0;
@@ -3966,6 +3973,9 @@ static void perf_pending_event(struct ir
 		event->pending_wakeup = 0;
 		perf_event_wakeup(event);
 	}
+
+	if (rctx >= 0)
+		perf_swevent_put_recursion_context(rctx);
 }
 
 /*

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