[GIT PULL] perf fixes

[Ingo Molnar]

Linus,

Please pull the latest perf-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git perf-urgent-for-linus

   # HEAD: d00dbd29814236ad128ff9517e8f7af6b6ef4ba0 perf/core: Fix missing static inline on perf_cgroup_switch()

Misc fixes: a handful of AUX event handling related fixes, a Sparse fix 
and two ABI fixes.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Alexander Shishkin (4):
      perf/aux: Fix the aux_output group inheritance fix
      perf/core: Reattach a misplaced comment
      perf/aux: Disallow aux_output for kernel events
      perf/core: Consistently fail fork on allocation failures

Ben Dooks (Codethink) (1):
      perf/core: Fix missing static inline on perf_cgroup_switch()

Peter Zijlstra (1):
      perf/core: Disallow uncore-cgroup events


 kernel/events/core.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index aec8dba2bea4..00a014670ed0 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ perf_cgroup_set_timestamp(struct task_struct *task,
 {
 }
 
-void
+static inline void
 perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, struct task_struct *next)
 {
 }
@@ -10535,6 +10535,15 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 		goto err_ns;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Disallow uncore-cgroup events, they don't make sense as the cgroup will
+	 * be different on other CPUs in the uncore mask.
+	 */
+	if (pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_invalid_context && cgroup_fd != -1) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto err_pmu;
+	}
+
 	if (event->attr.aux_output &&
 	    !(pmu->capabilities & PERF_PMU_CAP_AUX_OUTPUT)) {
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -11323,8 +11332,11 @@ perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	int err;
 
 	/*
-	 * Get the target context (task or percpu):
+	 * Grouping is not supported for kernel events, neither is 'AUX',
+	 * make sure the caller's intentions are adjusted.
 	 */
+	if (attr->aux_output)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	event = perf_event_alloc(attr, cpu, task, NULL, NULL,
 				 overflow_handler, context, -1);
@@ -11336,6 +11348,9 @@ perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	/* Mark owner so we could distinguish it from user events. */
 	event->owner = TASK_TOMBSTONE;
 
+	/*
+	 * Get the target context (task or percpu):
+	 */
 	ctx = find_get_context(event->pmu, task, event);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
@@ -11787,7 +11802,7 @@ inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 						   GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!child_ctx->task_ctx_data) {
 			free_event(child_event);
-			return NULL;
+			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -11890,7 +11905,7 @@ static int inherit_group(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 		if (IS_ERR(child_ctr))
 			return PTR_ERR(child_ctr);
 
-		if (sub->aux_event == parent_event &&
+		if (sub->aux_event == parent_event && child_ctr &&
 		    !perf_get_aux_event(child_ctr, leader))
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}