Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/4] perf: export get/put_chain_entry()

[Song Liu]

> On Jun 26, 2020, at 1:06 PM, Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 5:10 AM Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 05:13:29PM -0700, Song Liu wrote:
>>> This would be used by bpf stack mapo.
>> 
>> Would it make sense to sanitize the API a little before exposing it?
>> 
>> diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
>> index 334d48b16c36..016894b0d2c2 100644
>> --- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
>> +++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
>> @@ -159,8 +159,10 @@ static struct perf_callchain_entry *get_callchain_entry(int *rctx)
>>                return NULL;
>> 
>>        entries = rcu_dereference(callchain_cpus_entries);
>> -       if (!entries)
>> +       if (!entries) {
>> +               put_recursion_context(this_cpu_ptr(callchain_recursion), rctx);
>>                return NULL;
>> +       }
>> 
>>        cpu = smp_processor_id();
>> 
>> @@ -183,12 +185,9 @@ get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
>>        int rctx;
>> 
>>        entry = get_callchain_entry(&rctx);
>> -       if (rctx == -1)
>> +       if (!entry || rctx == -1)
>>                return NULL;
>> 
> 
> isn't rctx == -1 check here not necessary anymore? Seems like
> get_callchain_entry() will always return NULL if rctx == -1?

Yes, looks like we only need to check entry. 

Thanks,
Song