[PATCH] perf/bpf: Don't call bpf_overflow_handler() for tracing events

From: Kyle Huey
Date: Sat Jul 13 2024 - 00:47:04 EST


The regressing commit is new in 6.10. It assumed that anytime event->prog
is set bpf_overflow_handler() should be invoked to execute the attached bpf
program. This assumption is false for tracing events, and as a result the
regressing commit broke bpftrace by invoking the bpf handler with garbage
inputs on overflow.

Prior to the regression the overflow handlers formed a chain (of length 0,
1, or 2) and perf_event_set_bpf_handler() (the !tracing case) added
bpf_overflow_handler() to that chain, while perf_event_attach_bpf_prog()
(the tracing case) did not. Both set event->prog. The chain of overflow
handlers was replaced by a single overflow handler slot and a fixed call to
bpf_overflow_handler() when appropriate. This modifies the condition there
to include !perf_event_is_tracing(), restoring the previous behavior and
fixing bpftrace.

Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: f11f10bfa1ca ("perf/bpf: Call BPF handler directly, not through overflow machinery")
Tested-by: Joe Damato <jdamato@xxxxxxxxxx> # bpftrace
Tested-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> # bpf overflow handlers
---
kernel/events/core.c | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 8f908f077935..f0d7119585dc 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9666,6 +9666,8 @@ static inline void perf_event_free_bpf_handler(struct perf_event *event)
* Generic event overflow handling, sampling.
*/

+static bool perf_event_is_tracing(struct perf_event *event);
+
static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
int throttle, struct perf_sample_data *data,
struct pt_regs *regs)
@@ -9682,7 +9684,9 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,

ret = __perf_event_account_interrupt(event, throttle);

- if (event->prog && !bpf_overflow_handler(event, data, regs))
+ if (event->prog &&
+ !perf_event_is_tracing(event) &&
+ !bpf_overflow_handler(event, data, regs))
return ret;

/*
@@ -10612,6 +10616,11 @@ void perf_event_free_bpf_prog(struct perf_event *event)

#else

+static inline bool perf_event_is_tracing(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+ return false;
+}
+
static inline void perf_tp_register(void)
{
}
--
2.34.1