[PATCH v2 06/24] perf: Fix pmus_lock vs pmus_srcu ordering
From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Feb 05 2025 - 05:28:04 EST
Commit a63fbed776c7 ("perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order")
placed pmus_lock inside pmus_srcu, this makes perf_pmu_unregister()
trip lockdep.
Move the locking about such that only pmu_idr and pmus (list) are
modified while holding pmus_lock. This avoids doing synchronize_srcu()
while holding pmus_lock and all is well again.
Fixes: a63fbed776c7 ("perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -11836,6 +11836,8 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu
{
mutex_lock(&pmus_lock);
list_del_rcu(&pmu->entry);
+ idr_remove(&pmu_idr, pmu->type);
+ mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
/*
* We dereference the pmu list under both SRCU and regular RCU, so
@@ -11845,7 +11847,6 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu
synchronize_rcu();
free_percpu(pmu->pmu_disable_count);
- idr_remove(&pmu_idr, pmu->type);
if (pmu_bus_running && pmu->dev && pmu->dev != PMU_NULL_DEV) {
if (pmu->nr_addr_filters)
device_remove_file(pmu->dev, &dev_attr_nr_addr_filters);
@@ -11853,7 +11854,6 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu
put_device(pmu->dev);
}
free_pmu_context(pmu);
- mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_pmu_unregister);