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<title>perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event</title>
<updated>2025-04-20T08:17:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Frederic Weisbecker</name>
<email>frederic@kernel.org</email>
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<published>2025-03-04T13:54:46+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 56799bc035658738f362acec3e7647bb84e68933 ]

Perf can hang while freeing a sigtrap event if a related deferred
signal hadn't managed to be sent before the file got closed:

perf_event_overflow()
   task_work_add(perf_pending_task)

fput()
   task_work_add(____fput())

task_work_run()
    ____fput()
        perf_release()
            perf_event_release_kernel()
                _free_event()
                    perf_pending_task_sync()
                        task_work_cancel() -&gt; FAILED
                        rcuwait_wait_event()

Once task_work_run() is running, the list of pending callbacks is
removed from the task_struct and from this point on task_work_cancel()
can't remove any pending and not yet started work items, hence the
task_work_cancel() failure and the hang on rcuwait_wait_event().

Task work could be changed to remove one work at a time, so a work
running on the current task can always cancel a pending one, however
the wait / wake design is still subject to inverted dependencies when
remote targets are involved, as pictured by Oleg:

T1                                                      T2

fd = perf_event_open(pid =&gt; T2-&gt;pid);                  fd = perf_event_open(pid =&gt; T1-&gt;pid);
close(fd)                                              close(fd)
    &lt;IRQ&gt;                                                  &lt;IRQ&gt;
    perf_event_overflow()                                  perf_event_overflow()
       task_work_add(perf_pending_task)                        task_work_add(perf_pending_task)
    &lt;/IRQ&gt;                                                 &lt;/IRQ&gt;
    fput()                                                 fput()
        task_work_add(____fput())                              task_work_add(____fput())

    task_work_run()                                        task_work_run()
        ____fput()                                             ____fput()
            perf_release()                                         perf_release()
                perf_event_release_kernel()                            perf_event_release_kernel()
                    _free_event()                                          _free_event()
                        perf_pending_task_sync()                               perf_pending_task_sync()
                            rcuwait_wait_event()                                   rcuwait_wait_event()

Therefore the only option left is to acquire the event reference count
upon queueing the perf task work and release it from the task work, just
like it was done before 3a5465418f5f ("perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release")
but without the leaks it fixed.

Some adjustments are necessary to make it work:

* A child event might dereference its parent upon freeing. Care must be
  taken to release the parent last.

* Some places assuming the event doesn't have any reference held and
  therefore can be freed right away must instead put the reference and
  let the reference counting to its job.

Reported-by: "Yi Lai" &lt;yi1.lai@linux.intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Zx9Losv4YcJowaP%2F@ly-workstation/
Reported-by: syzbot+3c4321e10eea460eb606@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/673adf75.050a0220.87769.0024.GAE@google.com/
Fixes: 3a5465418f5f ("perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release")
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250304135446.18905-1-frederic@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 56799bc035658738f362acec3e7647bb84e68933 ]

Perf can hang while freeing a sigtrap event if a related deferred
signal hadn't managed to be sent before the file got closed:

perf_event_overflow()
   task_work_add(perf_pending_task)

fput()
   task_work_add(____fput())

task_work_run()
    ____fput()
        perf_release()
            perf_event_release_kernel()
                _free_event()
                    perf_pending_task_sync()
                        task_work_cancel() -&gt; FAILED
                        rcuwait_wait_event()

Once task_work_run() is running, the list of pending callbacks is
removed from the task_struct and from this point on task_work_cancel()
can't remove any pending and not yet started work items, hence the
task_work_cancel() failure and the hang on rcuwait_wait_event().

Task work could be changed to remove one work at a time, so a work
running on the current task can always cancel a pending one, however
the wait / wake design is still subject to inverted dependencies when
remote targets are involved, as pictured by Oleg:

T1                                                      T2

fd = perf_event_open(pid =&gt; T2-&gt;pid);                  fd = perf_event_open(pid =&gt; T1-&gt;pid);
close(fd)                                              close(fd)
    &lt;IRQ&gt;                                                  &lt;IRQ&gt;
    perf_event_overflow()                                  perf_event_overflow()
       task_work_add(perf_pending_task)                        task_work_add(perf_pending_task)
    &lt;/IRQ&gt;                                                 &lt;/IRQ&gt;
    fput()                                                 fput()
        task_work_add(____fput())                              task_work_add(____fput())

    task_work_run()                                        task_work_run()
        ____fput()                                             ____fput()
            perf_release()                                         perf_release()
                perf_event_release_kernel()                            perf_event_release_kernel()
                    _free_event()                                          _free_event()
                        perf_pending_task_sync()                               perf_pending_task_sync()
                            rcuwait_wait_event()                                   rcuwait_wait_event()

Therefore the only option left is to acquire the event reference count
upon queueing the perf task work and release it from the task work, just
like it was done before 3a5465418f5f ("perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release")
but without the leaks it fixed.

Some adjustments are necessary to make it work:

* A child event might dereference its parent upon freeing. Care must be
  taken to release the parent last.

* Some places assuming the event doesn't have any reference held and
  therefore can be freed right away must instead put the reference and
  let the reference counting to its job.

Reported-by: "Yi Lai" &lt;yi1.lai@linux.intel.com&gt;
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Zx9Losv4YcJowaP%2F@ly-workstation/
Reported-by: syzbot+3c4321e10eea460eb606@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/673adf75.050a0220.87769.0024.GAE@google.com/
Fixes: 3a5465418f5f ("perf: Fix event leak upon exec and file release")
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker &lt;frederic@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250304135446.18905-1-frederic@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf/core: Simplify the perf_event_alloc() error path</title>
<updated>2025-04-20T08:17:34+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-04T13:39:13+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit c70ca298036c58a88686ff388d3d367e9d21acf0 ]

The error cleanup sequence in perf_event_alloc() is a subset of the
existing _free_event() function (it must of course be).

Split this out into __free_event() and simplify the error path.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@amd.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104135517.967889521@infradead.org
Stable-dep-of: 56799bc03565 ("perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit c70ca298036c58a88686ff388d3d367e9d21acf0 ]

The error cleanup sequence in perf_event_alloc() is a subset of the
existing _free_event() function (it must of course be).

Split this out into __free_event() and simplify the error path.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@amd.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104135517.967889521@infradead.org
Stable-dep-of: 56799bc03565 ("perf: Fix hang while freeing sigtrap event")
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit</title>
<updated>2025-04-10T12:42:00+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yeoreum Yun</name>
<email>yeoreum.yun@arm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-03-26T08:20:03+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit a3c3c66670cee11eb13aa43905904bf29cb92d32 ]

The perf events code fails to account for total_time_enabled of
inactive events.

Here is a failure case for accounting total_time_enabled for
CPU PMU events:

  sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s
  ...

  armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 1138698008 2289429840 2174835740
  armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 1826791390 1950025700 847648440
                             `          `          `
                             `          `          &gt; total_time_running with child
                             `          &gt; total_time_enabled with child
                             &gt; count with child

  Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s':

       1,138,698,008      armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/                                               (94.99%)
       1,826,791,390      armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/                                               (43.47%)

The two events above are opened on two different CPU PMUs, for example,
each event is opened for a cluster in an Arm big.LITTLE system, they
will never run on the same CPU.  In theory, the total enabled time should
be same for both events, as two events are opened and closed together.

As the result show, the two events' total enabled time including
child event is different (2289429840 vs 1950025700).

This is because child events are not accounted properly
if a event is INACTIVE state when the task exits:

  perf_event_exit_event()
   `&gt; perf_remove_from_context()
     `&gt; __perf_remove_from_context()
       `&gt; perf_child_detach()   -&gt; Accumulate child_total_time_enabled
         `&gt; list_del_event()    -&gt; Update child event's time

The problem is the time accumulation happens prior to child event's
time updating. Thus, it misses to account the last period's time when
the event exits.

The perf core layer follows the rule that timekeeping is tied to state
change. To address the issue, make __perf_remove_from_context()
handle the task exit case by passing 'DETACH_EXIT' to it and
invoke perf_event_state() for state alongside with accounting the time.

Then, perf_child_detach() populates the time into the parent's time metrics.

After this patch, the bug is fixed:

  sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s
  ...
  armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 15396770398 32157963940 21898169000
  armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 22428964974 32157963940 10259794940

   Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s':

      15,396,770,398      armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/                                               (68.10%)
      22,428,964,974      armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/                                               (31.90%)

[ mingo: Clarified the changelog. ]

Fixes: ef54c1a476aef ("perf: Rework perf_event_exit_event()")
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun &lt;yeoreum.yun@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Leo Yan &lt;leo.yan@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250326082003.1630986-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit a3c3c66670cee11eb13aa43905904bf29cb92d32 ]

The perf events code fails to account for total_time_enabled of
inactive events.

Here is a failure case for accounting total_time_enabled for
CPU PMU events:

  sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s
  ...

  armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 1138698008 2289429840 2174835740
  armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 1826791390 1950025700 847648440
                             `          `          `
                             `          `          &gt; total_time_running with child
                             `          &gt; total_time_enabled with child
                             &gt; count with child

  Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 2s':

       1,138,698,008      armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/                                               (94.99%)
       1,826,791,390      armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/                                               (43.47%)

The two events above are opened on two different CPU PMUs, for example,
each event is opened for a cluster in an Arm big.LITTLE system, they
will never run on the same CPU.  In theory, the total enabled time should
be same for both events, as two events are opened and closed together.

As the result show, the two events' total enabled time including
child event is different (2289429840 vs 1950025700).

This is because child events are not accounted properly
if a event is INACTIVE state when the task exits:

  perf_event_exit_event()
   `&gt; perf_remove_from_context()
     `&gt; __perf_remove_from_context()
       `&gt; perf_child_detach()   -&gt; Accumulate child_total_time_enabled
         `&gt; list_del_event()    -&gt; Update child event's time

The problem is the time accumulation happens prior to child event's
time updating. Thus, it misses to account the last period's time when
the event exits.

The perf core layer follows the rule that timekeeping is tied to state
change. To address the issue, make __perf_remove_from_context()
handle the task exit case by passing 'DETACH_EXIT' to it and
invoke perf_event_state() for state alongside with accounting the time.

Then, perf_child_detach() populates the time into the parent's time metrics.

After this patch, the bug is fixed:

  sudo ./perf stat -vvv -e armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/ -e armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/ -- stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s
  ...
  armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/: 15396770398 32157963940 21898169000
  armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/: 22428964974 32157963940 10259794940

   Performance counter stats for 'stress-ng --pthread=2 -t 10s':

      15,396,770,398      armv8_pmuv3_0/event=0x08/                                               (68.10%)
      22,428,964,974      armv8_pmuv3_1/event=0x08/                                               (31.90%)

[ mingo: Clarified the changelog. ]

Fixes: ef54c1a476aef ("perf: Rework perf_event_exit_event()")
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun &lt;yeoreum.yun@arm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Tested-by: Leo Yan &lt;leo.yan@arm.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250326082003.1630986-1-yeoreum.yun@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf/core: Fix perf_pmu_register() vs. perf_init_event()</title>
<updated>2025-04-10T12:41:53+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-04T13:39:12+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 003659fec9f6d8c04738cb74b5384398ae8a7e88 ]

There is a fairly obvious race between perf_init_event() doing
idr_find() and perf_pmu_register() doing idr_alloc() with an
incompletely initialized PMU pointer.

Avoid by doing idr_alloc() on a NULL pointer to register the id, and
swizzling the real struct pmu pointer at the end using idr_replace().

Also making sure to not set struct pmu members after publishing
the struct pmu, duh.

[ introduce idr_cmpxchg() in order to better handle the idr_replace()
  error case -- if it were to return an unexpected pointer, it will
  already have replaced the value and there is no going back. ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104135517.858805880@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 003659fec9f6d8c04738cb74b5384398ae8a7e88 ]

There is a fairly obvious race between perf_init_event() doing
idr_find() and perf_pmu_register() doing idr_alloc() with an
incompletely initialized PMU pointer.

Avoid by doing idr_alloc() on a NULL pointer to register the id, and
swizzling the real struct pmu pointer at the end using idr_replace().

Also making sure to not set struct pmu members after publishing
the struct pmu, duh.

[ introduce idr_cmpxchg() in order to better handle the idr_replace()
  error case -- if it were to return an unexpected pointer, it will
  already have replaced the value and there is no going back. ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104135517.858805880@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>perf/core: Fix pmus_lock vs. pmus_srcu ordering</title>
<updated>2025-03-13T12:07:54+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Peter Zijlstra</name>
<email>peterz@infradead.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-04T13:39:11+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2565e42539b120b81a68a58da961ce5d1e34eac8 ]

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) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104135517.679556858@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2565e42539b120b81a68a58da961ce5d1e34eac8 ]

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) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104135517.679556858@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>perf/core: Fix low freq setting via IOC_PERIOD</title>
<updated>2025-03-07T17:27:06+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Kan Liang</name>
<email>kan.liang@linux.intel.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-17T15:19:12+00:00</published>
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commit 0d39844150546fa1415127c5fbae26db64070dd3 upstream.

A low attr::freq value cannot be set via IOC_PERIOD on some platforms.

The perf_event_check_period() introduced in:

  81ec3f3c4c4d ("perf/x86: Add check_period PMU callback")

was intended to check the period, rather than the frequency.
A low frequency may be mistakenly rejected by limit_period().

Fix it.

Fixes: 81ec3f3c4c4d ("perf/x86: Add check_period PMU callback")
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250117151913.3043942-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250115154949.3147-1-ravi.bangoria@amd.com/
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 0d39844150546fa1415127c5fbae26db64070dd3 upstream.

A low attr::freq value cannot be set via IOC_PERIOD on some platforms.

The perf_event_check_period() introduced in:

  81ec3f3c4c4d ("perf/x86: Add check_period PMU callback")

was intended to check the period, rather than the frequency.
A low frequency may be mistakenly rejected by limit_period().

Fix it.

Fixes: 81ec3f3c4c4d ("perf/x86: Add check_period PMU callback")
Signed-off-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ravi Bangoria &lt;ravi.bangoria@amd.com&gt;
Cc: Peter Zijlstra &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250117151913.3043942-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250115154949.3147-1-ravi.bangoria@amd.com/
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>perf/core: Add RCU read lock protection to perf_iterate_ctx()</title>
<updated>2025-03-07T17:27:05+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Breno Leitao</name>
<email>leitao@debian.org</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-17T14:41:07+00:00</published>
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commit 0fe8813baf4b2e865d3b2c735ce1a15b86002c74 upstream.

The perf_iterate_ctx() function performs RCU list traversal but
currently lacks RCU read lock protection. This causes lockdep warnings
when running perf probe with unshare(1) under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST=y:

	WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
	kernel/events/core.c:8168 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!

	 Call Trace:
	  lockdep_rcu_suspicious
	  ? perf_event_addr_filters_apply
	  perf_iterate_ctx
	  perf_event_exec
	  begin_new_exec
	  ? load_elf_phdrs
	  load_elf_binary
	  ? lock_acquire
	  ? find_held_lock
	  ? bprm_execve
	  bprm_execve
	  do_execveat_common.isra.0
	  __x64_sys_execve
	  do_syscall_64
	  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe

This protection was previously present but was removed in commit
bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling"). Add back the
necessary rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pair around
perf_iterate_ctx() call in perf_event_exec().

[ mingo: Use scoped_guard() as suggested by Peter ]

Fixes: bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250117-fix_perf_rcu-v1-1-13cb9210fc6a@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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commit 0fe8813baf4b2e865d3b2c735ce1a15b86002c74 upstream.

The perf_iterate_ctx() function performs RCU list traversal but
currently lacks RCU read lock protection. This causes lockdep warnings
when running perf probe with unshare(1) under CONFIG_PROVE_RCU_LIST=y:

	WARNING: suspicious RCU usage
	kernel/events/core.c:8168 RCU-list traversed in non-reader section!!

	 Call Trace:
	  lockdep_rcu_suspicious
	  ? perf_event_addr_filters_apply
	  perf_iterate_ctx
	  perf_event_exec
	  begin_new_exec
	  ? load_elf_phdrs
	  load_elf_binary
	  ? lock_acquire
	  ? find_held_lock
	  ? bprm_execve
	  bprm_execve
	  do_execveat_common.isra.0
	  __x64_sys_execve
	  do_syscall_64
	  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe

This protection was previously present but was removed in commit
bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling"). Add back the
necessary rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pair around
perf_iterate_ctx() call in perf_event_exec().

[ mingo: Use scoped_guard() as suggested by Peter ]

Fixes: bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao &lt;leitao@debian.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) &lt;peterz@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250117-fix_perf_rcu-v1-1-13cb9210fc6a@debian.org
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;
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<title>perf/core: Order the PMU list to fix warning about unordered pmu_ctx_list</title>
<updated>2025-03-07T17:27:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Luo Gengkun</name>
<email>luogengkun@huaweicloud.com</email>
</author>
<published>2025-01-22T07:33:56+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit 2016066c66192a99d9e0ebf433789c490a6785a2 ]

Syskaller triggers a warning due to prev_epc-&gt;pmu != next_epc-&gt;pmu in
perf_event_swap_task_ctx_data(). vmcore shows that two lists have the same
perf_event_pmu_context, but not in the same order.

The problem is that the order of pmu_ctx_list for the parent is impacted by
the time when an event/PMU is added. While the order for a child is
impacted by the event order in the pinned_groups and flexible_groups. So
the order of pmu_ctx_list in the parent and child may be different.

To fix this problem, insert the perf_event_pmu_context to its proper place
after iteration of the pmu_ctx_list.

The follow testcase can trigger above warning:

 # perf record -e cycles --call-graph lbr -- taskset -c 3 ./a.out &amp;
 # perf stat -e cpu-clock,cs -p xxx // xxx is the pid of a.out

 test.c

 void main() {
        int count = 0;
        pid_t pid;

        printf("%d running\n", getpid());
        sleep(30);
        printf("running\n");

        pid = fork();
        if (pid == -1) {
                printf("fork error\n");
                return;
        }
        if (pid == 0) {
                while (1) {
                        count++;
                }
        } else {
                while (1) {
                        count++;
                }
        }
 }

The testcase first opens an LBR event, so it will allocate task_ctx_data,
and then open tracepoint and software events, so the parent context will
have 3 different perf_event_pmu_contexts. On inheritance, child ctx will
insert the perf_event_pmu_context in another order and the warning will
trigger.

[ mingo: Tidied up the changelog. ]

Fixes: bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun &lt;luogengkun@huaweicloud.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250122073356.1824736-1-luogengkun@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit 2016066c66192a99d9e0ebf433789c490a6785a2 ]

Syskaller triggers a warning due to prev_epc-&gt;pmu != next_epc-&gt;pmu in
perf_event_swap_task_ctx_data(). vmcore shows that two lists have the same
perf_event_pmu_context, but not in the same order.

The problem is that the order of pmu_ctx_list for the parent is impacted by
the time when an event/PMU is added. While the order for a child is
impacted by the event order in the pinned_groups and flexible_groups. So
the order of pmu_ctx_list in the parent and child may be different.

To fix this problem, insert the perf_event_pmu_context to its proper place
after iteration of the pmu_ctx_list.

The follow testcase can trigger above warning:

 # perf record -e cycles --call-graph lbr -- taskset -c 3 ./a.out &amp;
 # perf stat -e cpu-clock,cs -p xxx // xxx is the pid of a.out

 test.c

 void main() {
        int count = 0;
        pid_t pid;

        printf("%d running\n", getpid());
        sleep(30);
        printf("running\n");

        pid = fork();
        if (pid == -1) {
                printf("fork error\n");
                return;
        }
        if (pid == 0) {
                while (1) {
                        count++;
                }
        } else {
                while (1) {
                        count++;
                }
        }
 }

The testcase first opens an LBR event, so it will allocate task_ctx_data,
and then open tracepoint and software events, so the parent context will
have 3 different perf_event_pmu_contexts. On inheritance, child ctx will
insert the perf_event_pmu_context in another order and the warning will
trigger.

[ mingo: Tidied up the changelog. ]

Fixes: bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun &lt;luogengkun@huaweicloud.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Kan Liang &lt;kan.liang@linux.intel.com&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250122073356.1824736-1-luogengkun@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<title>perf/core: Save raw sample data conditionally based on sample type</title>
<updated>2025-02-08T09:00:57+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Yabin Cui</name>
<email>yabinc@google.com</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-15T19:36:07+00:00</published>
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[ Upstream commit b9c44b91476b67327a521568a854babecc4070ab ]

Currently, space for raw sample data is always allocated within sample
records for both BPF output and tracepoint events. This leads to unused
space in sample records when raw sample data is not requested.

This patch enforces checking sample type of an event in
perf_sample_save_raw_data(). So raw sample data will only be saved if
explicitly requested, reducing overhead when it is not needed.

Fixes: 0a9081cf0a11 ("perf/core: Add perf_sample_save_raw_data() helper")
Signed-off-by: Yabin Cui &lt;yabinc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers &lt;irogers@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240515193610.2350456-2-yabinc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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[ Upstream commit b9c44b91476b67327a521568a854babecc4070ab ]

Currently, space for raw sample data is always allocated within sample
records for both BPF output and tracepoint events. This leads to unused
space in sample records when raw sample data is not requested.

This patch enforces checking sample type of an event in
perf_sample_save_raw_data(). So raw sample data will only be saved if
explicitly requested, reducing overhead when it is not needed.

Fixes: 0a9081cf0a11 ("perf/core: Add perf_sample_save_raw_data() helper")
Signed-off-by: Yabin Cui &lt;yabinc@google.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers &lt;irogers@google.com&gt;
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim &lt;namhyung@kernel.org&gt;
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240515193610.2350456-2-yabinc@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin &lt;sashal@kernel.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-11-24-02-05' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm</title>
<updated>2024-11-26T00:09:48+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-11-26T00:09:48+00:00</published>
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Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - The series "resource: A couple of cleanups" from Andy Shevchenko
   performs some cleanups in the resource management code

 - The series "Improve the copy of task comm" from Yafang Shao addresses
   possible race-induced overflows in the management of
   task_struct.comm[]

 - The series "Remove unnecessary header includes from
   {tools/}lib/list_sort.c" from Kuan-Wei Chiu adds some cleanups and a
   small fix to the list_sort library code and to its selftest

 - The series "Enhance min heap API with non-inline functions and
   optimizations" also from Kuan-Wei Chiu optimizes and cleans up the
   min_heap library code

 - The series "nilfs2: Finish folio conversion" from Ryusuke Konishi
   finishes off nilfs2's folioification

 - The series "add detect count for hung tasks" from Lance Yang adds
   more userspace visibility into the hung-task detector's activity

 - Apart from that, singelton patches in many places - please see the
   individual changelogs for details

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-11-24-02-05' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (71 commits)
  gdb: lx-symbols: do not error out on monolithic build
  kernel/reboot: replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()
  lib: util_macros_kunit: add kunit test for util_macros.h
  util_macros.h: fix/rework find_closest() macros
  Improve consistency of '#error' directive messages
  ocfs2: fix uninitialized value in ocfs2_file_read_iter()
  hung_task: add docs for hung_task_detect_count
  hung_task: add detect count for hung tasks
  dma-buf: use atomic64_inc_return() in dma_buf_getfile()
  fs/proc/kcore.c: fix coccinelle reported ERROR instances
  resource: avoid unnecessary resource tree walking in __region_intersects()
  ocfs2: remove unused errmsg function and table
  ocfs2: cluster: fix a typo
  lib/scatterlist: use sg_phys() helper
  checkpatch: always parse orig_commit in fixes tag
  nilfs2: convert metadata aops from writepage to writepages
  nilfs2: convert nilfs_recovery_copy_block() to take a folio
  nilfs2: convert nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers() to take a folio
  nilfs2: remove nilfs_writepage
  nilfs2: convert checkpoint file to be folio-based
  ...
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Pull non-MM updates from Andrew Morton:

 - The series "resource: A couple of cleanups" from Andy Shevchenko
   performs some cleanups in the resource management code

 - The series "Improve the copy of task comm" from Yafang Shao addresses
   possible race-induced overflows in the management of
   task_struct.comm[]

 - The series "Remove unnecessary header includes from
   {tools/}lib/list_sort.c" from Kuan-Wei Chiu adds some cleanups and a
   small fix to the list_sort library code and to its selftest

 - The series "Enhance min heap API with non-inline functions and
   optimizations" also from Kuan-Wei Chiu optimizes and cleans up the
   min_heap library code

 - The series "nilfs2: Finish folio conversion" from Ryusuke Konishi
   finishes off nilfs2's folioification

 - The series "add detect count for hung tasks" from Lance Yang adds
   more userspace visibility into the hung-task detector's activity

 - Apart from that, singelton patches in many places - please see the
   individual changelogs for details

* tag 'mm-nonmm-stable-2024-11-24-02-05' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm: (71 commits)
  gdb: lx-symbols: do not error out on monolithic build
  kernel/reboot: replace sprintf() with sysfs_emit()
  lib: util_macros_kunit: add kunit test for util_macros.h
  util_macros.h: fix/rework find_closest() macros
  Improve consistency of '#error' directive messages
  ocfs2: fix uninitialized value in ocfs2_file_read_iter()
  hung_task: add docs for hung_task_detect_count
  hung_task: add detect count for hung tasks
  dma-buf: use atomic64_inc_return() in dma_buf_getfile()
  fs/proc/kcore.c: fix coccinelle reported ERROR instances
  resource: avoid unnecessary resource tree walking in __region_intersects()
  ocfs2: remove unused errmsg function and table
  ocfs2: cluster: fix a typo
  lib/scatterlist: use sg_phys() helper
  checkpatch: always parse orig_commit in fixes tag
  nilfs2: convert metadata aops from writepage to writepages
  nilfs2: convert nilfs_recovery_copy_block() to take a folio
  nilfs2: convert nilfs_page_count_clean_buffers() to take a folio
  nilfs2: remove nilfs_writepage
  nilfs2: convert checkpoint file to be folio-based
  ...
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