[tip:perf/core] perf: Fix branch stack refcount leak on callchain init failure

From: tip-bot for Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Wed Jul 31 2013 - 04:56:45 EST


Commit-ID: 6050cb0b0b366092d1383bc23d7b16cd26db00f0
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/6050cb0b0b366092d1383bc23d7b16cd26db00f0
Author: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 02:30:59 +0200
Committer: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 22:22:58 +0200

perf: Fix branch stack refcount leak on callchain init failure

On callchain buffers allocation failure, free_event() is
called and all the accounting performed in perf_event_alloc()
for that event is cancelled.

But if the event has branch stack sampling, it is unaccounted
as well from the branch stack sampling events refcounts.

This is a bug because this accounting is performed after the
callchain buffer allocation. As a result, the branch stack sampling
events refcount can become negative.

To fix this, move the branch stack event accounting before the
callchain buffer allocation.

Reported-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1374539466-4799-2-git-send-email-fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1274114..f35aa7e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6567,6 +6567,12 @@ done:
atomic_inc(&nr_comm_events);
if (event->attr.task)
atomic_inc(&nr_task_events);
+ if (has_branch_stack(event)) {
+ static_key_slow_inc(&perf_sched_events.key);
+ if (!(event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK))
+ atomic_inc(&per_cpu(perf_branch_stack_events,
+ event->cpu));
+ }
if (event->attr.sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN) {
err = get_callchain_buffers();
if (err) {
@@ -6574,12 +6580,6 @@ done:
return ERR_PTR(err);
}
}
- if (has_branch_stack(event)) {
- static_key_slow_inc(&perf_sched_events.key);
- if (!(event->attach_state & PERF_ATTACH_TASK))
- atomic_inc(&per_cpu(perf_branch_stack_events,
- event->cpu));
- }
}

return event;
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