[tip:perf/core] perf tools: Avoid deadlock when map_groups are broken

From: tip-bot for Adrian Hunter
Date: Thu Aug 20 2015 - 06:00:14 EST


Commit-ID: 0d7e7acc47133e82911e24758178815cfee309e9
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/0d7e7acc47133e82911e24758178815cfee309e9
Author: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 17:29:19 +0300
Committer: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:15:09 -0300

perf tools: Avoid deadlock when map_groups are broken

Attempting to clone map groups onto themselves will deadlock.

It only happens because of other bugs, but the code should protect
itself anyway.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439994561-27436-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx
[ Use pr_debug() instead of dump_fprintf() ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/thread.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 28c4b74..0a9ae80 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ static int thread__clone_map_groups(struct thread *thread,
if (thread->pid_ == parent->pid_)
return 0;

+ if (thread->mg == parent->mg) {
+ pr_debug("broken map groups on thread %d/%d parent %d/%d\n",
+ thread->pid_, thread->tid, parent->pid_, parent->tid);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
/* But this one is new process, copy maps. */
for (i = 0; i < MAP__NR_TYPES; ++i)
if (map_groups__clone(thread->mg, parent->mg, i) < 0)
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