[PATCH -next] perf/core: fix unlock balance in perf_init_event

From: Qian Cai
Date: Wed Nov 06 2019 - 00:30:09 EST


The -next commit "perf/core: Optimize perf_init_event()" [1] introduced
an unlock imbalance in perf_init_event() where it calls "goto again" and
then only repeat rcu_read_unlock().

WARNING: bad unlock balance detected!
perf_event_open/6185 is trying to release lock (rcu_read_lock) at:
[<ffffffffb5eb4039>] perf_event_alloc+0xbb9/0x17f0
but there are no more locks to release!
other info that might help us debug this:
2 locks held by perf_event_open/6185:
#0: ffff888526780b50 (&sig->cred_guard_mutex){+.+.}, at: __do_sys_perf_event_open+0x6ee/0x1460
#1: ffffffffb866b4e8 (&pmus_srcu){....}, at: perf_event_alloc+0xab8/0x17f0
Call Trace:
dump_stack+0xa0/0xea
print_unlock_imbalance_bug.cold.40+0xb1/0xb6
lock_release+0x349/0x4b0
perf_event_alloc+0xbcf/0x17f0
__do_sys_perf_event_open+0x1e2/0x1460
__x64_sys_perf_event_open+0x62/0x70
do_syscall_64+0xcc/0xaec
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x49/0xbe

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191022092307.425783389@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Signed-off-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index cfd89b4a02d8..8226d6ecdb86 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10307,7 +10307,6 @@ static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
goto unlock;
}

- rcu_read_lock();
/*
* PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE and PERF_TYPE_HW_CACHE
* are often aliases for PERF_TYPE_RAW.
@@ -10317,6 +10316,7 @@ static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
type = PERF_TYPE_RAW;

again:
+ rcu_read_lock();
pmu = idr_find(&pmu_idr, type);
rcu_read_unlock();
if (pmu) {
--
2.21.0 (Apple Git-122)