Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix sys_perf_event_open() race against self

[Ravi Bangoria]

On 21-May-22 12:08 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 
> Norbert reported that it's possible to race sys_perf_event_open() such
> that the looser ends up in another context from the group leader,
> triggering many WARNs.
> 
> The move_group case checks for races against itself, but the
> !move_group case doesn't, seemingly relying on the previous
> group_leader->ctx == ctx check. However, that check is racy due to not
> holding any locks at that time.
> 
> Therefore, re-check the result after acquiring locks and bailing
> if they no longer match.
> 
> Additionally, clarify the not_move_group case from the
> move_group-vs-move_group race.

Tested-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@xxxxxxx>

Below is a quick test to reproduce the issue. It triggers WARN_ON()
as normal user. No warnings with the patch.

  $ cat perf-event-open-race.c
  #define _GNU_SOURCE
  #include <stdio.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
  #include <pthread.h>
  #include <linux/perf_event.h>
  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
  #include <linux/perf_event.h>
  #include <asm/unistd.h>
  #include <string.h>
  #include <errno.h>
  
  struct thread_args {
          int group_leader;
          int type;
          unsigned long config;
          pid_t target;
  };
  
  static long perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event, pid_t pid,
                              int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags)
  {
          int ret;
          ret = syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, hw_event, pid, cpu,
                          group_fd, flags);
          return ret;
  }
  
  static void
  perf_attr_prepare(struct perf_event_attr *pe, int type, unsigned long config)
  {
          memset(pe, 0, sizeof(struct perf_event_attr));
          pe->type = type;
          pe->size = sizeof(struct perf_event_attr);
          pe->config = config;
          pe->exclude_kernel = 1;
          pe->exclude_hv = 1;
  }
  
  void *thread(void *arg)
  {
          struct thread_args *args = arg;
          int group_leader = args->group_leader;
          unsigned long config = args->config;
          struct perf_event_attr pe;
          int type = args->type;
          pid_t target = args->target;
          int fd;
  
          perf_attr_prepare(&pe, type, config);
          fd = perf_event_open(&pe, target, -1, group_leader, 0);
          if (fd <= 0)
                  printf("Failed to open %d type event(err: %d)\n", type, -errno);
          else
                  close(fd);
  
          pthread_exit(NULL);
  }
  
  int main(int argc, char *argv[])
  {
          struct thread_args thread_1_args;
          struct thread_args thread_2_args;
          pthread_t t[2];
          struct perf_event_attr pe;
          int group_leader;
  
          perf_attr_prepare(&pe, PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE, PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES);
          group_leader = perf_event_open(&pe, 0, -1, -1, 0);
          if (group_leader <= 0) {
                  printf("Failed to open group leader (err: %d)\n", -errno);
                  exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
          }
  
          thread_1_args.group_leader = group_leader;
          thread_1_args.type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
          thread_1_args.config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES;
          thread_1_args.target = getpid();
          thread_2_args.group_leader = group_leader;
          thread_2_args.type = PERF_TYPE_HARDWARE;
          thread_2_args.config = PERF_COUNT_HW_CPU_CYCLES;
          thread_2_args.target = getpid();
  
          if (pthread_create(&t[0], NULL, thread, (void *)&thread_1_args) != 0) {
                  perror("pthread_create(t1) error");
                  exit(1);
          }
  
          if (pthread_create(&t[1], NULL, thread, (void *)&thread_2_args) != 0) {
                  perror("pthread_create(t2) error");
                  exit(1);
          }
  
          if (pthread_join(t[0], NULL) != 0) {
                  perror("pthread_join(t1) error");
                  exit(1);
          }
  
          if (pthread_join(t[1], NULL) != 0) {
                  perror("pthread_join(t2) error");
                  exit(1);
          }
  
          close(group_leader);
  }

  $ while true; do ./perf-event-open-race; done
  
  $ dmesg
  WARNING: CPU: 121 PID: 7304 at kernel/events/core.c:1948 perf_group_attach+0xfb/0x110
  [...]
  RIP: 0010:perf_group_attach+0xfb/0x110
  [...]
  RSP: 0018:ffff9fec0fa87dc8 EFLAGS: 00010006
  RAX: ffff8f988b3d0000 RBX: ffff8f98872bc0f8 RCX: 0000000000000002
  RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: ffffffffb571c83b RDI: ffffffffb5793126
  RBP: ffff8f9887514830 R08: ffff8f988b3d0120 R09: 0000000000000000
  R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff8f988b3d0000
  R13: ffff8f988b3d0008 R14: ffff8f988b3d0000 R15: ffff8f988b3d0000
  FS:  00007f30c5bff700(0000) GS:ffff8fb7f6800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  CR2: 00007f719bf4f130 CR3: 000000208c010003 CR4: 0000000000770ee0
  PKRU: 55555554
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   perf_install_in_context+0x1af/0x210
   __do_sys_perf_event_open+0xcb6/0x12b0
   do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80
   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
  RIP: 0033:0x7f30c5c398cd
  [...]

Thanks,
Ravi