[PATCH] perf/core: Fix the WARN_ON_ONCE is out of lock protected region

From: Luo Gengkun
Date: Thu Jun 26 2025 - 09:38:08 EST


commit 3172fb986666 ("perf/core: Fix WARN in perf_cgroup_switch()") try to
fix a concurrency problem between perf_cgroup_switch and
perf_cgroup_event_disable. But it does not to move the WARN_ON_ONCE into
lock-protected region, so the warning is still be triggered.

Fixes: 3172fb986666 ("perf/core: Fix WARN in perf_cgroup_switch()")
Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1f746469fda5..a35784d42c66 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -951,8 +951,6 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task)
if (READ_ONCE(cpuctx->cgrp) == NULL)
return;

- WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuctx->ctx.nr_cgroups == 0);
-
cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL);
if (READ_ONCE(cpuctx->cgrp) == cgrp)
return;
@@ -964,6 +962,8 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task)
if (READ_ONCE(cpuctx->cgrp) == NULL)
return;

+ WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuctx->ctx.nr_cgroups == 0);
+
perf_ctx_disable(&cpuctx->ctx, true);

ctx_sched_out(&cpuctx->ctx, NULL, EVENT_ALL|EVENT_CGROUP);
--
2.34.1