Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Various fixlets:

  On the kernel side:

   - fix a race
   - fix a bug in the handling of the perf ring-buffer data page

  On the tooling side:

   - fix the handling of certain corrupted perf.data files
   - fix a bug in 'perf probe'
   - fix a bug in 'perf record + perf sched'
   - fix a bug in 'make install'
   - fix a bug in libaudit feature-detection on certain distros"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf session: Fix infinite loop on invalid perf.data file
  perf tools: Fix installation of libexec components
  perf probe: Fix to find line information for probe list
  perf tools: Fix libaudit test
  perf stat: Set child_pid after perf_evlist__prepare_workload()
  perf tools: Add default handler for mmap2 events
  perf/x86: Clean up cap_user_time* setting
  perf: Fix perf_pmu_migrate_context

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 866e85c5eb94..c8ba627c1d60 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -294,9 +294,31 @@ struct ring_buffer;
  */
 struct perf_event {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
-	struct list_head		group_entry;
+	/*
+	 * entry onto perf_event_context::event_list;
+	 *   modifications require ctx->lock
+	 *   RCU safe iterations.
+	 */
 	struct list_head		event_entry;
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX: group_entry and sibling_list should be mutually exclusive;
+	 * either you're a sibling on a group, or you're the group leader.
+	 * Rework the code to always use the same list element.
+	 *
+	 * Locked for modification by both ctx->mutex and ctx->lock; holding
+	 * either sufficies for read.
+	 */
+	struct list_head		group_entry;
 	struct list_head		sibling_list;
+
+	/*
+	 * We need storage to track the entries in perf_pmu_migrate_context; we
+	 * cannot use the event_entry because of RCU and we want to keep the
+	 * group in tact which avoids us using the other two entries.
+	 */
+	struct list_head		migrate_entry;
+
 	struct hlist_node		hlist_entry;
 	int				nr_siblings;
 	int				group_flags;