Merge branch 'linus' into locking/core, to pick up fixes

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 48 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index a17ed56c8ce1..ff01cba86f43 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4256,7 +4256,7 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 	/*
-	 * Mark this even as STATE_DEAD, there is no external reference to it
+	 * Mark this event as STATE_DEAD, there is no external reference to it
 	 * anymore.
 	 *
 	 * Anybody acquiring event->child_mutex after the below loop _must_
@@ -10417,21 +10417,22 @@ void perf_event_free_task(struct task_struct *task)
 			continue;
 
 		mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
-again:
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &ctx->pinned_groups,
-				group_entry)
-			perf_free_event(event, ctx);
+		raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+		/*
+		 * Destroy the task <-> ctx relation and mark the context dead.
+		 *
+		 * This is important because even though the task hasn't been
+		 * exposed yet the context has been (through child_list).
+		 */
+		RCU_INIT_POINTER(task->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn], NULL);
+		WRITE_ONCE(ctx->task, TASK_TOMBSTONE);
+		put_task_struct(task); /* cannot be last */
+		raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
 
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &ctx->flexible_groups,
-				group_entry)
+		list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &ctx->event_list, event_entry)
 			perf_free_event(event, ctx);
 
-		if (!list_empty(&ctx->pinned_groups) ||
-				!list_empty(&ctx->flexible_groups))
-			goto again;
-
 		mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
-
 		put_ctx(ctx);
 	}
 }
@@ -10469,7 +10470,12 @@ const struct perf_event_attr *perf_event_attrs(struct perf_event *event)
 }
 
 /*
- * inherit a event from parent task to child task:
+ * Inherit a event from parent task to child task.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  - valid pointer on success
+ *  - NULL for orphaned events
+ *  - IS_ERR() on error
  */
 static struct perf_event *
 inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
@@ -10563,6 +10569,16 @@ inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 	return child_event;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Inherits an event group.
+ *
+ * This will quietly suppress orphaned events; !inherit_event() is not an error.
+ * This matches with perf_event_release_kernel() removing all child events.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  - 0 on success
+ *  - <0 on error
+ */
 static int inherit_group(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 	      struct task_struct *parent,
 	      struct perf_event_context *parent_ctx,
@@ -10577,6 +10593,11 @@ static int inherit_group(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 				 child, NULL, child_ctx);
 	if (IS_ERR(leader))
 		return PTR_ERR(leader);
+	/*
+	 * @leader can be NULL here because of is_orphaned_event(). In this
+	 * case inherit_event() will create individual events, similar to what
+	 * perf_group_detach() would do anyway.
+	 */
 	list_for_each_entry(sub, &parent_event->sibling_list, group_entry) {
 		child_ctr = inherit_event(sub, parent, parent_ctx,
 					    child, leader, child_ctx);
@@ -10586,6 +10607,17 @@ static int inherit_group(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Creates the child task context and tries to inherit the event-group.
+ *
+ * Clears @inherited_all on !attr.inherited or error. Note that we'll leave
+ * inherited_all set when we 'fail' to inherit an orphaned event; this is
+ * consistent with perf_event_release_kernel() removing all child events.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *  - 0 on success
+ *  - <0 on error
+ */
 static int
 inherit_task_group(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *parent,
 		   struct perf_event_context *parent_ctx,
@@ -10608,7 +10640,6 @@ inherit_task_group(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *parent,
 		 * First allocate and initialize a context for the
 		 * child.
 		 */
-
 		child_ctx = alloc_perf_context(parent_ctx->pmu, child);
 		if (!child_ctx)
 			return -ENOMEM;
@@ -10670,7 +10701,7 @@ static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 		ret = inherit_task_group(event, parent, parent_ctx,
 					 child, ctxn, &inherited_all);
 		if (ret)
-			break;
+			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -10686,7 +10717,7 @@ static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 		ret = inherit_task_group(event, parent, parent_ctx,
 					 child, ctxn, &inherited_all);
 		if (ret)
-			break;
+			goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&parent_ctx->lock, flags);
@@ -10714,6 +10745,7 @@ static int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
 	}
 
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&parent_ctx->lock, flags);
+out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&parent_ctx->mutex);
 
 	perf_unpin_context(parent_ctx);