On 12/19, syzbot wrote:
Hello,
syzbot tried to test the proposed patch but the build/boot failed:
failed to apply patch:
checking file kernel/events/core.c
patch: **** unexpected end of file in patch
Tested on:
commit: 13e3c779 Merge tag 'for-netdev' of https://git.kernel...
git tree:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git
dashboard link:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=b8e8c01c8ade4fe6e48f
compiler:
patch:
https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/patch.diff?x=15861a9f880000
Let's try again with hopefully a better formatted patch..
#syz test: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.git
13e3c7793e2f
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index e47914ac8732..bbff551783e1 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -12689,7 +12689,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
return event_fd;
err_context:
- /* event->pmu_ctx freed by free_event() */
+ put_pmu_ctx(event->pmu_ctx);
+ event->pmu_ctx = NULL; /* _free_event() */
err_locked:
mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
perf_unpin_context(ctx);
