Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] perf: add arm64 smmuv3 pmu driver

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On 21/09/18 16:08, Shameer Kolothum wrote:
[...]
+
+	err = cpuhp_state_add_instance_nocalls(cpuhp_state_num,
+					       &smmu_pmu->node);

In theory a hotplug event could happen as soon as the instance is registered...

+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Error %d registering hotplug, PMU @%pa\n",
+			err, &res_0->start);
+		return err;
+	}
+
+	/* Pick one CPU to be the preferred one to use */
+	smmu_pmu->on_cpu = get_cpu();

...so this looks too late, i.e. a race here can result in a bogus call to perf_pmu_migrate_context() with an uninitialised pmu.

Robin.

+	WARN_ON(irq_set_affinity(smmu_pmu->irq, cpumask_of(smmu_pmu->on_cpu)));
+
+	err = perf_pmu_register(&smmu_pmu->pmu, name, -1);
+	if (err) {
+		dev_err(dev, "Error %d registering PMU @%pa\n",
+			err, &res_0->start);
+		goto out_unregister;
+	}
+
+	put_cpu();



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