This changes perf_event_set_clock to use the new exec_update_mutex instead of cred_guard_mutex. This should be safe, as the credentials are only used for reading. Signed-off-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/events/core.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 2173c23..c37f6eb 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx) * function. * * Lock order: - * cred_guard_mutex + * exec_update_mutex * task_struct::perf_event_mutex * perf_event_context::mutex * perf_event::child_mutex; @@ -11254,14 +11254,14 @@ static int perf_event_set_clock(struct perf_event *event, clockid_t clk_id) } if (task) { - err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex); + err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex); if (err) goto err_task; /* * Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. * - * We must hold cred_guard_mutex across this and any potential + * We must hold exec_update_mutex across this and any potential * perf_install_in_context() call for this new event to * serialize against exec() altering our credentials (and the * perf_event_exit_task() that could imply). @@ -11550,7 +11550,7 @@ static int perf_event_set_clock(struct perf_event *event, clockid_t clk_id) mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex); if (task) { - mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex); + mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex); put_task_struct(task); } @@ -11586,7 +11586,7 @@ static int perf_event_set_clock(struct perf_event *event, clockid_t clk_id) free_event(event); err_cred: if (task) - mutex_unlock(&task->signal->cred_guard_mutex); + mutex_unlock(&task->signal->exec_update_mutex); err_task: if (task) put_task_struct(task); @@ -11891,7 +11891,7 @@ static void perf_event_exit_task_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn) /* * When a child task exits, feed back event values to parent events. * - * Can be called with cred_guard_mutex held when called from + * Can be called with exec_update_mutex held when called from * install_exec_creds(). */ void perf_event_exit_task(struct task_struct *child) -- 1.9.1