This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf/core: Fix perf_sample_data not properly initialized for different swevents in perf_tp_event()
to the 6.3-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
perf-core-fix-perf_sample_data-not-properly-initiali.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.3 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit b9749dfe227fcd3ccccca58f96a4bba205c3e3e0
Author: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Apr 25 10:32:17 2023 +0000
perf/core: Fix perf_sample_data not properly initialized for different swevents in perf_tp_event()
[ Upstream commit 1d1bfe30dad50d4bea83cd38d73c441972ea0173 ]
data->sample_flags may be modified in perf_prepare_sample(),
in perf_tp_event(), different swevents use the same on-stack
perf_sample_data, the previous swevent may change sample_flags in
perf_prepare_sample(), as a result, some members of perf_sample_data are
not correctly initialized when next swevent_event preparing sample
(for example data->id, the value varies according to swevent).
A simple scenario triggers this problem is as follows:
# perf record -e sched:sched_switch --switch-output-event sched:sched_switch -a sleep 1
[ perf record: dump data: Woken up 0 times ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209014396 ]
[ perf record: dump data: Woken up 0 times ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209014662 ]
[ perf record: dump data: Woken up 0 times ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209014910 ]
[ perf record: Woken up 0 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209015164 ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.069 MB perf.data.<timestamp> ]
# ls -l
total 860
-rw------- 1 root root 95694 Apr 12 09:01 perf.data.2023041209014396
-rw------- 1 root root 606430 Apr 12 09:01 perf.data.2023041209014662
-rw------- 1 root root 82246 Apr 12 09:01 perf.data.2023041209014910
-rw------- 1 root root 82342 Apr 12 09:01 perf.data.2023041209015164
# perf script -i perf.data.2023041209014396
0x11d58 [0x80]: failed to process type: 9 [Bad address]
Solution: Re-initialize perf_sample_data after each event is processed.
Note that data->raw->frag.data may be accessed in perf_tp_event_match().
Therefore, need to init sample_data and then go through swevent hlist to prevent
reference of NULL pointer, reported by [1].
After fix:
# perf record -e sched:sched_switch --switch-output-event sched:sched_switch -a sleep 1
[ perf record: dump data: Woken up 0 times ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209442259 ]
[ perf record: dump data: Woken up 0 times ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209442514 ]
[ perf record: dump data: Woken up 0 times ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209442760 ]
[ perf record: Woken up 0 times to write data ]
[ perf record: Dump perf.data.2023041209443003 ]
[ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.069 MB perf.data.<timestamp> ]
# ls -l
total 864
-rw------- 1 root root 100166 Apr 12 09:44 perf.data.2023041209442259
-rw------- 1 root root 606438 Apr 12 09:44 perf.data.2023041209442514
-rw------- 1 root root 82246 Apr 12 09:44 perf.data.2023041209442760
-rw------- 1 root root 82342 Apr 12 09:44 perf.data.2023041209443003
# perf script -i perf.data.2023041209442259 | head -n 5
perf 232 [000] 66.846217: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=perf prev_pid=232 prev_prio=120 prev_state=D ==> next_comm=perf next_pid=234 next_prio=120
perf 234 [000] 66.846449: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=perf prev_pid=234 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=perf next_pid=232 next_prio=120
perf 232 [000] 66.846546: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=perf prev_pid=232 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=perf next_pid=234 next_prio=120
perf 234 [000] 66.846606: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=perf prev_pid=234 prev_prio=120 prev_state=S ==> next_comm=perf next_pid=232 next_prio=120
perf 232 [000] 66.846646: sched:sched_switch: prev_comm=perf prev_pid=232 prev_prio=120 prev_state=R ==> next_comm=perf next_pid=234 next_prio=120
[1] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/202304250929.efef2caa-yujie.liu@xxxxxxxxx
Fixes: bb447c27a467 ("perf/core: Set data->sample_flags in perf_prepare_sample()")
Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230425103217.130600-1-yangjihong1@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 68baa8194d9f8..db016e4189319 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -10150,8 +10150,20 @@ void perf_tp_event(u16 event_type, u64 count, void *record, int entry_size,
perf_trace_buf_update(record, event_type);
hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(event, head, hlist_entry) {
- if (perf_tp_event_match(event, &data, regs))
+ if (perf_tp_event_match(event, &data, regs)) {
perf_swevent_event(event, count, &data, regs);
+
+ /*
+ * Here use the same on-stack perf_sample_data,
+ * some members in data are event-specific and
+ * need to be re-computed for different sweveents.
+ * Re-initialize data->sample_flags safely to avoid
+ * the problem that next event skips preparing data
+ * because data->sample_flags is set.
+ */
+ perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0, 0);
+ perf_sample_save_raw_data(&data, &raw);
+ }
}
/*
