This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled perf: Fix AUX buffer refcounting to the 4.1-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-fix-aux-buffer-refcounting.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.1 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. >From 57ffc5ca679f499f4704fd9b6a372916f59930ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 12:32:49 +0200 Subject: perf: Fix AUX buffer refcounting From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 57ffc5ca679f499f4704fd9b6a372916f59930ee upstream. Its currently possible to drop the last refcount to the aux buffer from NMI context, which results in the expected fireworks. The refcounting needs a bigger overhaul, but to cure the immediate problem, delay the freeing by using an irq_work. Reviewed-and-tested-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150618103249.GK19282@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/events/core.c | 8 -------- kernel/events/internal.h | 10 ++++++++++ kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -4411,14 +4411,6 @@ static void ring_buffer_wakeup(struct pe rcu_read_unlock(); } -static void rb_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head) -{ - struct ring_buffer *rb; - - rb = container_of(rcu_head, struct ring_buffer, rcu_head); - rb_free(rb); -} - struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_get(struct perf_event *event) { struct ring_buffer *rb; --- a/kernel/events/internal.h +++ b/kernel/events/internal.h @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct ring_buffer { atomic_t refcount; struct rcu_head rcu_head; + struct irq_work irq_work; #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC struct work_struct work; int page_order; /* allocation order */ @@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ struct ring_buffer { }; extern void rb_free(struct ring_buffer *rb); + +static inline void rb_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head) +{ + struct ring_buffer *rb; + + rb = container_of(rcu_head, struct ring_buffer, rcu_head); + rb_free(rb); +} + extern struct ring_buffer * rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags); extern void perf_event_wakeup(struct perf_event *event); --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_ rcu_read_unlock(); } +static void rb_irq_work(struct irq_work *work); + static void ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags) { @@ -241,6 +243,16 @@ ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rb->event_list); spin_lock_init(&rb->event_lock); + init_irq_work(&rb->irq_work, rb_irq_work); +} + +static void ring_buffer_put_async(struct ring_buffer *rb) +{ + if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&rb->refcount)) + return; + + rb->rcu_head.next = (void *)rb; + irq_work_queue(&rb->irq_work); } /* @@ -319,7 +331,7 @@ err_put: rb_free_aux(rb); err: - ring_buffer_put(rb); + ring_buffer_put_async(rb); handle->event = NULL; return NULL; @@ -370,7 +382,7 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_out local_set(&rb->aux_nest, 0); rb_free_aux(rb); - ring_buffer_put(rb); + ring_buffer_put_async(rb); } /* @@ -559,7 +571,18 @@ static void __rb_free_aux(struct ring_bu void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb) { if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rb->aux_refcount)) + irq_work_queue(&rb->irq_work); +} + +static void rb_irq_work(struct irq_work *work) +{ + struct ring_buffer *rb = container_of(work, struct ring_buffer, irq_work); + + if (!atomic_read(&rb->aux_refcount)) __rb_free_aux(rb); + + if (rb->rcu_head.next == (void *)rb) + call_rcu(&rb->rcu_head, rb_free_rcu); } #ifndef CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.1/time-fix-timekeeping_freqadjust-s-incorrect-use-of-abs-instead-of-abs64.patch queue-4.1/perf-x86-intel-fix-constraint-access.patch queue-4.1/sched-access-local-runqueue-directly-in-single_task_running.patch queue-4.1/perf-fix-aux-buffer-refcounting.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html