On SPR, the load latency event needs an auxiliary event in the same
group to work properly. There's a check in intel_pmu_hw_config()
for this to iterate sibling events and find a mem-loads-aux event.
The for_each_sibling_event() has a lockdep assert to make sure if it
disabled hardirq or hold leader->ctx->mutex. This works well if the
given event has a separate leader event since perf_try_init_event()
grabs the leader->ctx->mutex to protect the sibling list. But it can
cause a problem when the event itself is a leader since the event is
not initialized yet and there's no ctx for the event.
Actually I got a lockdep warning when I run the below command on SPR,
but I guess it could be a NULL pointer dereference.
$ perf record -d -e cpu/mem-loads/uP true
The code path to the warning is:
sys_perf_event_open()
perf_event_alloc()
perf_init_event()
perf_try_init_event()
x86_pmu_event_init()
hsw_hw_config()
intel_pmu_hw_config()
for_each_sibling_event()
lockdep_assert_event_ctx()
We don't need for_each_sibling_event() when it's a standalone event.
Let's return the error code directly.
Fixes: f3c0eba28704 ("perf: Add a few assertions")
Reported-by: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index 0d09245aa8df..933fe4894c32 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -3983,6 +3983,14 @@ static int intel_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event *event)
struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader;
struct perf_event *sibling = NULL;
+ /*
+ * The event is not fully initialized yet and no ctx is set
+ * for the event. Avoid for_each_sibling_event() since it
+ * has a lockdep assert with leader->ctx->mutex.
+ */
+ if (leader == event)
+ return -ENODATA;
+
if (!is_mem_loads_aux_event(leader)) {
for_each_sibling_event(sibling, leader) {
if (is_mem_loads_aux_event(sibling))
--
2.41.0.255.g8b1d071c50-goog
