From 82d94856fa221b5173eefd56bcd1057c037e9b07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 13:10:30 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] perf/core: Fix lock inversion between perf,trace,cpuhp Lockdep gifted us with noticing the following 4-way lockup scenario: perf_trace_init() #0 mutex_lock(&event_mutex) perf_trace_event_init() perf_trace_event_reg() tp_event->class->reg() := tracepoint_probe_register #1 mutex_lock(&tracepoints_mutex) trace_point_add_func() #2 static_key_enable() #2 do_cpu_up() perf_event_init_cpu() #3 mutex_lock(&pmus_lock) #4 mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex) perf_event_task_disable() mutex_lock(¤t->perf_event_mutex) #4 ctx = perf_event_ctx_lock() #5 perf_event_for_each_child() do_exit() task_work_run() __fput() perf_release() perf_event_release_kernel() #4 mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex) #5 mutex_lock(&event->child_mutex) free_event() _free_event() event->destroy() := perf_trace_destroy #0 mutex_lock(&event_mutex); Fix that by moving the free_event() out from under the locks. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Steven Rostedt (VMware) Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Vince Weaver Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/events/core.c | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 4df5b695bf0d..2d80824298a7 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -1231,6 +1231,10 @@ static void put_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx) * perf_event_context::lock * perf_event::mmap_mutex * mmap_sem + * + * cpu_hotplug_lock + * pmus_lock + * cpuctx->mutex / perf_event_context::mutex */ static struct perf_event_context * perf_event_ctx_lock_nested(struct perf_event *event, int nesting) @@ -4196,6 +4200,7 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event) { struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx; struct perf_event *child, *tmp; + LIST_HEAD(free_list); /* * If we got here through err_file: fput(event_file); we will not have @@ -4268,8 +4273,7 @@ again: struct perf_event, child_list); if (tmp == child) { perf_remove_from_context(child, DETACH_GROUP); - list_del(&child->child_list); - free_event(child); + list_move(&child->child_list, &free_list); /* * This matches the refcount bump in inherit_event(); * this can't be the last reference. @@ -4284,6 +4288,11 @@ again: } mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex); + list_for_each_entry_safe(child, tmp, &free_list, child_list) { + list_del(&child->child_list); + free_event(child); + } + no_ctx: put_event(event); /* Must be the 'last' reference */ return 0; -- 2.11.0