linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf: Fix 'perf sched record' deadlock

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Date:	Fri, 2 Apr 2010 19:07:46 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, lizf@...fujitsu.com,
	efault@....de, fweisbec@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf: Fix 'perf sched record' deadlock

Commit-ID:  8bb39f9aa068262732fe44b965d7a6eb5a5a7d67
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/8bb39f9aa068262732fe44b965d7a6eb5a5a7d67
Author:     Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
AuthorDate: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:11:33 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 19:30:05 +0200

perf: Fix 'perf sched record' deadlock

perf sched record can deadlock a box should the holder of
handle->data->lock take an interrupt, and then attempt to
acquire an rq lock held by a CPU trying to acquire the
same lock. Disable interrupts.

   CPU0                            CPU1
   sched event with rq->lock held
                                   grab handle->data->lock
   spin on handle->data->lock
                                   interrupt
                                   try to grab rq->lock

Reported-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Tested-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <1269598293.6174.8.camel@...ge.simson.net>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |   15 ++++++++++++---
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index b0feb47..96aae13 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -3376,15 +3376,23 @@ static void perf_event_task_output(struct perf_event *event,
 				     struct perf_task_event *task_event)
 {
 	struct perf_output_handle handle;
-	int size;
 	struct task_struct *task = task_event->task;
-	int ret;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	int size, ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * If this CPU attempts to acquire an rq lock held by a CPU spinning
+	 * in perf_output_lock() from interrupt context, it's game over.
+	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
 
 	size  = task_event->event_id.header.size;
 	ret = perf_output_begin(&handle, event, size, 0, 0);
 
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		local_irq_restore(flags);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	task_event->event_id.pid = perf_event_pid(event, task);
 	task_event->event_id.ppid = perf_event_pid(event, current);
@@ -3395,6 +3403,7 @@ static void perf_event_task_output(struct perf_event *event,
 	perf_output_put(&handle, task_event->event_id);
 
 	perf_output_end(&handle);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
 static int perf_event_task_match(struct perf_event *event)
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