linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf: Fix perf_sched

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Date:	Wed,  2 Mar 2016 13:24:14 +0200
From:	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	vince@...ter.net, eranian@...gle.com,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH] perf: Fix perf_sched_count derailment

The error path in perf_event_open() is such that asking for a sampling
event on a pmu that doesn't generate interrupts will end up in dropping
the perf_sched_count even though it hasn't been incremented for this
event yet.

Given a sufficient amount of these calls, we'll end up disabling
scheduler's jump label even though we'd still have active events in the
system, thereby facilitating the arrival of the infernal regions upon us.

I'm fixing this by moving account_event() inside perf_event_alloc().

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index ce54a68493..1d47d59bb1 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8101,6 +8101,9 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* symmetric to unaccount_event() in _free_event() */
+	account_event(event);
+
 	return event;
 
 err_per_task:
@@ -8464,8 +8467,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		}
 	}
 
-	account_event(event);
-
 	/*
 	 * Special case software events and allow them to be part of
 	 * any hardware group.
@@ -8762,8 +8763,6 @@ perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
 	/* Mark owner so we could distinguish it from user events. */
 	event->owner = TASK_TOMBSTONE;
 
-	account_event(event);
-
 	ctx = find_get_context(event->pmu, task, event);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);
-- 
2.7.0