linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/cqm: Check cqm/mbm enabled state in event init

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Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2016 10:13:23 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Yanqiu Zhang <yanqzhan@...hat.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Vikas Shivappa <vikas.shivappa@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/intel/cqm: Check cqm/mbm enabled state in event
 init

On Mon, Sep 05, 2016 at 05:30:07PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> Yanqiu Zhang reported kernel panic when using mbm event
> on system where CQM is detected but without mbm event
> support, like with perf:
> 
>   # perf stat -e 'intel_cqm/event=3/' -a
> 
>   BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000020
>   IP: [<ffffffff8100d64c>] update_sample+0xbc/0xe0
>   ...
>    <IRQ>
>    [<ffffffff8100d688>] __intel_mbm_event_init+0x18/0x20
>    [<ffffffff81113d6b>] flush_smp_call_function_queue+0x7b/0x160
>    [<ffffffff81114853>] generic_smp_call_function_single_interrupt+0x13/0x60
>    [<ffffffff81052017>] smp_call_function_interrupt+0x27/0x40
>    [<ffffffff816fb06c>] call_function_interrupt+0x8c/0xa0
>   ...
> 
> The reason is that we currently allow to init mbm event
> even if mbm support is not detected.  Adding checks for
> both cqm and mbm events and support into cqm's event_init.
> 
> Reported-by: Yanqiu Zhang <yanqzhan@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>

Fixes: 33c3cc7acfd9 ("perf/x86/mbm: Add Intel Memory B/W Monitoring enumeration and init")

Cc: stable@...r.kernelo.org # 4.6+