linux-kernel - [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: Fix race in counter initialization

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Date:	Wed, 3 Jun 2009 13:07:08 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, jkacur@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, efault@....de, mtosatti@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: Fix race in counter initialization

Commit-ID:  a96bbc16418bc691317f265d6bf98ba941ca9c1a
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/a96bbc16418bc691317f265d6bf98ba941ca9c1a
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:01:36 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:57:03 +0200

perf_counter: Fix race in counter initialization

We need the PID namespace and counter ID available when the
counter overflows and we need to generate a sample event.

[ Impact: fix kernel crash with high-frequency sampling ]

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
[ fixed a further crash and cleaned up the initialization a bit ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 kernel/perf_counter.c |   25 ++++++++++++++-----------
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 317cef7..ab44554 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ int sysctl_perf_counter_priv __read_mostly; /* do we need to be privileged */
 int sysctl_perf_counter_mlock __read_mostly = 512; /* 'free' kb per user */
 int sysctl_perf_counter_limit __read_mostly = 100000; /* max NMIs per second */
 
+static atomic64_t perf_counter_id;
+
 /*
  * Lock for (sysadmin-configurable) counter reservations:
  */
@@ -3351,14 +3353,18 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_attr *attr,
 
 	mutex_init(&counter->mmap_mutex);
 
-	counter->cpu			= cpu;
+	counter->cpu		= cpu;
 	counter->attr		= *attr;
-	counter->group_leader		= group_leader;
-	counter->pmu			= NULL;
-	counter->ctx			= ctx;
-	counter->oncpu			= -1;
+	counter->group_leader	= group_leader;
+	counter->pmu		= NULL;
+	counter->ctx		= ctx;
+	counter->oncpu		= -1;
+
+	counter->ns		= get_pid_ns(current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
+	counter->id		= atomic64_inc_return(&perf_counter_id);
+
+	counter->state		= PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
 
-	counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
 	if (attr->disabled)
 		counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_OFF;
 
@@ -3402,6 +3408,8 @@ done:
 		err = PTR_ERR(pmu);
 
 	if (err) {
+		if (counter->ns)
+			put_pid_ns(counter->ns);
 		kfree(counter);
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
@@ -3419,8 +3427,6 @@ done:
 	return counter;
 }
 
-static atomic64_t perf_counter_id;
-
 /**
  * sys_perf_counter_open - open a performance counter, associate it to a task/cpu
  *
@@ -3515,9 +3521,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_counter_open,
 	list_add_tail(&counter->owner_entry, &current->perf_counter_list);
 	mutex_unlock(&current->perf_counter_mutex);
 
-	counter->ns = get_pid_ns(current->nsproxy->pid_ns);
-	counter->id = atomic64_inc_return(&perf_counter_id);
-
 	fput_light(counter_file, fput_needed2);
 
 out_fput:
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