linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] segfault in perf-top -- thread refcnt

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2015 13:21:08 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] segfault in perf-top -- thread refcnt

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 12:22:20PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 10:07:37AM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> 
> SNIP
> 
> > > 
> > > 2 things:
> > > 1. let run for a long time. go about using the server. do lots of builds,
> > > etc. it takes time
> > > 
> > > 2. use a box with a LOT of cpus (1024 in my case)
> > > 
> > > Make sure ulimit is set to get the core.
> > 
> > reproduced under 24 cpu box with kernel build (make -j25)
> > running on background.. will try to look closer
> > 
> > perf: Segmentation fault
> > -------- backtrace --------
> > ./perf[0x4fd79b]
> > /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x358f0)[0x7f9cbff528f0]
> > ./perf(thread__put+0x5b)[0x4b1a7b]
> > ./perf(hists__delete_entries+0x70)[0x4c8670]
> > ./perf[0x436a88]
> > ./perf[0x4fa73d]
> > ./perf(perf_evlist__tui_browse_hists+0x97)[0x4fc437]
> > ./perf[0x4381d0]
> > /lib64/libpthread.so.0(+0x7ee5)[0x7f9cc1ff2ee5]
> > /lib64/libc.so.6(clone+0x6d)[0x7f9cc0011b8d]
> > [0x0]
> 
> looks like race among __machine__findnew_thread and thread__put
> over the machine->threads rb_tree insert/removal
> 
> is there a reason why thread__put does not erase itself from machine->threads?
> 
> I'm trying attached patch.. so far so gut ;-)

arghh.. it blowed up during the lunch :-\

jirka
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/