linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] perf tools: Avoid deadlock when map

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Message-Id: <1440013244-15898-2-git-send-email-acme@kernel.org>
Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2015 16:40:41 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] perf tools: Avoid deadlock when map_groups are broken

From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>

Attempting to clone map groups onto themselves will deadlock.

It only happens because of other bugs, but the code should protect
itself anyway.

Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Tested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1439994561-27436-2-git-send-email-adrian.hunter@intel.com
[ Use pr_debug() instead of dump_fprintf() ]
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/thread.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 28c4b746baa1..0a9ae8014729 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -191,6 +191,12 @@ static int thread__clone_map_groups(struct thread *thread,
 	if (thread->pid_ == parent->pid_)
 		return 0;
 
+	if (thread->mg == parent->mg) {
+		pr_debug("broken map groups on thread %d/%d parent %d/%d\n",
+			 thread->pid_, thread->tid, parent->pid_, parent->tid);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
 	/* But this one is new process, copy maps. */
 	for (i = 0; i < MAP__NR_TYPES; ++i)
 		if (map_groups__clone(thread->mg, parent->mg, i) < 0)
-- 
2.1.0

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