In the err_file: fput(event_file) case, the event will not yet have been attached to a context. However perf_release() does assume it has been. Cure this. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- kernel/events/core.c | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -3754,9 +3754,19 @@ static void put_event(struct perf_event */ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event) { - struct perf_event_context *ctx; + struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx; struct perf_event *child, *tmp; + /* + * If we got here through err_file: fput(event_file); we will not have + * attached to a context yet. + */ + if (!ctx) { + WARN_ON_ONCE(event->attach_state & + (PERF_ATTACH_CONTEXT|PERF_ATTACH_GROUP)); + goto no_ctx; + } + if (!is_kernel_event(event)) perf_remove_from_owner(event); @@ -3832,8 +3842,8 @@ int perf_event_release_kernel(struct per } mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex); - /* Must be the last reference */ - put_event(event); +no_ctx: + put_event(event); /* Must be the 'last' reference */ return 0; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_release_kernel);