linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 071/217] perf/core: Fix perf_sched

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Date:	Wed, 27 Apr 2016 01:02:21 +0200
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Jiri Olsa" <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...hat.com>,
	"Stephane Eranian" <eranian@...gle.com>,
	"Alexander Shishkin" <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
	"Vince Weaver" <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>, vince@...ter.net,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
	"Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...radead.org>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...nel.org>,
	"Linus Torvalds" <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 071/217] perf/core: Fix perf_sched_count derailment

3.16.35-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>

commit 927a5570855836e5d5859a80ce7e91e963545e8f upstream.

The error path in perf_event_open() is such that asking for a sampling
event on a PMU that doesn't generate interrupts will end up in dropping
the perf_sched_count even though it hasn't been incremented for this
event yet.

Given a sufficient amount of these calls, we'll end up disabling
scheduler's jump label even though we'd still have active events in the
system, thereby facilitating the arrival of the infernal regions upon us.

I'm fixing this by moving account_event() inside perf_event_alloc().

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc: vince@...ter.net
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1456917854-29427-1-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.16: adjust context]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6975,6 +6975,9 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* symmetric to unaccount_event() in _free_event() */
+	account_event(event);
+
 	return event;
 
 err_pmu:
@@ -7276,8 +7279,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
 		}
 	}
 
-	account_event(event);
-
 	/*
 	 * Special case software events and allow them to be part of
 	 * any hardware group.
@@ -7486,8 +7487,6 @@ perf_event_create_kernel_counter(struct
 		goto err;
 	}
 
-	account_event(event);
-
 	ctx = find_get_context(event->pmu, task, cpu);
 	if (IS_ERR(ctx)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(ctx);