linux-kernel - [PATCH] cgroup, perf_event: Fix perf cgroup hierarchy support

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Date:   Sat, 28 Oct 2017 09:49:37 -0700
From:   Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>,
        kernel-team@...com
Subject: [PATCH] cgroup, perf_event: Fix perf cgroup hierarchy support

864c2357ca89 ("perf/core: Do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled
cgroups") made list_update_cgroup_event() skip setting cpuctx->cgrp if
no cgroup event targets %current's cgroup.  This breaks perf_event's
hierarchical support because events which target one of the ancestors
get ignored.

Fix it by using cgroup_is_descendant() test instead of equality.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Fixes: 864c2357ca89 ("perf/core: Do not set cpuctx->cgrp for unscheduled cgroups")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org # v4.9+
Cc: David Carrillo-Cisneros <davidcc@...gle.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c |    7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 9d93db8..db2e630 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -901,9 +901,12 @@ list_update_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event,
 	cpuctx_entry = &cpuctx->cgrp_cpuctx_entry;
 	/* cpuctx->cgrp is NULL unless a cgroup event is active in this CPU .*/
 	if (add) {
+		struct perf_cgroup *cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(current, ctx);
+
 		list_add(cpuctx_entry, this_cpu_ptr(&cgrp_cpuctx_list));
-		if (perf_cgroup_from_task(current, ctx) == event->cgrp)
-			cpuctx->cgrp = event->cgrp;
+		if (cgroup_is_descendant(cgrp->css.cgroup,
+					 event->cgrp->css.cgroup))
+			cpuctx->cgrp = cgrp;
 	} else {
 		list_del(cpuctx_entry);
 		cpuctx->cgrp = NULL;