linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] perf tools: Protect reading thread's namespace

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Message-Id: <20190522053250.207156-2-namhyung@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 14:32:48 +0900
From:   Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Krister Johansen <kjlx@...pleofstupid.com>,
        Hari Bathini <hbathini@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] perf tools: Protect reading thread's namespace

It seems that the current code lacks holding the namespace lock in
thread__namespaces().  Otherwise it can see inconsistent results.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/thread.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/thread.c b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
index 403045a2bbea..b413ba5b9835 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/thread.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/thread.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void thread__put(struct thread *thread)
 	}
 }
 
-struct namespaces *thread__namespaces(const struct thread *thread)
+static struct namespaces *__thread__namespaces(const struct thread *thread)
 {
 	if (list_empty(&thread->namespaces_list))
 		return NULL;
@@ -141,10 +141,21 @@ struct namespaces *thread__namespaces(const struct thread *thread)
 	return list_first_entry(&thread->namespaces_list, struct namespaces, list);
 }
 
+struct namespaces *thread__namespaces(const struct thread *thread)
+{
+	struct namespaces *ns;
+
+	down_read((struct rw_semaphore *)&thread->namespaces_lock);
+	ns = __thread__namespaces(thread);
+	up_read((struct rw_semaphore *)&thread->namespaces_lock);
+
+	return ns;
+}
+
 static int __thread__set_namespaces(struct thread *thread, u64 timestamp,
 				    struct namespaces_event *event)
 {
-	struct namespaces *new, *curr = thread__namespaces(thread);
+	struct namespaces *new, *curr = __thread__namespaces(thread);
 
 	new = namespaces__new(event);
 	if (!new)
-- 
2.21.0.1020.gf2820cf01a-goog