linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix oops when kthread execs user process

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Date:   Wed, 29 May 2019 14:55:57 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc:     Young Xiao <92siuyang@...il.com>, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        mark.rutland@....com, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        acme@...hat.com, eranian@...gle.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
        jolsa@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix oops when kthread execs user process

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 11:20:22AM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> Anyway, you can add my ack to your patch, but I bet we can remove that mm
> check :D

I've ended up with the below. Ravi, can you test if that does indeed
obsolete your PPC patch?

---
Subject: perf: Fix perf_sample_regs_user()
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Date: Wed May 29 14:37:24 CEST 2019

perf_sample_regs_user() uses 'current->mm' to test for the presence of
userspace, but this is insufficient, consider use_mm().

A better test is: '!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)', exec() clears
PF_KTHREAD after it sets the new ->mm but before it drops to userspace
for the first time.

Possibly obsoletes: bf05fc25f268 ("powerpc/perf: Fix oops when kthread execs user process")

Reported-by: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Young Xiao <92siuyang@...il.com>
Cc: Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Fixes: 4018994f3d87 ("perf: Add ability to attach user level registers dump to sample")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5923,7 +5923,7 @@ static void perf_sample_regs_user(struct
 	if (user_mode(regs)) {
 		regs_user->abi = perf_reg_abi(current);
 		regs_user->regs = regs;
-	} else if (current->mm) {
+	} else if (!(current->flags & PF_KTHREAD)) {
 		perf_get_regs_user(regs_user, regs, regs_user_copy);
 	} else {
 		regs_user->abi = PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE;