linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf map: Fix refcount errors on Arm with -DREFCNT

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Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 14:29:42 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
Cc:     James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf map: Fix refcount errors on Arm with
 -DREFCNT_CHECKING=1

Em Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 09:32:30AM -0700, Ian Rogers escreveu:
> On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 8:05 AM James Clark <james.clark@....com> wrote:
> >
> > When quitting after running a perf report, the refcount checker finds
> > some double frees. The issue is that map__put() is called on a function
> > argument so it removes the refcount wrapper that someone else was using.
> >
> > Fix it by only calling map__put() on a reference that is owned by this
> > function.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: James Clark <james.clark@....com>
> 
> Acked-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> 
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c | 9 +++++----
> >  tools/perf/util/symbol.c     | 9 +++++----
> >  2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> > index 63882a4db5c7..ec0d7810bbb0 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol-elf.c
> > @@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ static int dso__process_kernel_symbol(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
> >         struct dso *curr_dso = *curr_dsop;
> >         struct map *curr_map;
> >         char dso_name[PATH_MAX];
> > +       struct map *map_ref;
> 
> nit: can we narrow the scope of this by moving it to the scope where it is used.

Which is what you did in a patch I already processed, its only in
tmp.perf-tools-next as I was going thru the other patches, but this one
is there already.

I'm checking the tools/perf/util/symbol.c part.

- Arnaldo
 
> >
> >         /* Adjust symbol to map to file offset */
> >         if (adjust_kernel_syms)
> > @@ -1390,10 +1391,10 @@ static int dso__process_kernel_symbol(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
> >                         if (kmaps) {
> >                                 int err;
> >
> > -                               map__get(map);
> > -                               maps__remove(kmaps, map);
> > -                               err = maps__insert(kmaps, map);
> > -                               map__put(map);
> > +                               map_ref = map__get(map);
> > +                               maps__remove(kmaps, map_ref);
> > +                               err = maps__insert(kmaps, map_ref);
> > +                               map__put(map_ref);
> >                                 if (err)
> >                                         return err;
> >                         }
> > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> > index 6b9c55784b56..b3034fd5c0af 100644
> > --- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> > +++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
> > @@ -1368,6 +1368,7 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
> >         int err, fd;
> >         char kcore_filename[PATH_MAX];
> >         u64 stext;
> > +       struct map *map_ref;
> 
> nit: can we narrow the scope of this by moving it to the scope where it is used.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian
> 
> >
> >         if (!kmaps)
> >                 return -EINVAL;
> > @@ -1464,10 +1465,10 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
> >                         map__set_map_ip(map, map__map_ip_ptr(new_map));
> >                         map__set_unmap_ip(map, map__unmap_ip_ptr(new_map));
> >                         /* Ensure maps are correctly ordered */
> > -                       map__get(map);
> > -                       maps__remove(kmaps, map);
> > -                       err = maps__insert(kmaps, map);
> > -                       map__put(map);
> > +                       map_ref = map__get(map);
> > +                       maps__remove(kmaps, map_ref);
> > +                       err = maps__insert(kmaps, map_ref);
> > +                       map__put(map_ref);
> >                         map__put(new_map);
> >                         if (err)
> >                                 goto out_err;
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >

-- 

- Arnaldo