linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 22/57] perf: Fix cpuctx refcounting

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Message-ID: <20230612093539.085862001@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 11:07:35 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v3 22/57] perf: Fix cpuctx refcounting



Fixes: bd2756811766 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h |   13 ++++++++-----
 kernel/events/core.c       |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -841,11 +841,11 @@ struct perf_event {
 };
 
 /*
- *           ,-----------------------[1:n]----------------------.
- *           V                                                  V
- * perf_event_context <-[1:n]-> perf_event_pmu_context <--- perf_event
- *           ^                      ^     |                     |
- *           `--------[1:n]---------'     `-[n:1]-> pmu <-[1:n]-'
+ *           ,-----------------------[1:n]------------------------.
+ *           V                                                    V
+ * perf_event_context <-[1:n]-> perf_event_pmu_context <-[1:n]- perf_event
+ *                                        |                       |
+ *                                        `--[n:1]-> pmu <-[1:n]--'
  *
  *
  * struct perf_event_pmu_context  lifetime is refcount based and RCU freed
@@ -863,6 +863,9 @@ struct perf_event {
  * ctx->mutex pinning the configuration. Since we hold a reference on
  * group_leader (through the filedesc) it can't go away, therefore it's
  * associated pmu_ctx must exist and cannot change due to ctx->mutex.
+ *
+ * perf_event holds a refcount on perf_event_context
+ * perf_event holds a refcount on perf_event_pmu_context
  */
 struct perf_event_pmu_context {
 	struct pmu			*pmu;
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4809,6 +4809,11 @@ find_get_pmu_context(struct pmu *pmu, st
 	void *task_ctx_data = NULL;
 
 	if (!ctx->task) {
+		/*
+		 * perf_pmu_migrate_context() / __perf_pmu_install_event()
+		 * relies on the fact that find_get_pmu_context() cannot fail
+		 * for CPU contexts.
+		 */
 		struct perf_cpu_pmu_context *cpc;
 
 		cpc = per_cpu_ptr(pmu->cpu_pmu_context, event->cpu);
@@ -12832,6 +12837,13 @@ static void __perf_pmu_install_event(str
 {
 	struct perf_event_pmu_context *epc;
 
+	/*
+	 * Now that the events are unused, put their old ctx and grab a
+	 * reference on the new context.
+	 */
+	put_ctx(event->ctx);
+	get_ctx(ctx);
+
 	event->cpu = cpu;
 	epc = find_get_pmu_context(pmu, ctx, event);
 	event->pmu_ctx = epc;
@@ -12877,6 +12889,10 @@ void perf_pmu_migrate_context(struct pmu
 	struct perf_event_context *src_ctx, *dst_ctx;
 	LIST_HEAD(events);
 
+	/*
+	 * Since per-cpu context is persistent, no need to grab an extra
+	 * reference.
+	 */
 	src_ctx = &per_cpu_ptr(&perf_cpu_context, src_cpu)->ctx;
 	dst_ctx = &per_cpu_ptr(&perf_cpu_context, dst_cpu)->ctx;