linux-kernel - [tip: perf/core] perf/core: Remove retry loop from perf

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Message-ID: <174085965013.10177.15241731066112284921.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:07:30 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: perf/core] perf/core: Remove retry loop from perf_mmap()

The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     6cbfc06a8590ab4db69f8af9431e816c859e2776
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/6cbfc06a8590ab4db69f8af9431e816c859e2776
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Mon, 04 Nov 2024 14:39:26 +01:00
Committer:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitterDate: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 20:25:57 +01:00

perf/core: Remove retry loop from perf_mmap()

AFAICT there is no actual benefit from the mutex drop on re-try. The
'worst' case scenario is that we instantly re-gain the mutex without
perf_mmap_close() getting it. So might as well make that the normal
case.

Reflow the code to make the ring buffer detach case naturally flow
into the no ring buffer case.

[ mingo: Forward ported it ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241104135519.463607258@infradead.org
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 25 +++++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4cd3494..ca4c124 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6719,28 +6719,33 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(event->ctx->parent_ctx);
-again:
 		mutex_lock(&event->mmap_mutex);
+
 		if (event->rb) {
 			if (data_page_nr(event->rb) != nr_pages) {
 				ret = -EINVAL;
 				goto unlock;
 			}
 
-			if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&event->rb->mmap_count)) {
+			if (atomic_inc_not_zero(&event->rb->mmap_count)) {
 				/*
-				 * Raced against perf_mmap_close(); remove the
-				 * event and try again.
+				 * Success -- managed to mmap() the same buffer
+				 * multiple times.
 				 */
-				ring_buffer_attach(event, NULL);
-				mutex_unlock(&event->mmap_mutex);
-				goto again;
+				ret = 0;
+				/* We need the rb to map pages. */
+				rb = event->rb;
+				goto unlock;
 			}
 
-			/* We need the rb to map pages. */
-			rb = event->rb;
-			goto unlock;
+			/*
+			 * Raced against perf_mmap_close()'s
+			 * atomic_dec_and_mutex_lock() remove the
+			 * event and continue as if !event->rb
+			 */
+			ring_buffer_attach(event, NULL);
 		}
+
 	} else {
 		/*
 		 * AUX area mapping: if rb->aux_nr_pages != 0, it's already