@@ -453,11 +453,6 @@ struct perf_event {
#endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
};
-enum perf_event_context_type {
- task_context,
- cpu_context,
-};
-
/**
* struct perf_event_context - event context structure
*
@@ -465,7 +460,6 @@ enum perf_event_context_type {
*/
struct perf_event_context {
struct pmu *pmu;
- enum perf_event_context_type type;
/*
* Protect the states of the events in the list,
* nr_active, and the list:
@@ -6633,7 +6633,6 @@ skip_type:
__perf_event_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx);
lockdep_set_class(&cpuctx->ctx.mutex, &cpuctx_mutex);
lockdep_set_class(&cpuctx->ctx.lock, &cpuctx_lock);
- cpuctx->ctx.type = cpu_context;
cpuctx->ctx.pmu = pmu;
__perf_cpu_hrtimer_init(cpuctx, cpu);
@@ -7275,7 +7274,19 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
* task or CPU context:
*/
if (move_group) {
- if (group_leader->ctx->type != ctx->type)
+ /*
+ * Make sure we're both on the same task, or both
+ * per-cpu events.
+ */
+ if (group_leader->ctx->task != ctx->task)
+ goto err_context;
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure we're both events for the same CPU;
+ * grouping events for different CPUs is broken; since
+ * you can never concurrently schedule them anyhow.
+ */
+ if (group_leader->cpu != event->cpu)
goto err_context;
} else {
if (group_leader->ctx != ctx)
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled perf: Tighten (and fix) the grouping condition to the linux-3.16.y-queue branch of the 3.16.y-ckt extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.16.y-queue This patch is scheduled to be released in version 3.16.7-ckt6. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.16.y-ckt tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From 08446eea4a583919b979915f4dec2fa94ac6186c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 11:19:48 +0100 Subject: perf: Tighten (and fix) the grouping condition commit c3c87e770458aa004bd7ed3f29945ff436fd6511 upstream. The fix from 9fc81d87420d ("perf: Fix events installation during moving group") was incomplete in that it failed to recognise that creating a group with events for different CPUs is semantically broken -- they cannot be co-scheduled. Furthermore, it leads to real breakage where, when we create an event for CPU Y and then migrate it to form a group on CPU X, the code gets confused where the counter is programmed -- triggered in practice as well by me via the perf fuzzer. Fix this by tightening the rules for creating groups. Only allow grouping of counters that can be co-scheduled in the same context. This means for the same task and/or the same cpu. Fixes: 9fc81d87420d ("perf: Fix events installation during moving group") Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150123125834.090683288@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 ------ kernel/events/core.c | 15 +++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) -- 2.1.4