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Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:32:32 +0100
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
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Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 2/3] perf: Add a bit of paranoia
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On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 04:42:40PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2015 at 01:33:14AM -0500, Vince Weaver wrote:
> > [407484.309136] ------------[ cut here ]------------

> > [407484.588602]  <<EOE>>  <IRQ>  [<ffffffff8115c28c>] perf_prepare_sample+0x2ec/0x3c0
> > [407484.597358]  [<ffffffff8115c46e>] __perf_event_overflow+0x10e/0x270
> > [407484.604708]  [<ffffffff8115c439>] ? __perf_event_overflow+0xd9/0x270
> > [407484.612215]  [<ffffffff8115c924>] ? perf_tp_event+0xc4/0x210
> > [407484.619000]  [<ffffffff8115cfe2>] ? __perf_sw_event+0x72/0x1f0
> > [407484.625937]  [<ffffffff8115c799>] ? perf_swevent_overflow+0xa9/0xe0
> > [407484.633287]  [<ffffffff8115c799>] perf_swevent_overflow+0xa9/0xe0
> > [407484.640467]  [<ffffffff8115c837>] perf_swevent_event+0x67/0x90
> > [407484.647343]  [<ffffffff8115c924>] perf_tp_event+0xc4/0x210
> > [407484.653923]  [<ffffffff810b6fa9>] ? lock_acquire+0x119/0x130
> > [407484.660606]  [<ffffffff810b3cf6>] ? perf_trace_lock_acquire+0x146/0x180
> > [407484.668332]  [<ffffffff810b594f>] ? __lock_acquire.isra.31+0x3af/0xfe0
> > [407484.675962]  [<ffffffff810b3cf6>] perf_trace_lock_acquire+0x146/0x180
> > [407484.683490]  [<ffffffff810b6fa9>] ? lock_acquire+0x119/0x130
> > [407484.690211]  [<ffffffff810b6fa9>] lock_acquire+0x119/0x130
> > [407484.696750]  [<ffffffff8115b7f5>] ? perf_event_wakeup+0x5/0xf0
> > [407484.703640]  [<ffffffff811f50ef>] ? kill_fasync+0xf/0xf0
> > [407484.710008]  [<ffffffff8115b828>] perf_event_wakeup+0x38/0xf0
> > [407484.716798]  [<ffffffff8115b7f5>] ? perf_event_wakeup+0x5/0xf0
> > [407484.723696]  [<ffffffff8115b913>] perf_pending_event+0x33/0x60
> > [407484.730570]  [<ffffffff8114cc7c>] irq_work_run_list+0x4c/0x80
> > [407484.737392]  [<ffffffff8114ccc8>] irq_work_run+0x18/0x40
> > [407484.743765]  [<ffffffff8101955f>] smp_trace_irq_work_interrupt+0x3f/0xc0
> > [407484.751579]  [<ffffffff816c01fd>] trace_irq_work_interrupt+0x6d/0x80

> > [407484.799195] ---[ end trace 55752a03ec8ab979 ]---
> 
> That looks like tail recursive fun! An irq work that raises and irq work
> ad infinitum. Lemme see if I can squash that.. didn't we have something
> like this before... /me goes look.


Does this make it go away?

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4413,6 +4413,8 @@ static void perf_pending_event(struct ir
 	struct perf_event *event = container_of(entry,
 			struct perf_event, pending);
 
+	int rctx = perf_swevent_get_recursion_context();
+
 	if (event->pending_disable) {
 		event->pending_disable = 0;
 		__perf_event_disable(event);
@@ -4422,6 +4424,8 @@ static void perf_pending_event(struct ir
 		event->pending_wakeup = 0;
 		perf_event_wakeup(event);
 	}
+
+	perf_swevent_put_recursion_context(rctx);
 }
 
 /*