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From: tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@zytor.com>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,
	alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com,
	torvalds@linux-foundation.org, hpa@zytor.com, jolsa@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org,
	mingo@kernel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Do not double free
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 00:04:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-130056275ade730e7a79c110212c8815202773ee@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160224174947.697350349@infradead.org>

Commit-ID:  130056275ade730e7a79c110212c8815202773ee
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/130056275ade730e7a79c110212c8815202773ee
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
AuthorDate: Wed, 24 Feb 2016 18:45:41 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 08:42:32 +0100

perf: Do not double free

In case of: err_file: fput(event_file), we'll end up calling
perf_release() which in turn will free the event.

Do not then free the event _again_.

Tested-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: dvyukov@google.com
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Cc: panand@redhat.com
Cc: sasha.levin@oracle.com
Cc: vince@deater.net
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160224174947.697350349@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d7b0316..211a5ce 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8520,7 +8520,12 @@ err_context:
 	perf_unpin_context(ctx);
 	put_ctx(ctx);
 err_alloc:
-	free_event(event);
+	/*
+	 * If event_file is set, the fput() above will have called ->release()
+	 * and that will take care of freeing the event.
+	 */
+	if (!event_file)
+		free_event(event);
 err_cpus:
 	put_online_cpus();
 err_task:

  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-25  8:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-02-24 17:45 [PATCH 00/12] perf: more fixes Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 01/12] perf: Close install vs exit race Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:03   ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Close install vs. " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 02/12] perf: Do not double free Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:04   ` tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 03/12] perf: Allow perf_release() with !event->ctx Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:04   ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 04/12] perf: Only update context time when active Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:04   ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 05/12] perf: Fix cloning Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:05   ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 06/12] perf: Fix race between event install and jump_labels Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:05   ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 07/12] perf: Cure event->pending_disable race Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:06   ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 08/12] perf: Introduce EVENT_TIME Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:06   ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix ctx time tracking by introducing EVENT_TIME tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 09/12] perf: Fix scaling vs enable_on_exec Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:07   ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix scaling vs. perf_event_enable_on_exec() tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 10/12] perf: Fix scaling vs perf_event_enable Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:07   ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix scaling vs. perf_event_enable() tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 11/12] perf: Fix scaling vs perf_install_in_context Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:07   ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Fix scaling vs. perf_install_in_context() tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-24 17:45 ` [PATCH 12/12] perf: Robustify task_function_call() Peter Zijlstra
2016-02-25  8:08   ` [tip:perf/urgent] " tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-10 14:39 ` [PATCH 00/12] perf: more fixes Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-10 14:44   ` Vince Weaver
2016-03-11 14:23     ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-11 15:41       ` Borislav Petkov
2016-03-21  9:49       ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/x86/ibs: Fix IBS throttle tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-15 15:38     ` [PATCH 00/12] perf: more fixes Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-16 22:59       ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-16 23:10         ` Peter Zijlstra
2016-03-17 11:54         ` Borislav Petkov
2016-03-11 10:12   ` Alexander Shishkin
2016-03-21  9:48   ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/core: Fix the unthrottle logic tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra

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