[PATCH v3 1/2] perf/core: fix RCU problem with cgroup context switching code

From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: acme@redhat.com, peterz@infradead.org, mingo@elte.hu,
	ak@linux.intel.com, edumazet@google.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 1/2] perf/core: fix RCU problem with cgroup context switching code
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 11:00:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1447322404-10920-2-git-send-email-eranian@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1447322404-10920-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com>

The RCU checker detected RCU violation in the cgroup switching routines
perf_cgroup_sched_in() and perf_cgroup_sched_out(). We were dereferencing
cgroup from task without hold the rcu lock. Fix this mov holding the
rcu read lock. We move the locking from perf_cgroup_switch() to avoid double
locking.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 98a4b9d..ea0bdc5 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -489,7 +489,6 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 	 * we reschedule only in the presence of cgroup
 	 * constrained events.
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(pmu, &pmus, entry) {
 		cpuctx = this_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
@@ -531,8 +530,6 @@ static void perf_cgroup_switch(struct task_struct *task, int mode)
 		}
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
@@ -542,6 +539,7 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp1;
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp2 = NULL;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * we come here when we know perf_cgroup_events > 0
 	 */
@@ -561,6 +559,8 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 	 */
 	if (cgrp1 != cgrp2)
 		perf_cgroup_switch(task, PERF_CGROUP_SWOUT);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp1;
 	struct perf_cgroup *cgrp2 = NULL;
 
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	/*
 	 * we come here when we know perf_cgroup_events > 0
 	 */
@@ -584,6 +585,8 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in(struct task_struct *prev,
 	 */
 	if (cgrp1 != cgrp2)
 		perf_cgroup_switch(task, PERF_CGROUP_SWIN);
+
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static inline int perf_cgroup_connect(int fd, struct perf_event *event,
@@ -9447,7 +9450,9 @@ static void perf_cgroup_css_free(struct cgroup_subsys_state *css)
 static int __perf_cgroup_move(void *info)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task = info;
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	perf_cgroup_switch(task, PERF_CGROUP_SWOUT | PERF_CGROUP_SWIN);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.5.0

