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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-02-01 10:47:21 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2026-02-01 10:47:21 -0800
commitc00a8791646a226b77d24980ffad0c5e8e268b07 (patch)
tree68a0333e0c5fe15ee02375fc54b2571e71862538 /kernel
parente53ada651abea14481336091fbe2428ff05a8eee (diff)
parent76ed27608f7dd235b727ebbb12163438c2fbb617 (diff)
Merge tag 'perf-urgent-2026-02-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf events fix from Ingo Molnar: "Fix a race in the user-callchains code" * tag 'perf-urgent-2026-02-01' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: perf: sched: Fix perf crash with new is_user_task() helper
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/callchain.c2
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c6
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index 1f6589578703..9d24b6e0c91f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, bool kernel, bool user,
if (user && !crosstask) {
if (!user_mode(regs)) {
- if (current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_USER_WORKER))
+ if (!is_user_task(current))
goto exit_put;
regs = task_pt_regs(current);
}
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index a0fa488bce84..8cca80094624 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7460,7 +7460,7 @@ static void perf_sample_regs_user(struct perf_regs *regs_user,
if (user_mode(regs)) {
regs_user->abi = perf_reg_abi(current);
regs_user->regs = regs;
- } else if (!(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_USER_WORKER))) {
+ } else if (is_user_task(current)) {
perf_get_regs_user(regs_user, regs);
} else {
regs_user->abi = PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE;
@@ -8100,7 +8100,7 @@ static u64 perf_virt_to_phys(u64 virt)
* Try IRQ-safe get_user_page_fast_only first.
* If failed, leave phys_addr as 0.
*/
- if (!(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_USER_WORKER))) {
+ if (is_user_task(current)) {
struct page *p;
pagefault_disable();
@@ -8215,7 +8215,7 @@ perf_callchain(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
bool kernel = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_kernel;
bool user = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_user &&
- !(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_USER_WORKER));
+ is_user_task(current);
/* Disallow cross-task user callchains. */
bool crosstask = event->ctx->task && event->ctx->task != current;
bool defer_user = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_UNWIND_USER) && user &&