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2025-11-03perf/core: Fix system hang caused by cpu-clock usageDapeng Mi
cpu-clock usage by the async-profiler tool can trigger a system hang, which got bisected back to the following commit by Octavia Togami: 18dbcbfabfff ("perf: Fix the POLL_HUP delivery breakage") causes this issue The root cause of the hang is that cpu-clock is a special type of SW event which relies on hrtimers. The __perf_event_overflow() callback is invoked from the hrtimer handler for cpu-clock events, and __perf_event_overflow() tries to call cpu_clock_event_stop() to stop the event, which calls htimer_cancel() to cancel the hrtimer. But that's a recursion into the hrtimer code from a hrtimer handler, which (unsurprisingly) deadlocks. To fix this bug, use hrtimer_try_to_cancel() instead, and set the PERF_HES_STOPPED flag, which causes perf_swevent_hrtimer() to stop the event once it sees the PERF_HES_STOPPED flag. [ mingo: Fixed the comments and improved the changelog. ] Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHPNGSQpXEopYreir+uDDEbtXTBvBvi8c6fYXJvceqtgTPao3Q@mail.gmail.com/ Fixes: 18dbcbfabfff ("perf: Fix the POLL_HUP delivery breakage") Reported-by: Octavia Togami <octavia.togami@gmail.com> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Tested-by: Octavia Togami <octavia.togami@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Link: https://github.com/lucko/spark/issues/530 Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251015051828.12809-1-dapeng1.mi@linux.intel.com
2025-10-14perf/core: Fix MMAP2 event device with backing filesAdrian Hunter
Some file systems like FUSE-based ones or overlayfs may record the backing file in struct vm_area_struct vm_file, instead of the user file that the user mmapped. That causes perf to misreport the device major/minor numbers of the file system of the file, and the generation of the file, and potentially other inode details. There is an existing helper file_user_inode() for that situation. Use file_user_inode() instead of file_inode() to get the inode for MMAP2 events. Example: Setup: # cd /root # mkdir test ; cd test ; mkdir lower upper work merged # cp `which cat` lower # mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=work merged # perf record -e cycles:u -- /root/test/merged/cat /proc/self/maps ... 55b2c91d0000-55b2c926b000 r-xp 00018000 00:1a 3419 /root/test/merged/cat ... [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.004 MB perf.data (5 samples) ] # # stat /root/test/merged/cat File: /root/test/merged/cat Size: 1127792 Blocks: 2208 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 0,26 Inode: 3419 Links: 1 Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2025-09-08 12:23:59.453309624 +0000 Modify: 2025-09-08 12:23:59.454309624 +0000 Change: 2025-09-08 12:23:59.454309624 +0000 Birth: 2025-09-08 12:23:59.453309624 +0000 Before: Device reported 00:02 differs from stat output and /proc/self/maps # perf script --show-mmap-events | grep /root/test/merged/cat cat 377 [-01] 243.078558: PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 377/377: [0x55b2c91d0000(0x9b000) @ 0x18000 00:02 3419 2068525940]: r-xp /root/test/merged/cat After: Device reported 00:1a is the same as stat output and /proc/self/maps # perf script --show-mmap-events | grep /root/test/merged/cat cat 362 [-01] 127.755167: PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 362/362: [0x55ba6e781000(0x9b000) @ 0x18000 00:1a 3419 0]: r-xp /root/test/merged/cat With respect to stable kernels, overlayfs mmap function ovl_mmap() was added in v4.19 but file_user_inode() was not added until v6.8 and never back-ported to stable kernels. FMODE_BACKING that it depends on was added in v6.5. This issue has gone largely unnoticed, so back-porting before v6.8 is probably not worth it, so put 6.8 as the stable kernel prerequisite version, although in practice the next long term kernel is 6.12. Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.8
2025-10-14perf/core: Fix MMAP event path names with backing filesAdrian Hunter
Some file systems like FUSE-based ones or overlayfs may record the backing file in struct vm_area_struct vm_file, instead of the user file that the user mmapped. Since commit def3ae83da02f ("fs: store real path instead of fake path in backing file f_path"), file_path() no longer returns the user file path when applied to a backing file. There is an existing helper file_user_path() for that situation. Use file_user_path() instead of file_path() to get the path for MMAP and MMAP2 events. Example: Setup: # cd /root # mkdir test ; cd test ; mkdir lower upper work merged # cp `which cat` lower # mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=work merged # perf record -e intel_pt//u -- /root/test/merged/cat /proc/self/maps ... 55b0ba399000-55b0ba434000 r-xp 00018000 00:1a 3419 /root/test/merged/cat ... [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.060 MB perf.data ] # Before: File name is wrong (/cat), so decoding fails: # perf script --no-itrace --show-mmap-events cat 367 [016] 100.491492: PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 367/367: [0x55b0ba399000(0x9b000) @ 0x18000 00:02 3419 489959280]: r-xp /cat ... # perf script --itrace=e | wc -l Warning: 19 instruction trace errors 19 # After: File name is correct (/root/test/merged/cat), so decoding is ok: # perf script --no-itrace --show-mmap-events cat 364 [016] 72.153006: PERF_RECORD_MMAP2 364/364: [0x55ce4003d000(0x9b000) @ 0x18000 00:02 3419 3132534314]: r-xp /root/test/merged/cat # perf script --itrace=e # perf script --itrace=e | wc -l 0 # Fixes: def3ae83da02f ("fs: store real path instead of fake path in backing file f_path") Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2025-10-14perf/core: Fix address filter match with backing filesAdrian Hunter
It was reported that Intel PT address filters do not work in Docker containers. That relates to the use of overlayfs. overlayfs records the backing file in struct vm_area_struct vm_file, instead of the user file that the user mmapped. In order for an address filter to match, it must compare to the user file inode. There is an existing helper file_user_inode() for that situation. Use file_user_inode() instead of file_inode() to get the inode for address filter matching. Example: Setup: # cd /root # mkdir test ; cd test ; mkdir lower upper work merged # cp `which cat` lower # mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=work merged # perf record --buildid-mmap -e intel_pt//u --filter 'filter * @ /root/test/merged/cat' -- /root/test/merged/cat /proc/self/maps ... 55d61d246000-55d61d2e1000 r-xp 00018000 00:1a 3418 /root/test/merged/cat ... [ perf record: Woken up 1 times to write data ] [ perf record: Captured and wrote 0.015 MB perf.data ] # perf buildid-cache --add /root/test/merged/cat Before: Address filter does not match so there are no control flow packets # perf script --itrace=e # perf script --itrace=b | wc -l 0 # perf script -D | grep 'TIP.PGE' | wc -l 0 # After: Address filter does match so there are control flow packets # perf script --itrace=e # perf script --itrace=b | wc -l 235 # perf script -D | grep 'TIP.PGE' | wc -l 57 # With respect to stable kernels, overlayfs mmap function ovl_mmap() was added in v4.19 but file_user_inode() was not added until v6.8 and never back-ported to stable kernels. FMODE_BACKING that it depends on was added in v6.5. This issue has gone largely unnoticed, so back-porting before v6.8 is probably not worth it, so put 6.8 as the stable kernel prerequisite version, although in practice the next long term kernel is 6.12. Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-perf-users/aBCwoq7w8ohBRQCh@fremen.lan Reported-by: Edd Barrett <edd@theunixzoo.co.uk> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.8
2025-10-01Merge tag 'driver-core-6.18-rc1' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core Pull driver core updates from Danilo Krummrich: "Auxiliary: - Drop call to dev_pm_domain_detach() in auxiliary_bus_probe() - Optimize logic of auxiliary_match_id() Rust: - Auxiliary: - Use primitive C types from prelude - DebugFs: - Add debugfs support for simple read/write files and custom callbacks through a File-type-based and directory-scope-based API - Sample driver code for the File-type-based API - Sample module code for the directory-scope-based API - I/O: - Add io::poll module and implement Rust specific read_poll_timeout() helper - IRQ: - Implement support for threaded and non-threaded device IRQs based on (&Device<Bound>, IRQ number) tuples (IrqRequest) - Provide &Device<Bound> cookie in IRQ handlers - PCI: - Support IRQ requests from IRQ vectors for a specific pci::Device<Bound> - Implement accessors for subsystem IDs, revision, devid and resource start - Provide dedicated pci::Vendor and pci::Class types for vendor and class ID numbers - Implement Display to print actual vendor and class names; Debug to print the raw ID numbers - Add pci::DeviceId::from_class_and_vendor() helper - Use primitive C types from prelude - Various minor inline and (safety) comment improvements - Platform: - Support IRQ requests from IRQ vectors for a specific platform::Device<Bound> - Nova: - Use pci::DeviceId::from_class_and_vendor() to avoid probing non-display/compute PCI functions - Misc: - Add helper for cpu_relax() - Update ARef import from sync::aref sysfs: - Remove bin_attrs_new field from struct attribute_group - Remove read_new() and write_new() from struct bin_attribute Misc: - Document potential race condition in get_dev_from_fwnode() - Constify node_group argument in software node registration functions - Fix order of kernel-doc parameters in various functions - Set power.no_pm flag for faux devices - Set power.no_callbacks flag along with the power.no_pm flag - Constify the pmu_bus bus type - Minor spelling fixes" * tag 'driver-core-6.18-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/driver-core/driver-core: (43 commits) rust: pci: display symbolic PCI vendor names rust: pci: display symbolic PCI class names rust: pci: fix incorrect platform reference in PCI driver probe doc comment rust: pci: fix incorrect platform reference in PCI driver unbind doc comment perf: make pmu_bus const samples: rust: Add scoped debugfs sample driver rust: debugfs: Add support for scoped directories samples: rust: Add debugfs sample driver rust: debugfs: Add support for callback-based files rust: debugfs: Add support for writable files rust: debugfs: Add support for read-only files rust: debugfs: Add initial support for directories driver core: auxiliary bus: Optimize logic of auxiliary_match_id() driver core: auxiliary bus: Drop dev_pm_domain_detach() call driver core: Fix order of the kernel-doc parameters driver core: get_dev_from_fwnode(): document potential race drivers: base: fix "publically"->"publicly" driver core/PM: Set power.no_callbacks along with power.no_pm driver core: faux: Set power.no_pm for faux devices rust: pci: inline several tiny functions ...
2025-09-30Merge tag 'bpf-next-6.18' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next Pull bpf updates from Alexei Starovoitov: - Support pulling non-linear xdp data with bpf_xdp_pull_data() kfunc (Amery Hung) Applied as a stable branch in bpf-next and net-next trees. - Support reading skb metadata via bpf_dynptr (Jakub Sitnicki) Also a stable branch in bpf-next and net-next trees. - Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility (Daniel Borkmann) - Replace path-sensitive with path-insensitive live stack analysis in the verifier (Eduard Zingerman) This is a significant change in the verification logic. More details, motivation, long term plans are in the cover letter/merge commit. - Support signed BPF programs (KP Singh) This is another major feature that took years to materialize. Algorithm details are in the cover letter/marge commit - Add support for may_goto instruction to s390 JIT (Ilya Leoshkevich) - Add support for may_goto instruction to arm64 JIT (Puranjay Mohan) - Fix USDT SIB argument handling in libbpf (Jiawei Zhao) - Allow uprobe-bpf program to change context registers (Jiri Olsa) - Support signed loads from BPF arena (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi and Puranjay Mohan) - Allow access to union arguments in tracing programs (Leon Hwang) - Optimize rcu_read_lock() + migrate_disable() combination where it's used in BPF subsystem (Menglong Dong) - Introduce bpf_task_work_schedule*() kfuncs to schedule deferred execution of BPF callback in the context of a specific task using the kernel’s task_work infrastructure (Mykyta Yatsenko) - Enforce RCU protection for KF_RCU_PROTECTED kfuncs (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi) - Add stress test for rqspinlock in NMI (Kumar Kartikeya Dwivedi) - Improve the precision of tnum multiplier verifier operation (Nandakumar Edamana) - Use tnums to improve is_branch_taken() logic (Paul Chaignon) - Add support for atomic operations in arena in riscv JIT (Pu Lehui) - Report arena faults to BPF error stream (Puranjay Mohan) - Search for tracefs at /sys/kernel/tracing first in bpftool (Quentin Monnet) - Add bpf_strcasecmp() kfunc (Rong Tao) - Support lookup_and_delete_elem command in BPF_MAP_STACK_TRACE (Tao Chen) * tag 'bpf-next-6.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next: (197 commits) libbpf: Replace AF_ALG with open coded SHA-256 selftests/bpf: Add stress test for rqspinlock in NMI selftests/bpf: Add test case for different expected_attach_type bpf: Enforce expected_attach_type for tailcall compatibility bpftool: Remove duplicate string.h header bpf: Remove duplicate crypto/sha2.h header libbpf: Fix error when st-prefix_ops and ops from differ btf selftests/bpf: Test changing packet data from kfunc selftests/bpf: Add stacktrace map lookup_and_delete_elem test case selftests/bpf: Refactor stacktrace_map case with skeleton bpf: Add lookup_and_delete_elem for BPF_MAP_STACK_TRACE selftests/bpf: Fix flaky bpf_cookie selftest selftests/bpf: Test changing packet data from global functions with a kfunc bpf: Emit struct bpf_xdp_sock type in vmlinux BTF selftests/bpf: Task_work selftest cleanup fixes MAINTAINERS: Delete inactive maintainers from AF_XDP bpf: Mark kfuncs as __noclone selftests/bpf: Add kprobe multi write ctx attach test selftests/bpf: Add kprobe write ctx attach test selftests/bpf: Add uprobe context ip register change test ...
2025-09-30Merge tag 'perf-core-2025-09-26' of ↵Linus Torvalds
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip Pull performance events updates from Ingo Molnar: "Core perf code updates: - Convert mmap() related reference counts to refcount_t. This is in reaction to the recently fixed refcount bugs, which could have been detected earlier and could have mitigated the bug somewhat (Thomas Gleixner, Peter Zijlstra) - Clean up and simplify the callchain code, in preparation for sframes (Steven Rostedt, Josh Poimboeuf) Uprobes updates: - Add support to optimize usdt probes on x86-64, which gives a substantial speedup (Jiri Olsa) - Cleanups and fixes on x86 (Peter Zijlstra) PMU driver updates: - Various optimizations and fixes to the Intel PMU driver (Dapeng Mi) Misc cleanups and fixes: - Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN (Qianfeng Rong)" * tag 'perf-core-2025-09-26' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (57 commits) selftests/bpf: Fix uprobe_sigill test for uprobe syscall error value uprobes/x86: Return error from uprobe syscall when not called from trampoline perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread perf: Simplify get_perf_callchain() user logic perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument perf/x86: Print PMU counters bitmap in x86_pmu_show_pmu_cap() perf/x86/intel: Add ICL_FIXED_0_ADAPTIVE bit into INTEL_FIXED_BITS_MASK perf/x86/intel: Change macro GLOBAL_CTRL_EN_PERF_METRICS to BIT_ULL(48) perf/x86: Add PERF_CAP_PEBS_TIMING_INFO flag perf/x86/intel: Fix IA32_PMC_x_CFG_B MSRs access error perf/x86/intel: Use early_initcall() to hook bts_init() uprobes: Remove redundant __GFP_NOWARN selftests/seccomp: validate uprobe syscall passes through seccomp seccomp: passthrough uprobe systemcall without filtering selftests/bpf: Fix uprobe syscall shadow stack test selftests/bpf: Change test_uretprobe_regs_change for uprobe and uretprobe selftests/bpf: Add uprobe_regs_equal test selftests/bpf: Add optimized usdt variant for basic usdt test ...
2025-09-24bpf: Allow uprobe program to change context registersJiri Olsa
Currently uprobe (BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE) program can't write to the context registers data. While this makes sense for kprobe attachments, for uprobe attachment it might make sense to be able to change user space registers to alter application execution. Since uprobe and kprobe programs share the same type (BPF_PROG_TYPE_KPROBE), we can't deny write access to context during the program load. We need to check on it during program attachment to see if it's going to be kprobe or uprobe. Storing the program's write attempt to context and checking on it during the attachment. Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250916215301.664963-2-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
2025-09-15Merge 6.17-rc6 into driver-core-nextGreg Kroah-Hartman
We need the driver core fixes in here to build on top of. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-09-14perf: make pmu_bus constRicardo B. Marliere
Now that the driver core can properly handle constant struct bus_type, move the pmu_bus variable to be a constant structure as well, placing it into read-only memory which can not be modified at runtime. Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Suggested-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: "Ricardo B. Marliere" <ricardo@marliere.net> Acked-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240204-bus_cleanup-events-v1-1-c779d1639c3a@marliere.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2025-09-03perf: Fix the POLL_HUP delivery breakageKan Liang
The event_limit can be set by the PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH to limit the number of events. When the event_limit reaches 0, the POLL_HUP signal should be sent. But it's missed. The corresponding counter should be stopped when the event_limit reaches 0. It was implemented in the ARCH-specific code. However, since the commit 9734e25fbf5a ("perf: Fix the throttle logic for a group"), all the ARCH-specific code has been moved to the generic code. The code to handle the event_limit was lost. Add the event->pmu->stop(event, 0); back. Fixes: 9734e25fbf5a ("perf: Fix the throttle logic for a group") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aICYAqM5EQUlTqtX@li-2b55cdcc-350b-11b2-a85c-a78bff51fc11.ibm.com/ Reported-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250811182644.1305952-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
2025-08-26perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel threadJosh Poimboeuf
If the task is not a user thread, there's no user stack to unwind. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250820180428.930791978@kernel.org
2025-08-26perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm ↵Steven Rostedt
== NULL To determine if a task is a kernel thread or not, it is more reliable to use (current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKERi)) than to rely on current->mm being NULL. That is because some kernel tasks (io_uring helpers) may have a mm field. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250820180428.592367294@kernel.org
2025-08-26perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argumentJosh Poimboeuf
The 'init_nr' argument has double duty: it's used to initialize both the number of contexts and the number of stack entries. That's confusing and the callers always pass zero anyway. Hard code the zero. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <Namhyung@kernel.org> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250820180428.259565081@kernel.org
2025-08-15perf: Convert mmap() refcounts to refcount_tThomas Gleixner
The recently fixed reference count leaks could have been detected by using refcount_t and refcount_t would have mitigated the potential overflow at least. Now that the code is properly structured, convert the mmap() related mmap_count variants over to refcount_t. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104020.071507932@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Identify the 0->1 transition for event::mmap_countPeter Zijlstra
Needed because refcount_inc() doesn't allow the 0->1 transition. Specifically, this is the case where we've created the RB, this means there was no RB, and as such there could not have been an mmap. Additionally we hold mmap_mutex to serialize everything. This must be the first. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.956479989@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Use scoped_guard() for mmap_mutex in perf_mmap()Peter Zijlstra
Mostly just re-indent noise. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.838047976@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Split out the RB allocationPeter Zijlstra
Move the RB buffer allocation branch into its own function. Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.722214699@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Make RB allocation branch self sufficientPeter Zijlstra
Ensure @rb usage doesn't extend out of the branch block. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.605285302@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Split out the AUX buffer allocationPeter Zijlstra
Move the AUX buffer allocation branch into its own function. Originally-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.494205648@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Reflow to get rid of aux_success labelPeter Zijlstra
Mostly re-indent noise needed to get rid of that label. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.362581570@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Use guard() for aux_mutex in perf_mmap()Peter Zijlstra
After duplicating the common code into the rb/aux branches is it possible to use a simple guard() for the aux_mutex. Making the aux branch self-contained. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.246250452@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Remove redundant aux_unlock labelPeter Zijlstra
unlock and aux_unlock are now identical, remove the aux_unlock one. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.131293512@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Move common code into both rb and aux branchesPeter Zijlstra
if (cond) { A; } else { B; } C; into if (cond) { A; C; } else { B; C; } Notably C has a success branch and both A and B have two places for success. For A (rb case), duplicate the success case because later patches will result in them no longer being identical. For B (aux case), share using goto (cleaned up later). Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104019.016252852@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Merge consecutive conditionals in perf_mmap()Peter Zijlstra
if (cond) { A; } else { B; } if (cond) { C; } else { D; } into: if (cond) { A; C; } else { B; D; } Notably the conditions are not identical in form, but are equivalent. Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104018.900078502@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Move perf_mmap_calc_limits() into both rb and aux branchesPeter Zijlstra
if (cond) { A; } else { B; } C; into if (cond) { A; C; } else { B; C; } Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104018.781244099@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Split out VM accountingThomas Gleixner
Similarly to the mlock limit calculation the VM accounting is required for both the ringbuffer and the AUX buffer allocations. To prepare for splitting them out into separate functions, move the accounting into a helper function. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104018.660347811@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Split out mlock limit handlingThomas Gleixner
To prepare for splitting the buffer allocation out into separate functions for the ring buffer and the AUX buffer, split out mlock limit handling into a helper function, which can be called from both. No functional change intended. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104018.541975109@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Remove redundant condition for AUX buffer sizeThomas Gleixner
It is already checked whether the VMA size is the same as nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE, so later checking both: aux_size == vma_size && aux_size == nr_pages * PAGE_SIZE is redundant. Remove the vma_size check as nr_pages is what is actually used in the allocation function. That prepares for splitting out the buffer allocation into separate functions, so that only nr_pages needs to be handed in. No functional change. Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812104018.424519320@infradead.org
2025-08-15perf: Avoid undefined behavior from stopping/starting inactive eventsYunseong Kim
Calling pmu->start()/stop() on perf events in PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF can leave event->hw.idx at -1. When PMU drivers later attempt to use this negative index as a shift exponent in bitwise operations, it leads to UBSAN shift-out-of-bounds reports. The issue is a logical flaw in how event groups handle throttling when some members are intentionally disabled. Based on the analysis and the reproducer provided by Mark Rutland (this issue on both arm64 and x86-64). The scenario unfolds as follows: 1. A group leader event is configured with a very aggressive sampling period (e.g., sample_period = 1). This causes frequent interrupts and triggers the throttling mechanism. 2. A child event in the same group is created in a disabled state (.disabled = 1). This event remains in PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF. Since it hasn't been scheduled onto the PMU, its event->hw.idx remains initialized at -1. 3. When throttling occurs, perf_event_throttle_group() and later perf_event_unthrottle_group() iterate through all siblings, including the disabled child event. 4. perf_event_throttle()/unthrottle() are called on this inactive child event, which then call event->pmu->start()/stop(). 5. The PMU driver receives the event with hw.idx == -1 and attempts to use it as a shift exponent. e.g., in macros like PMCNTENSET(idx), leading to the UBSAN report. The throttling mechanism attempts to start/stop events that are not actively scheduled on the hardware. Move the state check into perf_event_throttle()/perf_event_unthrottle() so that inactive events are skipped entirely. This ensures only active events with a valid hw.idx are processed, preventing undefined behavior and silencing UBSAN warnings. The corrected check ensures true before proceeding with PMU operations. The problem can be reproduced with the syzkaller reproducer: Fixes: 9734e25fbf5a ("perf: Fix the throttle logic for a group") Signed-off-by: Yunseong Kim <ysk@kzalloc.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250812181046.292382-2-ysk@kzalloc.com
2025-08-05perf/core: Prevent VMA split of buffer mappingsThomas Gleixner
The perf mmap code is careful about mmap()'ing the user page with the ringbuffer and additionally the auxiliary buffer, when the event supports it. Once the first mapping is established, subsequent mapping have to use the same offset and the same size in both cases. The reference counting for the ringbuffer and the auxiliary buffer depends on this being correct. Though perf does not prevent that a related mapping is split via mmap(2), munmap(2) or mremap(2). A split of a VMA results in perf_mmap_open() calls, which take reference counts, but then the subsequent perf_mmap_close() calls are not longer fulfilling the offset and size checks. This leads to reference count leaks. As perf already has the requirement for subsequent mappings to match the initial mapping, the obvious consequence is that VMA splits, caused by resizing of a mapping or partial unmapping, have to be prevented. Implement the vm_operations_struct::may_split() callback and return unconditionally -EINVAL. That ensures that the mapping offsets and sizes cannot be changed after the fact. Remapping to a different fixed address with the same size is still possible as it takes the references for the new mapping and drops those of the old mapping. Fixes: 45bfb2e50471 ("perf: Add AUX area to ring buffer for raw data streams") Reported-by: zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com # ZDI-CAN-27504 Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Acked-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2025-08-05perf/core: Handle buffer mapping fail correctly in perf_mmap()Thomas Gleixner
After successful allocation of a buffer or a successful attachment to an existing buffer perf_mmap() tries to map the buffer read only into the page table. If that fails, the already set up page table entries are zapped, but the other perf specific side effects of that failure are not handled. The calling code just cleans up the VMA and does not invoke perf_mmap_close(). This leaks reference counts, corrupts user->vm accounting and also results in an unbalanced invocation of event::event_mapped(). Cure this by moving the event::event_mapped() invocation before the map_range() call so that on map_range() failure perf_mmap_close() can be invoked without causing an unbalanced event::event_unmapped() call. perf_mmap_close() undoes the reference counts and eventually frees buffers. Fixes: b709eb872e19 ("perf: map pages in advance") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2025-08-05perf/core: Exit early on perf_mmap() failThomas Gleixner
When perf_mmap() fails to allocate a buffer, it still invokes the event_mapped() callback of the related event. On X86 this might increase the perf_rdpmc_allowed reference counter. But nothing undoes this as perf_mmap_close() is never called in this case, which causes another reference count leak. Return early on failure to prevent that. Fixes: 1e0fb9ec679c ("perf: Add pmu callbacks to track event mapping and unmapping") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2025-08-05perf/core: Don't leak AUX buffer refcount on allocation failureThomas Gleixner
Failure of the AUX buffer allocation leaks the reference count. Set the reference count to 1 only when the allocation succeeds. Fixes: 45bfb2e50471 ("perf: Add AUX area to ring buffer for raw data streams") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2025-08-05perf/core: Preserve AUX buffer allocation failure resultThomas Gleixner
A recent overhaul sets the return value to 0 unconditionally after the allocations, which causes reference count leaks and corrupts the user->vm accounting. Preserve the AUX buffer allocation failure return value, so that the subsequent code works correctly. Fixes: 0983593f32c4 ("perf/core: Lift event->mmap_mutex in perf_mmap()") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
2025-07-09perf/core: Fix WARN in perf_sigtrap()Tetsuo Handa
Since exit_task_work() runs after perf_event_exit_task_context() updated ctx->task to TASK_TOMBSTONE, perf_sigtrap() from perf_pending_task() might observe event->ctx->task == TASK_TOMBSTONE. Swap the early exit tests in order not to hit WARN_ON_ONCE(). Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2fe61cb2a86066be6985 Reported-by: syzbot <syzbot+2fe61cb2a86066be6985@syzkaller.appspotmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/b1c224bd-97f9-462c-a3e3-125d5e19c983@I-love.SAKURA.ne.jp
2025-07-03perf: Revert to requiring CAP_SYS_ADMIN for uprobesPeter Zijlstra
Jann reports that uprobes can be used destructively when used in the middle of an instruction. The kernel only verifies there is a valid instruction at the requested offset, but due to variable instruction length cannot determine if this is an instruction as seen by the intended execution stream. Additionally, Mark Rutland notes that on architectures that mix data in the text segment (like arm64), a similar things can be done if the data word is 'mistaken' for an instruction. As such, require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for uprobes. Fixes: c9e0924e5c2b ("perf/core: open access to probes for CAP_PERFMON privileged process") Reported-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAG48ez1n4520sq0XrWYDHKiKxE_+WCfAK+qt9qkY4ZiBGmL-5g@mail.gmail.com
2025-06-30perf/core: Fix the WARN_ON_ONCE is out of lock protected regionLuo Gengkun
commit 3172fb986666 ("perf/core: Fix WARN in perf_cgroup_switch()") try to fix a concurrency problem between perf_cgroup_switch and perf_cgroup_event_disable. But it does not to move the WARN_ON_ONCE into lock-protected region, so the warning is still be triggered. Fixes: 3172fb986666 ("perf/core: Fix WARN in perf_cgroup_switch()") Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@huaweicloud.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250626135403.2454105-1-luogengkun@huaweicloud.com
2025-06-26perf/aux: Fix pending disable flow when the AUX ring buffer overrunsLeo Yan
If an AUX event overruns, the event core layer intends to disable the event by setting the 'pending_disable' flag. Unfortunately, the event is not actually disabled afterwards. In commit: ca6c21327c6a ("perf: Fix missing SIGTRAPs") the 'pending_disable' flag was changed to a boolean. However, the AUX event code was not updated accordingly. The flag ends up holding a CPU number. If this number is zero, the flag is taken as false and the IRQ work is never triggered. Later, with commit: 2b84def990d3 ("perf: Split __perf_pending_irq() out of perf_pending_irq()") a new IRQ work 'pending_disable_irq' was introduced to handle event disabling. The AUX event path was not updated to kick off the work queue. To fix this bug, when an AUX ring buffer overrun is detected, call perf_event_disable_inatomic() to initiate the pending disable flow. Also update the outdated comment for setting the flag, to reflect the boolean values (0 or 1). Fixes: 2b84def990d3 ("perf: Split __perf_pending_irq() out of perf_pending_irq()") Fixes: ca6c21327c6a ("perf: Fix missing SIGTRAPs") Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Liang Kan <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Cc: Marco Elver <elver@google.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250625170737.2918295-1-leo.yan@arm.com
2025-06-11perf: Fix the throttle error of some clock eventsKan Liang
Both ARM and IBM CI reports RCU stall, which can be reproduced by the below perf command. perf record -a -e cpu-clock -- sleep 2 The issue is introduced by the generic throttle patch set, which unconditionally invoke the event_stop() when throttle is triggered. The cpu-clock and task-clock are two special SW events, which rely on the hrtimer. The throttle is invoked in the hrtimer handler. The event_stop()->hrtimer_cancel() waits for the handler to finish, which is a deadlock. Instead of invoking the stop(), the HRTIMER_NORESTART should be used to stop the timer. There may be two ways to fix it: - Introduce a PMU flag to track the case. Avoid the event_stop in perf_event_throttle() if the flag is detected. It has been implemented in the https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250528175832.2999139-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com/ The new flag was thought to be an overkill for the issue. - Add a check in the event_stop. Return immediately if the throttle is invoked in the hrtimer handler. Rely on the existing HRTIMER_NORESTART method to stop the timer. The latter is implemented here. Move event->hw.interrupts = MAX_INTERRUPTS before the stop(). It makes the order the same as perf_event_unthrottle(). Except the patch, no one checks the hw.interrupts in the stop(). There is no impact from the order change. When stops in the throttle, the event should not be updated, stop(event, 0). But the cpu_clock_event_stop() doesn't handle the flag. In logic, it's wrong. But it didn't bring any problems with the old code, because the stop() was not invoked when handling the throttle. Checking the flag before updating the event. Fixes: 9734e25fbf5a ("perf: Fix the throttle logic for a group") Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20250527161656.GJ2566836@e132581.arm.com/ Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/djxlh5fx326gcenwrr52ry3pk4wxmugu4jccdjysza7tlc5fef@ktp4rffawgcw/ Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/8e8f51d8-af64-4d9e-934b-c0ee9f131293@linux.ibm.com/ Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/4ce106d0-950c-aadc-0b6a-f0215cd39913@maine.edu/ Reported-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Reported-by: Aishwarya TCV <aishwarya.tcv@arm.com> Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> Reported-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com> Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250606192546.915765-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
2025-06-05perf/core: Fix WARN in perf_cgroup_switch()Luo Gengkun
There may be concurrency between perf_cgroup_switch and perf_cgroup_event_disable. Consider the following scenario: after a new perf cgroup event is created on CPU0, the new event may not trigger a reprogramming, causing ctx->is_active to be 0. In this case, when CPU1 disables this perf event, it executes __perf_remove_from_context-> list _del_event->perf_cgroup_event_disable on CPU1, which causes a race with perf_cgroup_switch running on CPU0. The following describes the details of this concurrency scenario: CPU0 CPU1 perf_cgroup_switch: ... # cpuctx->cgrp is not NULL here if (READ_ONCE(cpuctx->cgrp) == NULL) return; perf_remove_from_context: ... raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock); ... # ctx->is_active == 0 because reprogramm is not # tigger, so CPU1 can do __perf_remove_from_context # for CPU0 __perf_remove_from_context: perf_cgroup_event_disable: ... if (--ctx->nr_cgroups) ... # this warning will happened because CPU1 changed # ctx.nr_cgroups to 0. WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuctx->ctx.nr_cgroups == 0); [peterz: use guard instead of goto unlock] Fixes: db4a835601b7 ("perf/core: Set cgroup in CPU contexts for new cgroup events") Signed-off-by: Luo Gengkun <luogengkun@huaweicloud.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250604033924.3914647-3-luogengkun@huaweicloud.com
2025-06-05perf: Fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctxYeoreum Yun
Commit a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit") moves the event->state update to before list_del_event(). This makes the event->state test in list_del_event() always false; never calling perf_cgroup_event_disable(). As a result, cpuctx->cgrp won't be cleared properly; causing havoc. Fixes: a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit") Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Tested-by: David Wang <00107082@163.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aD2TspKH%2F7yvfYoO@e129823.arm.com/
2025-06-05perf: Fix cgroup state vs ERRORPeter Zijlstra
While chasing down a missing perf_cgroup_event_disable() elsewhere, Leo Yan found that both perf_put_aux_event() and perf_remove_sibling_event() were also missing one. Specifically, the rule is that events that switch to OFF,ERROR need to call perf_cgroup_event_disable(). Unify the disable paths to ensure this. Fixes: ab43762ef010 ("perf: Allow normal events to output AUX data") Fixes: 9f0c4fa111dc ("perf/core: Add a new PERF_EV_CAP_SIBLING event capability") Reported-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250605123343.GD35970@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
2025-06-05perf: Fix sample vs do_exit()Peter Zijlstra
Baisheng Gao reported an ARM64 crash, which Mark decoded as being a synchronous external abort -- most likely due to trying to access MMIO in bad ways. The crash further shows perf trying to do a user stack sample while in exit_mmap()'s tlb_finish_mmu() -- i.e. while tearing down the address space it is trying to access. It turns out that we stop perf after we tear down the userspace mm; a receipie for disaster, since perf likes to access userspace for various reasons. Flip this order by moving up where we stop perf in do_exit(). Additionally, harden PERF_SAMPLE_CALLCHAIN and PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER to abort when the current task does not have an mm (exit_mm() makes sure to set current->mm = NULL; before commencing with the actual teardown). Such that CPU wide events don't trip on this same problem. Fixes: c5ebcedb566e ("perf: Add ability to attach user stack dump to sample") Reported-by: Baisheng Gao <baisheng.gao@unisoc.com> Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250605110815.GQ39944@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
2025-05-21perf: Only dump the throttle log for the leaderKan Liang
The PERF_RECORD_THROTTLE records are dumped for all throttled events. It's not necessary for group events, which are throttled altogether. Optimize it by only dump the throttle log for the leader. The sample right after the THROTTLE record must be generated by the actual target event. It is good enough for the perf tool to locate the actual target event. Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250520181644.2673067-3-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
2025-05-21perf: Fix the throttle logic for a groupKan Liang
The current throttle logic doesn't work well with a group, e.g., the following sampling-read case. $ perf record -e "{cycles,cycles}:S" ... $ perf report -D | grep THROTTLE | tail -2 THROTTLE events: 426 ( 9.0%) UNTHROTTLE events: 425 ( 9.0%) $ perf report -D | grep PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE -a4 | tail -n 5 0 1020120874009167 0x74970 [0x68]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x1): ... sample_read: .... group nr 2 ..... id 0000000000000327, value 000000000cbb993a, lost 0 ..... id 0000000000000328, value 00000002211c26df, lost 0 The second cycles event has a much larger value than the first cycles event in the same group. The current throttle logic in the generic code only logs the THROTTLE event. It relies on the specific driver implementation to disable events. For all ARCHs, the implementation is similar. Only the event is disabled, rather than the group. The logic to disable the group should be generic for all ARCHs. Add the logic in the generic code. The following patch will remove the buggy driver-specific implementation. The throttle only happens when an event is overflowed. Stop the entire group when any event in the group triggers the throttle. The MAX_INTERRUPTS is set to all throttle events. The unthrottled could happen in 3 places. - event/group sched. All events in the group are scheduled one by one. All of them will be unthrottled eventually. Nothing needs to be changed. - The perf_adjust_freq_unthr_events for each tick. Needs to restart the group altogether. - The __perf_event_period(). The whole group needs to be restarted altogether as well. With the fix, $ sudo perf report -D | grep PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE -a4 | tail -n 5 0 3573470770332 0x12f5f8 [0x70]: PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE(IP, 0x2): ... sample_read: .... group nr 2 ..... id 0000000000000a28, value 00000004fd3dfd8f, lost 0 ..... id 0000000000000a29, value 00000004fd3dfd8f, lost 0 Suggested-by: "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250520181644.2673067-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
2025-05-17perf/core: Add the is_event_in_freq_mode() helper to simplify the codeKan Liang
Add a helper to check if an event is in freq mode to improve readability. No functional changes. Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250516182853.2610284-2-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
2025-05-08perf: Fix confusing aux iterationFrederic Weisbecker
While an event tears down all links to it as an aux, the iteration happens on the event's group leader instead of the group itself. If the event is a group leader, it has no effect because the event is also its own group leader. But otherwise there would be a risk to detach all the siblings events from the wrong group leader. It just happens to work because each sibling's aux link is tested against the right event before proceeding. Also the ctx lock is the same for the events and their group leader so the iteration is safe. Yet the iteration is confusing. Clarify the actual intent. Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250424161128.29176-5-frederic@kernel.org
2025-05-08perf: Fix irq work dereferencing garbageFrederic Weisbecker
The following commit: da916e96e2de ("perf: Make perf_pmu_unregister() useable") has introduced two significant event's parent lifecycle changes: 1) An event that has exited now has EVENT_TOMBSTONE as a parent. This can result in a situation where the delayed wakeup irq_work can accidentally dereference EVENT_TOMBSTONE on: CPU 0 CPU 1 ----- ----- __schedule() local_irq_disable() rq_lock() <NMI> perf_event_overflow() irq_work_queue(&child->pending_irq) </NMI> perf_event_task_sched_out() raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock) ctx_sched_out() ctx->is_active = 0 event_sched_out(child) raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock) perf_event_release_kernel(parent) perf_remove_from_context(child) raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock) // Sees !ctx->is_active // Removes from context inline __perf_remove_from_context(child) perf_child_detach(child) event->parent = EVENT_TOMBSTONE raw_spin_rq_unlock_irq(rq); <IRQ> perf_pending_irq() perf_event_wakeup(child) ring_buffer_wakeup(child) rcu_dereference(child->parent->rb) <--- CRASH This also concerns the call to kill_fasync() on parent->fasync. 2) The final parent reference count decrement can now happen before the the final child reference count decrement. ie: the parent can now be freed before its child. On PREEMPT_RT, this can result in a situation where the delayed wakeup irq_work can accidentally dereference a freed parent: CPU 0 CPU 1 CPU 2 ----- ----- ------ perf_pmu_unregister() pmu_detach_events() pmu_get_event() atomic_long_inc_not_zero(&child->refcount) <NMI> perf_event_overflow() irq_work_queue(&child->pending_irq); </NMI> <IRQ> irq_work_run() wake_irq_workd() </IRQ> preempt_schedule_irq() =========> SWITCH to workd irq_work_run_list() perf_pending_irq() perf_event_wakeup(child) ring_buffer_wakeup(child) event = child->parent perf_event_release_kernel(parent) // Not last ref, PMU holds it put_event(child) // Last ref put_event(parent) free_event() call_rcu(...) rcu_core() free_event_rcu() rcu_dereference(event->rb) <--- CRASH This also concerns the call to kill_fasync() on parent->fasync. The "easy" solution to 1) is to check that event->parent is not EVENT_TOMBSTONE on perf_event_wakeup() (including both ring buffer and fasync uses). The "easy" solution to 2) is to turn perf_event_wakeup() to wholefully run under rcu_read_lock(). However because of 2), sanity would prescribe to make event::parent an __rcu pointer and annotate each and every users to prove they are reliable. Propose an alternate solution and restore the stable pointer to the parent until all its children have called _free_event() themselves to avoid any further accident. Also revert the EVENT_TOMBSTONE design that is mostly here to determine which caller of perf_event_exit_event() must perform the refcount decrement on a child event matching the increment in inherit_event(). Arrange instead for checking the attach state of an event prior to its removal and decrement the refcount of the child accordingly. Fixes: da916e96e2de ("perf: Make perf_pmu_unregister() useable") Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
2025-05-08perf: Fix failing inherit_event() doing extra refcount decrement on parentFrederic Weisbecker
When inherit_event() fails after the child allocation but before the parent refcount has been incremented, calling put_event() wrongly decrements the reference to the parent, risking to free it too early. Also pmu_get_event() can't be holding a reference to the child concurrently at this point since it is under pmus_srcu critical section. Fix it with restoring the deleted free_event() function and call it on the failing child in order to free it directly under the verified assumption that its refcount is only 1. The refcount to the parent is then voluntarily omitted. Fixes: da916e96e2de ("perf: Make perf_pmu_unregister() useable") Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250424161128.29176-2-frederic@kernel.org