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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/perf_event.h | 13 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 17 |
2 files changed, 25 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index afb028c54f33..5547ba68e6e4 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -843,11 +843,11 @@ struct perf_event { }; /* - * ,-----------------------[1:n]----------------------. - * V V - * perf_event_context <-[1:n]-> perf_event_pmu_context <--- perf_event - * ^ ^ | | - * `--------[1:n]---------' `-[n:1]-> pmu <-[1:n]-' + * ,-----------------------[1:n]------------------------. + * V V + * perf_event_context <-[1:n]-> perf_event_pmu_context <-[1:n]- perf_event + * | | + * `--[n:1]-> pmu <-[1:n]--' * * * struct perf_event_pmu_context lifetime is refcount based and RCU freed @@ -865,6 +865,9 @@ struct perf_event { * ctx->mutex pinning the configuration. Since we hold a reference on * group_leader (through the filedesc) it can't go away, therefore it's * associated pmu_ctx must exist and cannot change due to ctx->mutex. + * + * perf_event holds a refcount on perf_event_context + * perf_event holds a refcount on perf_event_pmu_context */ struct perf_event_pmu_context { struct pmu *pmu; diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 683dc086ef10..b704d83a28b2 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -4828,6 +4828,11 @@ find_get_pmu_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct perf_event_context *ctx, void *task_ctx_data = NULL; if (!ctx->task) { + /* + * perf_pmu_migrate_context() / __perf_pmu_install_event() + * relies on the fact that find_get_pmu_context() cannot fail + * for CPU contexts. + */ struct perf_cpu_pmu_context *cpc; cpc = per_cpu_ptr(pmu->cpu_pmu_context, event->cpu); @@ -12889,6 +12894,9 @@ static void __perf_pmu_install_event(struct pmu *pmu, int cpu, struct perf_event *event) { struct perf_event_pmu_context *epc; + struct perf_event_context *old_ctx = event->ctx; + + get_ctx(ctx); /* normally find_get_context() */ event->cpu = cpu; epc = find_get_pmu_context(pmu, ctx, event); @@ -12897,6 +12905,11 @@ static void __perf_pmu_install_event(struct pmu *pmu, if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE; perf_install_in_context(ctx, event, cpu); + + /* + * Now that event->ctx is updated and visible, put the old ctx. + */ + put_ctx(old_ctx); } static void __perf_pmu_install(struct perf_event_context *ctx, @@ -12935,6 +12948,10 @@ void perf_pmu_migrate_context(struct pmu *pmu, int src_cpu, int dst_cpu) struct perf_event_context *src_ctx, *dst_ctx; LIST_HEAD(events); + /* + * Since per-cpu context is persistent, no need to grab an extra + * reference. + */ src_ctx = &per_cpu_ptr(&perf_cpu_context, src_cpu)->ctx; dst_ctx = &per_cpu_ptr(&perf_cpu_context, dst_cpu)->ctx; |