Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754451Ab3JUIxD (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Oct 2013 04:53:03 -0400 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:39825 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754393Ab3JUIw6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Oct 2013 04:52:58 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, "Peter Zijlstra" , "Salman Qazi" , "Ingo Molnar" , "Tejun Heo" Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 09:46:28 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) Subject: [PATCH 3.2 121/149] perf: Use css_tryget() to avoid propping up css refcount In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 212.20.242.100 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3340 Lines: 103 3.2.52-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Salman Qazi commit 9c5da09d266ca9b32eb16cf940f8161d949c2fe5 upstream. An rmdir pushes css's ref count to zero. However, if the associated directory is open at the time, the dentry ref count is non-zero. If the fd for this directory is then passed into perf_event_open, it does a css_get(). This bounces the ref count back up from zero. This is a problem by itself. But what makes it turn into a crash is the fact that we end up doing an extra dput, since we perform a dput when css_put sees the ref count go down to zero. css_tryget() does not fall into that trap. So, we use that instead. Reproduction test-case for the bug: #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #define PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP (1U << 2) int perf_event_open(struct perf_event_attr *hw_event_uptr, pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd, unsigned long flags) { return syscall(__NR_perf_event_open,hw_event_uptr, pid, cpu, group_fd, flags); } /* * Directly poke at the perf_event bug, since it's proving hard to repro * depending on where in the kernel tree. what moved? */ int main(int argc, char **argv) { int fd; struct perf_event_attr attr; memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(attr)); attr.exclude_kernel = 1; attr.size = sizeof(attr); mkdir("/dev/cgroup/perf_event/blah", 0777); fd = open("/dev/cgroup/perf_event/blah", O_RDONLY); perror("open"); rmdir("/dev/cgroup/perf_event/blah"); sleep(2); perf_event_open(&attr, fd, 0, -1, PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP); perror("perf_event_open"); close(fd); return 0; } Signed-off-by: Salman Qazi Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Acked-by: Tejun Heo Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120614223108.1025.2503.stgit@dungbeetle.mtv.corp.google.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- kernel/events/core.c | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -242,9 +242,9 @@ perf_cgroup_match(struct perf_event *eve return !event->cgrp || event->cgrp == cpuctx->cgrp; } -static inline void perf_get_cgroup(struct perf_event *event) +static inline bool perf_tryget_cgroup(struct perf_event *event) { - css_get(&event->cgrp->css); + return css_tryget(&event->cgrp->css); } static inline void perf_put_cgroup(struct perf_event *event) @@ -473,7 +473,11 @@ static inline int perf_cgroup_connect(in event->cgrp = cgrp; /* must be done before we fput() the file */ - perf_get_cgroup(event); + if (!perf_tryget_cgroup(event)) { + event->cgrp = NULL; + ret = -ENOENT; + goto out; + } /* * all events in a group must monitor -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/