Re: [PATCH] perf: Fix race between close() and fork()

Alexander Shishkin
2019-06-25T12:20:38Z

Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> writes:

> Solve it by using the fact that detached events still have a reference
> count on their (previous) context. With this perf_event_free_task()
> can detect when events have escaped and wait for their destruction.
>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Fixes: 82d94856fa22 ("perf/core: Fix lock inversion between perf,trace,cpuhp")
> Reported-by: syzbot+a24c397a29ad22d86c98@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
> Debugged-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>

Reviewed-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>

Regards,
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Alex