Re: [PATCH tip] perf/events/core: fix race in bpf program unregister

[Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>]

On 5/15/15 12:15 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> there is a race between perf_event_free_bpf_prog() and free_trace_kprobe():
>
> __free_event()
>    event->destroy(event)
>      tp_perf_event_destroy()
>        perf_trace_destroy()
>          perf_trace_event_unreg()
>
> which is dropping event->tp_event->perf_refcount and allows to proceed in:
>
> unregister_trace_kprobe()
>    unregister_kprobe_event()
>        trace_remove_event_call()
>              probe_remove_event_call()
> free_trace_kprobe()
>
> while __free_event does:
> call_rcu(&event->rcu_head, free_event_rcu);
>    free_event_rcu()
>      perf_event_free_bpf_prog()
>
> To fix the race simply move perf_event_free_bpf_prog() before
> event->destroy(), since event->tp_event is still valid at that point.
>
> Note, perf_trace_destroy() is not racing with trace_remove_event_call()
> since they both grab event_mutex.
>
> Fixes: 2541517c32be ("tracing, perf: Implement BPF programs attached to kprobes")
> Reported-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>

ping.
This is needed in 4.1.