FAILED: patch "[PATCH] perf/core: Fix event cgroup tracking" failed to apply to 5.6-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] perf/core: Fix event cgroup tracking" failed to apply to 5.6-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 5.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 33238c50451596be86db1505ab65fee5172844d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:33:37 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] perf/core: Fix event cgroup tracking

Song reports that installing cgroup events is broken since:

  db0503e4f675 ("perf/core: Optimize perf_install_in_event()")

The problem being that cgroup events try to track cpuctx->cgrp even
for disabled events, which is pointless and actively harmful since the
above commit. Rework the code to have explicit enable/disable hooks
for cgroup events, such that we can limit cgroup tracking to active
events.

More specifically, since the above commit disabled events are no
longer added to their context from the 'right' CPU, and we can't
access things like the current cgroup for a remote CPU.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.5+
Fixes: db0503e4f675 ("perf/core: Optimize perf_install_in_event()")
Reported-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Tested-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Reviewed-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200318193337.GB20760@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 55e44417f66d..7afd0b503406 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -983,16 +983,10 @@ perf_cgroup_set_shadow_time(struct perf_event *event, u64 now)
 	event->shadow_ctx_time = now - t->timestamp;
 }
 
-/*
- * Update cpuctx->cgrp so that it is set when first cgroup event is added and
- * cleared when last cgroup event is removed.
- */
 static inline void
-list_update_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event,
-			 struct perf_event_context *ctx, bool add)
+perf_cgroup_event_enable(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
 	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
-	struct list_head *cpuctx_entry;
 
 	if (!is_cgroup_event(event))
 		return;
@@ -1009,28 +1003,41 @@ list_update_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event,
 	 * because if the first would mismatch, the second would not try again
 	 * and we would leave cpuctx->cgrp unset.
 	 */
-	if (add && !cpuctx->cgrp) {
+	if (ctx->is_active && !cpuctx->cgrp) {
 		struct perf_cgroup *cgrp = perf_cgroup_from_task(current, ctx);
 
 		if (cgroup_is_descendant(cgrp->css.cgroup, event->cgrp->css.cgroup))
 			cpuctx->cgrp = cgrp;
 	}
 
-	if (add && ctx->nr_cgroups++)
+	if (ctx->nr_cgroups++)
 		return;
-	else if (!add && --ctx->nr_cgroups)
+
+	list_add(&cpuctx->cgrp_cpuctx_entry,
+			per_cpu_ptr(&cgrp_cpuctx_list, event->cpu));
+}
+
+static inline void
+perf_cgroup_event_disable(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
+{
+	struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
+
+	if (!is_cgroup_event(event))
 		return;
 
-	/* no cgroup running */
-	if (!add)
+	/*
+	 * Because cgroup events are always per-cpu events,
+	 * @ctx == &cpuctx->ctx.
+	 */
+	cpuctx = container_of(ctx, struct perf_cpu_context, ctx);
+
+	if (--ctx->nr_cgroups)
+		return;
+
+	if (ctx->is_active && cpuctx->cgrp)
 		cpuctx->cgrp = NULL;
 
-	cpuctx_entry = &cpuctx->cgrp_cpuctx_entry;
-	if (add)
-		list_add(cpuctx_entry,
-			 per_cpu_ptr(&cgrp_cpuctx_list, event->cpu));
-	else
-		list_del(cpuctx_entry);
+	list_del(&cpuctx->cgrp_cpuctx_entry);
 }
 
 #else /* !CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */
@@ -1096,11 +1103,14 @@ static inline u64 perf_cgroup_event_time(struct perf_event *event)
 }
 
 static inline void
-list_update_cgroup_event(struct perf_event *event,
-			 struct perf_event_context *ctx, bool add)
+perf_cgroup_event_enable(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
 }
 
+static inline void
+perf_cgroup_event_disable(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -1791,13 +1801,14 @@ list_add_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 		add_event_to_groups(event, ctx);
 	}
 
-	list_update_cgroup_event(event, ctx, true);
-
 	list_add_rcu(&event->event_entry, &ctx->event_list);
 	ctx->nr_events++;
 	if (event->attr.inherit_stat)
 		ctx->nr_stat++;
 
+	if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+		perf_cgroup_event_enable(event, ctx);
+
 	ctx->generation++;
 }
 
@@ -1976,8 +1987,6 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 
 	event->attach_state &= ~PERF_ATTACH_CONTEXT;
 
-	list_update_cgroup_event(event, ctx, false);
-
 	ctx->nr_events--;
 	if (event->attr.inherit_stat)
 		ctx->nr_stat--;
@@ -1994,8 +2003,10 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 	 * of error state is by explicit re-enabling
 	 * of the event
 	 */
-	if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+	if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
+		perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
 		perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF);
+	}
 
 	ctx->generation++;
 }
@@ -2226,6 +2237,7 @@ event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event,
 
 	if (READ_ONCE(event->pending_disable) >= 0) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(event->pending_disable, -1);
+		perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
 		state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
 	}
 	perf_event_set_state(event, state);
@@ -2363,6 +2375,7 @@ static void __perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event,
 		event_sched_out(event, cpuctx, ctx);
 
 	perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF);
+	perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2746,7 +2759,7 @@ static int  __perf_install_in_context(void *info)
 	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF
-	if (is_cgroup_event(event)) {
+	if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF && is_cgroup_event(event)) {
 		/*
 		 * If the current cgroup doesn't match the event's
 		 * cgroup, we should not try to schedule it.
@@ -2906,6 +2919,7 @@ static void __perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event,
 		ctx_sched_out(ctx, cpuctx, EVENT_TIME);
 
 	perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE);
+	perf_cgroup_event_enable(event, ctx);
 
 	if (!ctx->is_active)
 		return;
@@ -3616,8 +3630,10 @@ static int merge_sched_in(struct perf_event *event, void *data)
 	}
 
 	if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
-		if (event->attr.pinned)
+		if (event->attr.pinned) {
+			perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
 			perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR);
+		}
 
 		*can_add_hw = 0;
 		ctx->rotate_necessary = 1;

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] perf/core: Fix event cgroup tracking" failed to apply to 5.6-stable tree

[Sasha Levin]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2020 at 01:42:14PM +0200, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org wrote:
>
>The patch below does not apply to the 5.6-stable tree.
>If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
>tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
>id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
>
>thanks,
>
>greg k-h
>
>------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
>
>From 33238c50451596be86db1505ab65fee5172844d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
>Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:33:37 +0100
>Subject: [PATCH] perf/core: Fix event cgroup tracking
>
>Song reports that installing cgroup events is broken since:
>
>  db0503e4f675 ("perf/core: Optimize perf_install_in_event()")
>
>The problem being that cgroup events try to track cpuctx->cgrp even
>for disabled events, which is pointless and actively harmful since the
>above commit. Rework the code to have explicit enable/disable hooks
>for cgroup events, such that we can limit cgroup tracking to active
>events.
>
>More specifically, since the above commit disabled events are no
>longer added to their context from the 'right' CPU, and we can't
>access things like the current cgroup for a remote CPU.
>
>Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.5+
>Fixes: db0503e4f675 ("perf/core: Optimize perf_install_in_event()")
>Reported-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
>Tested-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
>Reviewed-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
>Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
>Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
>Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200318193337.GB20760@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net

I've also grabbed ab6f824cfdf7 ("perf/core: Unify
{pinned,flexible}_sched_in()") and 2c2366c7548e ("perf/core: Remove
'struct sched_in_data'"), and queued both for 5.6 and 5.5.

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha