From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-8.8 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C655EC48BE1 for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:02:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A656B2083B for ; Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:02:11 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1561053731; bh=eyuOxI71prna88R5lnuoLifJTKB9Tn477jX+DSh3PO4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:List-ID:From; b=czYia9GFY8/lkncwG90gvUCL7LsplG+i0LQCWYg8GZIlE00lma8VHzMLikgx3stod NtJEeqmp+ygZ6MWOvZj8bheoexbf1cjnH3cC3g+sm5YKxrFyc1kioPzIIGwuola5ox uT/2DNiRhtAWv/fDLrTNn9HyUEwHjkYWOXC4XIUA= Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726453AbfFTSCK (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:02:10 -0400 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52388 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727397AbfFTSCI (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Jun 2019 14:02:08 -0400 Received: from localhost (83-86-89-107.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [83.86.89.107]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 91A0221479; Thu, 20 Jun 2019 18:02:07 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1561053728; bh=eyuOxI71prna88R5lnuoLifJTKB9Tn477jX+DSh3PO4=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=c9JFsu0jX4RpYYQNXY00cY7BIwDUVloCztiNCKh7WboycyQ2XVWTjQd0FKhxBh5kR OyBMd3XJ4aUP0+RBAgoyHzcC+qpZRz7SaH45V5yKHqd8g/r9H6yQ4+W7nCt3k1jtU1 UxMeMSE7iWAN13E+Qz1vqZr885OFiQ43JapcRDLQ= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Yabin Cui , "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" , Alexander Shishkin , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Jiri Olsa , Linus Torvalds , Stephane Eranian , Thomas Gleixner , Vince Weaver , acme@kernel.org, mark.rutland@arm.com, namhyung@kernel.org, Ingo Molnar , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 4.4 72/84] perf/ring_buffer: Add ordering to rb->nest increment Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 19:57:09 +0200 Message-Id: <20190620174348.717271940@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.22.0 In-Reply-To: <20190620174337.538228162@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20190620174337.538228162@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: stable-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org [ Upstream commit 3f9fbe9bd86c534eba2faf5d840fd44c6049f50e ] Similar to how decrementing rb->next too early can cause data_head to (temporarily) be observed to go backward, so too can this happen when we increment too late. This barrier() ensures the rb->head load happens after the increment, both the one in the 'goto again' path, as the one from perf_output_get_handle() -- albeit very unlikely to matter for the latter. Suggested-by: Yabin Cui Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Vince Weaver Cc: acme@kernel.org Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com Cc: namhyung@kernel.org Fixes: ef60777c9abd ("perf: Optimize the perf_output() path by removing IRQ-disables") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190517115418.309516009@infradead.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c index 70e31c48ae9b..410f83cad06c 100644 --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ static void perf_output_put_handle(struct perf_output_handle *handle) unsigned long head; again: + /* + * In order to avoid publishing a head value that goes backwards, + * we must ensure the load of @rb->head happens after we've + * incremented @rb->nest. + * + * Otherwise we can observe a @rb->head value before one published + * by an IRQ/NMI happening between the load and the increment. + */ + barrier(); head = local_read(&rb->head); /* -- 2.20.1