[PATCH 5.4 106/215] perf/core: Fix reentry problem in perf_output_read_group()

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2024-04-11T10:19:34Z

From: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com>

commit 6b959ba22d34ca793ffdb15b5715457c78e38b1a upstream.

perf_output_read_group may respond to IPI request of other cores and invoke
__perf_install_in_context function. As a result, hwc configuration is modified.
causing inconsistency and unexpected consequences.

Interrupts are not disabled when perf_output_read_group reads PMU counter.
In this case, IPI request may be received from other cores.
As a result, PMU configuration is modified and an error occurs when
reading PMU counter:

CPU0 CPU1
__se_sys_perf_event_open
perf_install_in_context
perf_output_read_group smp_call_function_single
for_each_sibling_event(sub, leader) { generic_exec_single
if ((sub != event) && remote_function
(sub->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ACTIVE)) |
<enter IPI handler: __perf_install_in_context> <----RAISE IPI-----+
__perf_install_in_context
ctx_resched
event_sched_out
armpmu_del
...
hwc->idx = -1; // event->hwc.idx is set to -1
...
<exit IPI>
sub->pmu->read(sub);
armpmu_read
armv8pmu_read_counter
armv8pmu_read_hw_counter
int idx = event->hw.idx; // idx = -1
u64 val = armv8pmu_read_evcntr(idx);
u32 counter = ARMV8_IDX_TO_COUNTER(idx); // invalid counter = 30
read_pmevcntrn(counter) // undefined instruction

Signed-off-by: Yang Jihong <yangjihong1@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220902082918.179248-1-yangjihong1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@igalia.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6372,9 +6372,16 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struc
{
struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader, *sub;
u64 read_format = event->attr.read_format;
+ unsigned long flags;
u64 values[6];
int n = 0;

+ /*
+ * Disabling interrupts avoids all counter scheduling
+ * (context switches, timer based rotation and IPIs).
+ */
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+
values[n++] = 1 + leader->nr_siblings;

if (read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED)
@@ -6410,6 +6417,8 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struc

__output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64));
}
+
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
}

#define PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIMES (PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|\