From: Ian Klatzco <iklatzco@gmail.com>
To: stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, sashal@kernel.org,
peterz@infradead.org, yeoreum.yun@arm.com,
David Wang <00107082@163.com>, Ian Klatzco <iklatzco@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6.6.y] perf: Fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctx
Date: Thu, 28 May 2026 23:06:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260529060658.69703-2-iklatzco@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260529060658.69703-1-iklatzco@gmail.com>
From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
[ Upstream commit 3b7a34aebbdf2a4b7295205bf0c654294283ec82 ]
Commit a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting
bug at task exit") moves the event->state update to before
list_del_event(). This makes the event->state test in list_del_event()
always false; never calling perf_cgroup_event_disable().
As a result, cpuctx->cgrp won't be cleared properly; causing havoc.
Fixes: a3c3c6667("perf/core: Fix child_total_time_enabled accounting bug at task exit")
Signed-off-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Tested-by: David Wang <00107082@163.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aD2TspKH%2F7yvfYoO@e129823.arm.com/
Signed-off-by: Ian Klatzco <iklatzco@gmail.com>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 16 ++++------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index eba5eb6fcb87..a4187dea6402 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -2056,18 +2056,6 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
if (event->group_leader == event)
del_event_from_groups(event, ctx);
- /*
- * If event was in error state, then keep it
- * that way, otherwise bogus counts will be
- * returned on read(). The only way to get out
- * of error state is by explicit re-enabling
- * of the event
- */
- if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
- perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
- perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF);
- }
-
ctx->generation++;
event->pmu_ctx->nr_events--;
}
@@ -2401,6 +2389,10 @@ __perf_remove_from_context(struct perf_event *event,
state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_DEAD;
}
event_sched_out(event, ctx);
+
+ if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
+ perf_cgroup_event_disable(event, ctx);
+
perf_event_set_state(event, min(event->state, state));
if (flags & DETACH_GROUP)
perf_group_detach(event);
--
2.47.3
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-05-29 6:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-28 0:25 stable: please backport 3b7a34aebbdf to 6.{6,12,13,14,15}.y ("perf: Fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctx") Ian Klatzco
2026-05-28 7:31 ` Greg KH
2026-05-29 6:06 ` [PATCH 6.12.y] perf: Fix dangling cgroup pointer in cpuctx Ian Klatzco
2026-05-29 6:06 ` Ian Klatzco [this message]
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