From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: tmricht@linux.ibm.com,gor@linux.ibm.com,hca@linux.ibm.com,sumanthk@linux.ibm.com
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] s390/pai: Handle multiple PMU stop callback invocations" failed to apply to 6.12-stable tree
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:36:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2026102147-crank-malformed-5356@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.12-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>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.12.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x f3110e969ad226ffbb2d9b4bf5387e68d0d9ef40
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2026102147-crank-malformed-5356@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.12.y' 'HEAD^..'
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From f3110e969ad226ffbb2d9b4bf5387e68d0d9ef40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:58:55 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] s390/pai: Handle multiple PMU stop callback invocations
Handle the following scenario:
The kernel protects itself against a very high sampling load and
throttles the sampling using:
perf_event_throttle() --> PMU->stop()
Shortly later the scheduler may terminate the task and removes it from the
CPU. It again calls
PMU->stop()
which results in two invocations of PMU->stop() called back to back.
Protect against this and check the PERF_HES_STOPPED bit on function
entry. If it is already set return.
Clear bit PERF_HES_STOPPED in PMU->start().
Prohibit ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD, ...) call for this event.
It sets perf_event::event_limit to a positive value and causes
perf_event_overflow() to invoke pai_stop() call back function when
perf_event::event_limit hits zero. This is not supported because the
sample events CRYPTO_ALL and NNPA_ALL are only taken at schedule out
of a task.
Use list_for_each_entry_safe() for safe iteration over syswide_list
in pai_have_samples().
Fixes: 9f66572f2889 ("s390/pai_crypto: Enable per-task and system-wide sampling event")
Fixes: 582cc1b28e8c ("s390/pai_ext: Enable per-task and system-wide sampling event")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v6.19+
Signed-off-by: Thomas Richter <tmricht@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Carstens <hca@linux.ibm.com>
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_pai.c b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_pai.c
index cdb8006220ca..05f74d74fad1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/perf_pai.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/perf_pai.c
@@ -464,6 +464,7 @@ static void pai_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags,
cpump->event = event;
}
}
+ event->hw.state &= ~PERF_HES_STOPPED;
}
static void paicrypt_start(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
@@ -510,6 +511,13 @@ static void pai_stop(struct perf_event *event, int flags)
struct pai_mapptr *mp = this_cpu_ptr(pai_root[idx].mapptr);
struct pai_map *cpump = mp->mapptr;
+ /* Cope with multiple invocations:
+ * 1. perf_event_throttle() --> PMU->stop()
+ * 2. task schedules out --> PMU->stop()
+ * Check for event already stopped.
+ */
+ if (event->hw.state & PERF_HES_STOPPED)
+ return;
if (!event->attr.sample_period) { /* Counting */
pai_pmu[idx].pmu->read(event);
} else { /* Sampling */
@@ -672,9 +680,9 @@ static void pai_have_samples(int idx)
{
struct pai_mapptr *mp = this_cpu_ptr(pai_root[idx].mapptr);
struct pai_map *cpump = mp->mapptr;
- struct perf_event *event;
+ struct perf_event *event, *e2;
- list_for_each_entry(event, &cpump->syswide_list, hw.tp_list)
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(event, e2, &cpump->syswide_list, hw.tp_list)
pai_have_sample(event, cpump);
}
@@ -691,6 +699,17 @@ static void paicrypt_sched_task(struct perf_event_pmu_context *pmu_ctx,
pai_have_samples(PAI_PMU_CRYPTO);
}
+/* Prevent ioctl(fd, PERF_EVENT_IOC_PERIOD, ...) call.
+ * It sets perf_event::event_limit to a positive value and causes
+ * perf_event_overflow() to invoke pai_stop() call back function when
+ * perf_event::event_limit hits zero. This is not supported because the
+ * sample events CRYPTO_ALL and NNPA_ALL are always taken at schedule out
+ * of a task.
+ */
+static int pai_check_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 value)
+{
+ return -EINVAL;
+}
/* ============================= paiext ====================================*/
static void paiext_event_destroy(struct perf_event *event)
@@ -804,6 +823,7 @@ static struct pmu paicrypt = {
.stop = paicrypt_stop,
.read = paicrypt_read,
.sched_task = paicrypt_sched_task,
+ .check_period = pai_check_period,
.attr_groups = paicrypt_attr_groups
};
@@ -1015,6 +1035,7 @@ static struct pmu paiext = {
.stop = paiext_stop,
.read = paiext_read,
.sched_task = paiext_sched_task,
+ .check_period = pai_check_period,
.attr_groups = paiext_attr_groups,
};
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