perf: Fix race between event install and jump_labels
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Wed, 24 Feb 2016 17:45:45 +0000 (18:45 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Thu, 25 Feb 2016 07:42:34 +0000 (08:42 +0100)
commit9107c89e269d2738019861bb518e3d59bef01781
tree052f40c95151a2e752d50e03088c30eb5077b1dd
parenta69b0ca4ac3bf5427b571f11cbf33f0a32b728d5
perf: Fix race between event install and jump_labels

perf_install_in_context() relies upon the context switch hooks to have
scheduled in events when the IPI misses its target -- after all, if
the task has moved from the CPU (or wasn't running at all), it will
have to context switch to run elsewhere.

This however doesn't appear to be happening.

It is possible for the IPI to not happen (task wasn't running) only to
later observe the task running with an inactive context.

The only possible explanation is that the context switch hooks are not
called. Therefore put in a sync_sched() after toggling the jump_label
to guarantee all CPUs will have them enabled before we install an
event.

A simple if (0->1) sync_sched() will not in fact work, because any
further increment can race and complete before the sync_sched().
Therefore we must jump through some hoops.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: dvyukov@google.com
Cc: eranian@google.com
Cc: oleg@redhat.com
Cc: panand@redhat.com
Cc: sasha.levin@oracle.com
Cc: vince@deater.net
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160224174947.980211985@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
include/linux/perf_event.h
kernel/events/core.c