perf/core: Check return value of the perf_event_read() IPI

The call to smp_call_function_single in perf_event_read() may fail if
an invalid or not online CPU index is passed. Warn user if such bug is
present and return error.

Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
Cc: Kan Liang <[email protected]>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Turner <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Vegard Nossum <[email protected]>
Cc: Vince Weaver <[email protected]>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index a5fc5c8cdfb0..5650f5317e0c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3549,9 +3549,10 @@ static int perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event, bool group)
 			.group = group,
 			.ret = 0,
 		};
-		smp_call_function_single(event->oncpu,
-					 __perf_event_read, &data, 1);
-		ret = data.ret;
+		ret = smp_call_function_single(event->oncpu, __perf_event_read, &data, 1);
+		/* The event must have been read from an online CPU: */
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
+		ret = ret ? : data.ret;
 	} else if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
 		struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 		unsigned long flags;