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authorPeter Zijlstra <[email protected]>2016-01-25 14:09:54 +0100
committerIngo Molnar <[email protected]>2016-01-28 20:06:36 +0100
commit6a3351b612b72c558910c88a43e2ef6d7d68bc97 (patch)
tree0429ba6efb8a4c654ac4c267395653430818829f /tools/perf/scripts/python/call-graph-from-postgresql.py
parent78cd2c748f459739ff864dd9308c0f6caf7f6e41 (diff)
perf: Fix race in perf_event_exit_task_context()
There is a race between perf_event_exit_task_context() and orphans_remove_work() which results in a use-after-free. We mark ctx->task with TASK_TOMBSTONE to indicate a context is 'dead', under ctx->lock. After which point event_function_call() on any event of that context will NOP A concurrent orphans_remove_work() will only hold ctx->mutex for the list iteration and not serialize against this. Therefore its possible that orphans_remove_work()'s perf_remove_from_context() call will fail, but we'll continue to free the event, with the result of free'd memory still being on lists and everything. Once perf_event_exit_task_context() gets around to acquiring ctx->mutex it too will iterate the event list, encounter the already free'd event and proceed to free it _again_. This fails with the WARN in free_event(). Plug the race by having perf_event_exit_task_context() hold ctx::mutex over the whole tear-down, thereby 'naturally' serializing against all other sites, including the orphan work. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Vince Weaver <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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