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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 7ab4ad00f..f294f2761 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -6387,6 +6387,7 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu,
if (!group_leader)
group_leader = event;
+ mutex_init(&event->group_leader_mutex);
mutex_init(&event->child_mutex);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&event->child_list);
@@ -6767,6 +6768,16 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
group_leader = NULL;
}
+ /*
+ * Take the group_leader's group_leader_mutex before observing
+ * anything in the group leader that leads to changes in ctx,
+ * many of which may be changing on another thread.
+ * In particular, we want to take this lock before deciding
+ * whether we need to move_group.
+ */
+ if (group_leader)
+ mutex_lock(&group_leader->group_leader_mutex);
+
if (pid != -1 && !(flags & PERF_FLAG_PID_CGROUP)) {
task = find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid);
if (IS_ERR(task)) {
@@ -6935,6 +6946,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open,
++ctx->generation;
perf_unpin_context(ctx);
mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+ if (group_leader)
+ mutex_unlock(&group_leader->group_leader_mutex);
put_online_cpus();
@@ -6970,6 +6983,8 @@ err_task:
if (task)
put_task_struct(task);
err_group_fd:
+ if (group_leader)
+ mutex_unlock(&group_leader->group_leader_mutex);
fdput(group);
err_fd:
put_unused_fd(event_fd);