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-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h24
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c6
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 866e85c5eb94..c8ba627c1d60 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -294,9 +294,31 @@ struct ring_buffer;
*/
struct perf_event {
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
- struct list_head group_entry;
+ /*
+ * entry onto perf_event_context::event_list;
+ * modifications require ctx->lock
+ * RCU safe iterations.
+ */
struct list_head event_entry;
+
+ /*
+ * XXX: group_entry and sibling_list should be mutually exclusive;
+ * either you're a sibling on a group, or you're the group leader.
+ * Rework the code to always use the same list element.
+ *
+ * Locked for modification by both ctx->mutex and ctx->lock; holding
+ * either sufficies for read.
+ */
+ struct list_head group_entry;
struct list_head sibling_list;
+
+ /*
+ * We need storage to track the entries in perf_pmu_migrate_context; we
+ * cannot use the event_entry because of RCU and we want to keep the
+ * group in tact which avoids us using the other two entries.
+ */
+ struct list_head migrate_entry;
+
struct hlist_node hlist_entry;
int nr_siblings;
int group_flags;
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index cb4238e85b38..d49a9d29334c 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7234,15 +7234,15 @@ void perf_pmu_migrate_context(struct pmu *pmu, int src_cpu, int dst_cpu)
perf_remove_from_context(event);
unaccount_event_cpu(event, src_cpu);
put_ctx(src_ctx);
- list_add(&event->event_entry, &events);
+ list_add(&event->migrate_entry, &events);
}
mutex_unlock(&src_ctx->mutex);
synchronize_rcu();
mutex_lock(&dst_ctx->mutex);
- list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &events, event_entry) {
- list_del(&event->event_entry);
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(event, tmp, &events, migrate_entry) {
+ list_del(&event->migrate_entry);
if (event->state >= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
account_event_cpu(event, dst_cpu);