perf: Rework free paths

Primarily make perf_event_release_kernel() into put_event(), this will
allow kernel space to create per-task inherited events, and is safer
in general.

Also, document the free_event() assumptions.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-rk9pvr6e1d0559lxstltbztc@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 40 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 0de199729f04..83505a35afba 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3251,7 +3251,8 @@ static void __free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	call_rcu(&event->rcu_head, free_event_rcu);
 }
-static void free_event(struct perf_event *event)
+
+static void _free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	irq_work_sync(&event->pending);
 
@@ -3279,42 +3280,31 @@ static void free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 	if (is_cgroup_event(event))
 		perf_detach_cgroup(event);
 
-
 	__free_event(event);
 }
 
-int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
+/*
+ * Used to free events which have a known refcount of 1, such as in error paths
+ * where the event isn't exposed yet and inherited events.
+ */
+static void free_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
-
-	WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
-	/*
-	 * There are two ways this annotation is useful:
-	 *
-	 *  1) there is a lock recursion from perf_event_exit_task
-	 *     see the comment there.
-	 *
-	 *  2) there is a lock-inversion with mmap_sem through
-	 *     perf_event_read_group(), which takes faults while
-	 *     holding ctx->mutex, however this is called after
-	 *     the last filedesc died, so there is no possibility
-	 *     to trigger the AB-BA case.
-	 */
-	mutex_lock_nested(&ctx->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
-	perf_remove_from_context(event, true);
-	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
-
-	free_event(event);
+	if (WARN(atomic_long_cmpxchg(&event->refcount, 1, 0) != 1,
+				"unexpected event refcount: %ld; ptr=%p\n",
+				atomic_long_read(&event->refcount), event)) {
+		/* leak to avoid use-after-free */
+		return;
+	}
 
-	return 0;
+	_free_event(event);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_release_kernel);
 
 /*
  * Called when the last reference to the file is gone.
  */
 static void put_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
+	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
 	struct task_struct *owner;
 
 	if (!atomic_long_dec_and_test(&event->refcount))
@@ -3353,9 +3343,33 @@ static void put_event(struct perf_event *event)
 		put_task_struct(owner);
 	}
 
-	perf_event_release_kernel(event);
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
+	/*
+	 * There are two ways this annotation is useful:
+	 *
+	 *  1) there is a lock recursion from perf_event_exit_task
+	 *     see the comment there.
+	 *
+	 *  2) there is a lock-inversion with mmap_sem through
+	 *     perf_event_read_group(), which takes faults while
+	 *     holding ctx->mutex, however this is called after
+	 *     the last filedesc died, so there is no possibility
+	 *     to trigger the AB-BA case.
+	 */
+	mutex_lock_nested(&ctx->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+	perf_remove_from_context(event, true);
+	mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+
+	_free_event(event);
 }
 
+int perf_event_release_kernel(struct perf_event *event)
+{
+	put_event(event);
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_release_kernel);
+
 static int perf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	put_event(file->private_data);