linux/kernel/events
Peter Zijlstra 90fbc7e1b9 perf: Fix irq_work 'tail' recursion
commit d525211f9d upstream.

Vince reported a watchdog lockup like:

	[<ffffffff8115e114>] perf_tp_event+0xc4/0x210
	[<ffffffff810b4f8a>] perf_trace_lock+0x12a/0x160
	[<ffffffff810b7f10>] lock_release+0x130/0x260
	[<ffffffff816c7474>] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x24/0x40
	[<ffffffff8107bb4d>] do_send_sig_info+0x5d/0x80
	[<ffffffff811f69df>] send_sigio_to_task+0x12f/0x1a0
	[<ffffffff811f71ce>] send_sigio+0xae/0x100
	[<ffffffff811f72b7>] kill_fasync+0x97/0xf0
	[<ffffffff8115d0b4>] perf_event_wakeup+0xd4/0xf0
	[<ffffffff8115d103>] perf_pending_event+0x33/0x60
	[<ffffffff8114e3fc>] irq_work_run_list+0x4c/0x80
	[<ffffffff8114e448>] irq_work_run+0x18/0x40
	[<ffffffff810196af>] smp_trace_irq_work_interrupt+0x3f/0xc0
	[<ffffffff816c99bd>] trace_irq_work_interrupt+0x6d/0x80

Which is caused by an irq_work generating new irq_work and therefore
not allowing forward progress.

This happens because processing the perf irq_work triggers another
perf event (tracepoint stuff) which in turn generates an irq_work ad
infinitum.

Avoid this by raising the recursion counter in the irq_work -- which
effectively disables all software events (including tracepoints) from
actually triggering again.

Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Tested-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150219170311.GH21418@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2015-04-13 14:03:01 +02:00
..
Makefile uprobes: Move to kernel/events/ 2012-02-22 11:08:00 +01:00
callchain.c perf: Roll back callchain buffer refcount under the callchain mutex 2013-08-16 17:55:50 +02:00
core.c perf: Fix irq_work 'tail' recursion 2015-04-13 14:03:01 +02:00
hw_breakpoint.c hw_breakpoint: Introduce "struct bp_cpuinfo" 2013-06-20 17:58:57 +02:00
internal.h perf: Fix arch_perf_out_copy_user default 2013-11-06 12:34:25 +01:00
ring_buffer.c perf: Optimize ring-buffer write by depending on control dependencies 2013-12-11 15:53:22 +01:00
uprobes.c uprobes, x86: Fix _TIF_UPROBE vs _TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME 2014-12-06 15:55:33 -08:00