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Subject[PATCH] perf: fix put_event() ctx leak
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Commit a83fe28e2e45 ("perf: Fix put_event() ctx lock") changed lock logic in
put_event() by replacing mutex_lock_nested() with perf_event_ctx_lock_nested(),
but didn't fix subsequent mutex_unlock() with correct counterpart,
perf_event_ctx_unlock(). ctx is thus leaked as a result of incremented
refcount in perf_event_ctx_lock_nested().

Signed-off-by: Leon Yu <chianglungyu@gmail.com>
Fixes: a83fe28e2e45 ("perf: Fix put_event() ctx lock")
---
kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index f04daab..453ef61 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3591,7 +3591,7 @@ static void put_event(struct perf_event *event)
ctx = perf_event_ctx_lock_nested(event, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
WARN_ON_ONCE(ctx->parent_ctx);
perf_remove_from_context(event, true);
- mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
+ perf_event_ctx_unlock(event, ctx);

_free_event(event);
}
--
2.3.1


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