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Subject[PATCH] perf: Fix data race between pin_count increment/decrement
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KCSAN reports a data race between increment and decrement of pin_count:

write to 0xffff888237c2d4e0 of 4 bytes by task 15740 on cpu 1:
find_get_context kernel/events/core.c:4617
__do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12097 [inline]
__se_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:11933
...
read to 0xffff888237c2d4e0 of 4 bytes by task 15743 on cpu 0:
perf_unpin_context kernel/events/core.c:1525 [inline]
__do_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:12328 [inline]
__se_sys_perf_event_open kernel/events/core.c:11933
...

Because neither read-modify-write here is atomic, this can lead to one of the
operations being lost, resulting in an inconsistent pin_count. Fix it by adding
the missing locking in the CPU-event case.

Reported-by: syzbot+142c9018f5962db69c7e@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 6fee4a7e88d7..fe88d6eea3c2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4609,7 +4609,9 @@ find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct task_struct *task,
cpuctx = per_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context, cpu);
ctx = &cpuctx->ctx;
get_ctx(ctx);
+ raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
++ctx->pin_count;
+ raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);

return ctx;
}
--
2.31.1.818.g46aad6cb9e-goog
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