Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > linux.kernel > #1310060

[PATCH] perf: Cleanup user's child events

From Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH] perf: Cleanup user's child events
Date 2016-01-15 12:30 +0100
Message-ID <qRaJP-5m5-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw


Events are leaking in the following scenario: user creates an event for
task A, task A forks into B (producing a child event), user closes the
original event. Both original user's event and its child will remain for
as long as task B is around. In other words, we don't clean up children
when we try to release the parent.

This patch cleans up user event's children when its file descriptor is
closed.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 630f53acce..867c4347ea 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3828,7 +3828,43 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_event_release_kernel);
  */
 static int perf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
-	put_event(file->private_data);
+	struct perf_event *event = file->private_data, *child, *tmp;
+	LIST_HEAD(child_list);
+
+	/*
+	 * event::child_mutex nests inside ctx::lock, so move children
+	 * to a safe place first and avoid inversion
+	 */
+	mutex_lock(&event->child_mutex);
+	list_splice_init(&event->child_list, &child_list);
+	mutex_unlock(&event->child_mutex);
+
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(child, tmp, &child_list, child_list) {
+		struct perf_event_context *ctx;
+
+		/*
+		 * This is somewhat similar to perf_free_event(),
+		 * except for these events are alive and need
+		 * proper perf_remove_from_context().
+		 */
+		ctx = perf_event_ctx_lock(child);
+		perf_remove_from_context(child, true);
+		perf_event_ctx_unlock(child, ctx);
+
+		list_del(&child->child_list);
+
+		/* Children will have exactly one reference */
+		free_event(child);
+
+		/*
+		 * This matches the refcount bump in inherit_event();
+		 * this can't be the last reference.
+		 */
+		put_event(event);
+	}
+
+	/* Must be the last reference */
+	put_event(event);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.0.rc3

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | NextNext in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

[PATCH] perf: Cleanup user's child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-15 12:30 +0100
  Re: [PATCH] perf: Cleanup user's child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-15 14:00 +0100
    Re: [PATCH] perf: Cleanup user's child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-15 14:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH] perf: Cleanup user's child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-15 14:10 +0100
        [PATCH] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-15 15:10 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-15 19:00 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-18 13:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-18 13:40 +0100
              Re: [PATCH] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-18 15:50 +0100
                [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-19 16:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-19 21:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-19 21:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2016-01-19 23:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-20 09:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2016-01-21 06:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-20 08:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-20 09:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2016-01-22 12:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-22 13:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-22 13:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2016-01-22 20:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-25 12:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-25 16:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-25 22:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2016-01-26 06:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-26 17:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-26 18:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2016-01-27 00:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-01-27 11:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> - 2016-01-27 19:00 +0100
          Re: [PATCH] perf: Synchronously cleanup child events Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-01-19 08:50 +0100

csiph-web