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| author | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2013-11-14 16:23:04 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2013-11-19 16:57:40 +0100 |
| commit | d5b5f391d434c5cc8bcb1ab2d759738797b85f52 (patch) | |
| tree | 9be9680fd08dd943cac38b278dde12d83b4a9856 /arch/x86 | |
| parent | 801a76050bcf8d4e500eb8d048ff6265f37a61c8 (diff) | |
ftrace, perf: Avoid infinite event generation loop
Vince's perf-trinity fuzzer found yet another 'interesting' problem.
When we sample the irq_work_exit tracepoint with period==1 (or
PERF_SAMPLE_PERIOD) and we add an fasync SIGNAL handler we create an
infinite event generation loop:
,-> <IPI>
| irq_work_exit() ->
| trace_irq_work_exit() ->
| ...
| __perf_event_overflow() -> (due to fasync)
| irq_work_queue() -> (irq_work_list must be empty)
'--------- arch_irq_work_raise()
Similar things can happen due to regular poll() wakeups if we exceed
the ring-buffer wakeup watermark, or have an event_limit.
To avoid this, dis-allow sampling this particular tracepoint.
In order to achieve this, create a special perf_perm function pointer
for each event and call this (when set) on trying to create a
tracepoint perf event.
[ roasted: use expr... to allow for ',' in your expression ]
Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Tested-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20131114152304.GC5364@laptop.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h index 2874df24e7a..4cab890007a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/trace/irq_vectors.h @@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ DEFINE_IRQ_VECTOR_EVENT(x86_platform_ipi); DEFINE_IRQ_VECTOR_EVENT(irq_work); /* + * We must dis-allow sampling irq_work_exit() because perf event sampling + * itself can cause irq_work, which would lead to an infinite loop; + * + * 1) irq_work_exit happens + * 2) generates perf sample + * 3) generates irq_work + * 4) goto 1 + */ +TRACE_EVENT_PERF_PERM(irq_work_exit, is_sampling_event(p_event) ? -EPERM : 0); + +/* * call_function - called when entering/exiting a call function interrupt * vector handler */ |