linux/kernel/events
Peter Zijlstra 32671e3799 perf: Disallow mis-matched inherited group reads
Because group consistency is non-atomic between parent (filedesc) and children
(inherited) events, it is possible for PERF_FORMAT_GROUP read() to try and sum
non-matching counter groups -- with non-sensical results.

Add group_generation to distinguish the case where a parent group removes and
adds an event and thus has the same number, but a different configuration of
events as inherited groups.

This became a problem when commit fa8c269353 ("perf/core: Invert
perf_read_group() loops") flipped the order of child_list and sibling_list.
Previously it would iterate the group (sibling_list) first, and for each
sibling traverse the child_list. In this order, only the group composition of
the parent is relevant. By flipping the order the group composition of the
child (inherited) events becomes an issue and the mis-match in group
composition becomes evident.

That said; even prior to this commit, while reading of a group that is not
equally inherited was not broken, it still made no sense.

(Ab)use ECHILD as error return to indicate issues with child process group
composition.

Fixes: fa8c269353 ("perf/core: Invert perf_read_group() loops")
Reported-by: Budimir Markovic <markovicbudimir@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231018115654.GK33217@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net
2023-10-19 10:09:42 +02:00
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callchain.c uaccess: remove CONFIG_SET_FS 2022-02-25 09:36:06 +01:00
core.c perf: Disallow mis-matched inherited group reads 2023-10-19 10:09:42 +02:00
hw_breakpoint_test.c perf/hw_breakpoint: remove MODULE_LICENSE in non-modules 2023-04-13 13:13:52 -07:00
hw_breakpoint.c perf/hw_breakpoint: Remove arch breakpoint hooks 2023-08-16 23:54:50 +10:00
internal.h perf/core: Fix perf_mmap fail when CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC enabled 2022-04-19 21:15:42 +02:00
Makefile perf/hw_breakpoint: Add KUnit test for constraints accounting 2022-08-30 10:56:20 +02:00
ring_buffer.c perf/ring_buffer: Use local_try_cmpxchg in __perf_output_begin 2023-07-10 09:52:36 +02:00
uprobes.c mmu_notifiers: don't invalidate secondary TLBs as part of mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end() 2023-08-18 10:12:41 -07:00