Peter Zijlstra d5b5f391d4 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>		2013-11-19 16:57:40 +01:00
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exceptions.h	x86, trace: Change user|kernel_page_fault to page_fault_user|kernel	2013-11-11 08:15:40 -08:00
irq_vectors.h	ftrace, perf: Avoid infinite event generation loop	2013-11-19 16:57:40 +01:00