Commit-ID: 71e7bc2bab77e64882c031c2af943c3256c1adb0 Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/71e7bc2bab77e64882c031c2af943c3256c1adb0 Author: David Carrillo-Cisneros <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 13:55:04 -0700 Committer: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> CommitDate: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 10:35:52 +0200
perf/core: Check return value of the perf_event_read() IPI The call to smp_call_function_single in perf_event_read() may fail if an invalid or not online CPU index is passed. Warn user if such bug is present and return error. Signed-off-by: David Carrillo-Cisneros <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <[email protected]> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]> Cc: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]> Cc: Kan Liang <[email protected]> Cc: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Turner <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Stephane Eranian <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Vegard Nossum <[email protected]> Cc: Vince Weaver <[email protected]> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> --- kernel/events/core.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index a5fc5c8..5650f53 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -3549,9 +3549,10 @@ static int perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event, bool group) .group = group, .ret = 0, }; - smp_call_function_single(event->oncpu, - __perf_event_read, &data, 1); - ret = data.ret; + ret = smp_call_function_single(event->oncpu, __perf_event_read, &data, 1); + /* The event must have been read from an online CPU: */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(ret); + ret = ret ? : data.ret; } else if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) { struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx; unsigned long flags;
