Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

gregkh · gregkh · commit af17b3aa1fea · 2018-09-29T11:32:03.000-07:00
Thomas writes:
  "A single fix for a missing sanity check when a pinned event is tried
  to be read on the wrong CPU due to a legit event scheduling failure."

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf/core: Add sanity check to deal with pinned event failure
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3935,6 +3935,12 @@ int perf_event_read_local(struct perf_event *event, u64 *value,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* If this is a pinned event it must be running on this CPU */
+	if (event->attr.pinned && event->oncpu != smp_processor_id()) {
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If the event is currently on this CPU, its either a per-task event,
 	 * or local to this CPU. Furthermore it means its ACTIVE (otherwise
