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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 2d80824298a7..816f83d70fc6 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -8525,6 +8525,29 @@ fail_clear_files: return ret; } +static int +perf_tracepoint_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, char *filter_str) +{ + struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx; + int ret; + + /* + * Beware, here be dragons!! + * + * the tracepoint muck will deadlock against ctx->mutex, but the tracepoint + * stuff does not actually need it. So temporarily drop ctx->mutex. As per + * perf_event_ctx_lock() we already have a reference on ctx. + * + * This can result in event getting moved to a different ctx, but that + * does not affect the tracepoint state. + */ + mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex); + ret = ftrace_profile_set_filter(event, event->attr.config, filter_str); + mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex); + + return ret; +} + static int perf_event_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, void __user *arg) { char *filter_str; @@ -8541,8 +8564,7 @@ static int perf_event_set_filter(struct perf_event *event, void __user *arg) if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) && event->attr.type == PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT) - ret = ftrace_profile_set_filter(event, event->attr.config, - filter_str); + ret = perf_tracepoint_set_filter(event, filter_str); else if (has_addr_filter(event)) ret = perf_event_set_addr_filter(event, filter_str); |