Re: [PATCH] perf/core: fix perf_proc_update_handler() bug

2019-01-18 Thread Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Em Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 01:03:20PM -0800, Stephane Eranian escreveu:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 5:17 PM Stephane Eranian  wrote:
> >
> > The perf_proc_update_handler() handles 
> > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> > syctl variable.  When the PMU IRQ handler timing monitoring is disabled, 
> > i.e,
> > when /proc/sys/kernel/perf_cpu_time_max_percent is equal to 0 or 100,
> > then no modification to sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate is allowed to prevent
> > possible hang from wrong values.
> >
> > The problem is that the test to prevent modification is made after the
> > sysctl variable is modified in perf_proc_update_handler().
> >
> > You get an error:
> >
> > $ echo 10001 >/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> > echo: write error: invalid argument
> >
> > But the value is still modified causing all sorts of inconsistencies:
> >
> > $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> > 10001
> >
> > This patch fixes the problem by moving the parsing of the value after
> > the test.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian 
> 
> Ping.

Collected the Reviewed-by from Jiri and Andi, reproduced the problem
before the patch and I'm testing it to push to Ingo via perf/urgent,
thanks for the patch.

- Arnaldo


Re: [PATCH] perf/core: fix perf_proc_update_handler() bug

2019-01-18 Thread Jiri Olsa
On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 05:17:16PM -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> The perf_proc_update_handler() handles 
> /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> syctl variable.  When the PMU IRQ handler timing monitoring is disabled, i.e,
> when /proc/sys/kernel/perf_cpu_time_max_percent is equal to 0 or 100,
> then no modification to sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate is allowed to prevent
> possible hang from wrong values.
> 
> The problem is that the test to prevent modification is made after the
> sysctl variable is modified in perf_proc_update_handler().
> 
> You get an error:
> 
> $ echo 10001 >/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> echo: write error: invalid argument
> 
> But the value is still modified causing all sorts of inconsistencies:
> 
> $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> 10001
> 
> This patch fixes the problem by moving the parsing of the value after
> the test.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian 

Reviewed-by: Jiri Olsa 

jirka

> ---
>  kernel/events/core.c | 14 +++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index 3cd13a30f732..e5ede6918050 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -436,18 +436,18 @@ int perf_proc_update_handler(struct ctl_table *table, 
> int write,
>   void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
>   loff_t *ppos)
>  {
> - int ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> -
> - if (ret || !write)
> - return ret;
> -
> + int ret;
> + int perf_cpu = sysctl_perf_cpu_time_max_percent;
>   /*
>* If throttling is disabled don't allow the write:
>*/
> - if (sysctl_perf_cpu_time_max_percent == 100 ||
> - sysctl_perf_cpu_time_max_percent == 0)
> + if (write && (perf_cpu == 100 || perf_cpu == 0))
>   return -EINVAL;
>  
> + ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> + if (ret || !write)
> + return ret;
> +
>   max_samples_per_tick = DIV_ROUND_UP(sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate, HZ);
>   perf_sample_period_ns = NSEC_PER_SEC / sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate;
>   update_perf_cpu_limits();
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 


Re: [PATCH] perf/core: fix perf_proc_update_handler() bug

2019-01-17 Thread Andi Kleen
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 01:03:20PM -0800, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 5:17 PM Stephane Eranian  wrote:
> >
> > The perf_proc_update_handler() handles 
> > /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> > syctl variable.  When the PMU IRQ handler timing monitoring is disabled, 
> > i.e,
> > when /proc/sys/kernel/perf_cpu_time_max_percent is equal to 0 or 100,
> > then no modification to sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate is allowed to prevent
> > possible hang from wrong values.
> >
> > The problem is that the test to prevent modification is made after the
> > sysctl variable is modified in perf_proc_update_handler().
> >
> > You get an error:
> >
> > $ echo 10001 >/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> > echo: write error: invalid argument
> >
> > But the value is still modified causing all sorts of inconsistencies:
> >
> > $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> > 10001
> >
> > This patch fixes the problem by moving the parsing of the value after
> > the test.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian 
> 
> Ping.

Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen 

-Andi


Re: [PATCH] perf/core: fix perf_proc_update_handler() bug

2019-01-17 Thread Stephane Eranian
On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 5:17 PM Stephane Eranian  wrote:
>
> The perf_proc_update_handler() handles 
> /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> syctl variable.  When the PMU IRQ handler timing monitoring is disabled, i.e,
> when /proc/sys/kernel/perf_cpu_time_max_percent is equal to 0 or 100,
> then no modification to sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate is allowed to prevent
> possible hang from wrong values.
>
> The problem is that the test to prevent modification is made after the
> sysctl variable is modified in perf_proc_update_handler().
>
> You get an error:
>
> $ echo 10001 >/proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> echo: write error: invalid argument
>
> But the value is still modified causing all sorts of inconsistencies:
>
> $ cat /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate
> 10001
>
> This patch fixes the problem by moving the parsing of the value after
> the test.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian 

Ping.

> ---
>  kernel/events/core.c | 14 +++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index 3cd13a30f732..e5ede6918050 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -436,18 +436,18 @@ int perf_proc_update_handler(struct ctl_table *table, 
> int write,
> void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
> loff_t *ppos)
>  {
> -   int ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> -
> -   if (ret || !write)
> -   return ret;
> -
> +   int ret;
> +   int perf_cpu = sysctl_perf_cpu_time_max_percent;
> /*
>  * If throttling is disabled don't allow the write:
>  */
> -   if (sysctl_perf_cpu_time_max_percent == 100 ||
> -   sysctl_perf_cpu_time_max_percent == 0)
> +   if (write && (perf_cpu == 100 || perf_cpu == 0))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> +   ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> +   if (ret || !write)
> +   return ret;
> +
> max_samples_per_tick = DIV_ROUND_UP(sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate, 
> HZ);
> perf_sample_period_ns = NSEC_PER_SEC / sysctl_perf_event_sample_rate;
> update_perf_cpu_limits();
> --
> 2.7.4
>