From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijls...@chello.nl> ------------------- This is a commit scheduled for the next v2.6.34 longterm release. http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/paulg/longterm-queue-2.6.34.git If you see a problem with using this for longterm, please comment. -------------------
commit 38b435b16c36b0d863efcf3f07b34a6fac9873fd upstream. When destroying inherited events, we need to destroy groups too, otherwise the event iteration in perf_event_exit_task_context() will miss group siblings and we leak events with all the consequences. Reported-and-tested-by: Vince Weaver <vweav...@eecs.utk.edu> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijls...@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <1300196470.2203.61.camel@twins> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mi...@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortma...@windriver.com> --- kernel/perf_event.c | 13 ++++++++----- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c index 0e4499e..30e164e 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -5196,17 +5196,20 @@ __perf_event_exit_task(struct perf_event *child_event, struct perf_event_context *child_ctx, struct task_struct *child) { - struct perf_event *parent_event; + if (child_event->parent) { + raw_spin_lock_irq(&child_ctx->lock); + perf_group_detach(child_event); + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&child_ctx->lock); + } perf_event_remove_from_context(child_event); - parent_event = child_event->parent; /* - * It can happen that parent exits first, and has events + * It can happen that the parent exits first, and has events * that are still around due to the child reference. These - * events need to be zapped - but otherwise linger. + * events need to be zapped. */ - if (parent_event) { + if (child_event->parent) { sync_child_event(child_event, child); free_event(child_event); } -- 1.7.12.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/