On Wed, Jun 04, 2014 at 11:34:14PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:

> +static struct event_constraint *
> +intel_get_excl_constraints(struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc, struct perf_event 
> *event,
> +                        struct event_constraint *c)
> +{

> +     if (!(c->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_DYNAMIC)) {
> +
> +             /*
> +              * in case we fail, we assume no counter
> +              * is supported to be on the safe side
> +              */
> +             cx = kmalloc(sizeof(*cx), GFP_KERNEL);
> +             if (!cx)
> +                     return &emptyconstraint;
> +

Ok, so forgive me if I'm wrong, but the way we get here is through:

x86_schedule_event()
  ->start_scheduling()
    spin_lock()
  ->get_event_constraints()
    intel_get_excl_constraints()
      kmalloc(.gfp=GFP_KERNEL)

How can that ever work?

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