Merge tag 'perf_urgent_for_v6.7_rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf fix from Borislav Petkov:

 - Make sure the context refcount is transferred too when migrating perf
   events

* tag 'perf_urgent_for_v6.7_rc2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf/core: Fix cpuctx refcounting

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index afb028c54f33..5547ba68e6e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -843,11 +843,11 @@ struct perf_event {
 };
 
 /*
- *           ,-----------------------[1:n]----------------------.
- *           V                                                  V
- * perf_event_context <-[1:n]-> perf_event_pmu_context <--- perf_event
- *           ^                      ^     |                     |
- *           `--------[1:n]---------'     `-[n:1]-> pmu <-[1:n]-'
+ *           ,-----------------------[1:n]------------------------.
+ *           V                                                    V
+ * perf_event_context <-[1:n]-> perf_event_pmu_context <-[1:n]- perf_event
+ *                                        |                       |
+ *                                        `--[n:1]-> pmu <-[1:n]--'
  *
  *
  * struct perf_event_pmu_context  lifetime is refcount based and RCU freed
@@ -865,6 +865,9 @@ struct perf_event {
  * ctx->mutex pinning the configuration. Since we hold a reference on
  * group_leader (through the filedesc) it can't go away, therefore it's
  * associated pmu_ctx must exist and cannot change due to ctx->mutex.
+ *
+ * perf_event holds a refcount on perf_event_context
+ * perf_event holds a refcount on perf_event_pmu_context
  */
 struct perf_event_pmu_context {
 	struct pmu			*pmu;