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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/ring_buffer.c15
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index ae9b90dc9a5a..257fa460b846 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -330,15 +330,22 @@ void *perf_aux_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
if (!rb)
return NULL;
- if (!rb_has_aux(rb) || !atomic_inc_not_zero(&rb->aux_refcount))
+ if (!rb_has_aux(rb))
goto err;
/*
- * If rb::aux_mmap_count is zero (and rb_has_aux() above went through),
- * the aux buffer is in perf_mmap_close(), about to get freed.
+ * If aux_mmap_count is zero, the aux buffer is in perf_mmap_close(),
+ * about to get freed, so we leave immediately.
+ *
+ * Checking rb::aux_mmap_count and rb::refcount has to be done in
+ * the same order, see perf_mmap_close. Otherwise we end up freeing
+ * aux pages in this path, which is a bug, because in_atomic().
*/
if (!atomic_read(&rb->aux_mmap_count))
- goto err_put;
+ goto err;
+
+ if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&rb->aux_refcount))
+ goto err;
/*
* Nesting is not supported for AUX area, make sure nested