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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/perf_counter.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c index 51c571ee4d0b..ae591a1275a6 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c @@ -3879,7 +3879,18 @@ void perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child) spin_unlock(&child_ctx->lock); local_irq_restore(flags); - mutex_lock(&child_ctx->mutex); + /* + * We can recurse on the same lock type through: + * + * __perf_counter_exit_task() + * sync_child_counter() + * fput(parent_counter->filp) + * perf_release() + * mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex) + * + * But since its the parent context it won't be the same instance. + */ + mutex_lock_nested(&child_ctx->mutex, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING); again: list_for_each_entry_safe(child_counter, tmp, &child_ctx->counter_list, |