perf/core: Fix the same task check in perf_event_set_output
The same task check in perf_event_set_output has some potential issues for some usages. For the current perf code, there is a problem if using of perf_event_open() to have multiple samples getting into the same mmap’d memory when they are both attached to the same process. https://lore.kernel.org/all/92645262-D319-4068-9C44-2409EF44888E@gmail.com/ Because the event->ctx is not ready when the perf_event_set_output() is invoked in the perf_event_open(). Besides the above issue, before the commit bd275681 ("perf: Rewrite core context handling"), perf record can errors out when sampling with a hardware event and a software event as below. $ perf record -e cycles,dummy --per-thread ls failed to mmap with 22 (Invalid argument) That's because that prior to the commit a hardware event and a software event are from different task context. The problem should be a long time issue since commit c3f00c70 ("perk: Separate find_get_context() from event initialization"). The task struct is stored in the event->hw.target for each per-thread event. It is a more reliable way to determine whether two events are attached to the same task. The event->hw.target was also introduced several years ago by the commit 50f16a8b ("perf: Remove type specific target pointers"). It can not only be used to fix the issue with the current code, but also back port to fix the issues with an older kernel. Note: The event->hw.target was introduced later than commit c3f00c70. The patch may cannot be applied between the commit c3f00c70 and commit 50f16a8b. Anybody that wants to back-port this at that period may have to find other solutions. Fixes: c3f00c70 ("perf: Separate find_get_context() from event initialization") Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Zhengjun Xing <zhengjun.xing@linux.intel.com> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230322202449.512091-1-kan.liang@linux.intel.com
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