perf: Disallow mis-matched inherited group reads
commit 32671e3799ca2e4590773fd0e63aaa4229e50c06 upstream. Because group consistency is non-atomic between parent (filedesc) and children (inherited) events, it is possible for PERF_FORMAT_GROUP read() to try and sum non-matching counter groups -- with non-sensical results. Add group_generation to distinguish the case where a parent group removes and adds an event and thus has the same number, but a different configuration of events as inherited groups. This became a problem when commitfa8c269353("perf/core: Invert perf_read_group() loops") flipped the order of child_list and sibling_list. Previously it would iterate the group (sibling_list) first, and for each sibling traverse the child_list. In this order, only the group composition of the parent is relevant. By flipping the order the group composition of the child (inherited) events becomes an issue and the mis-match in group composition becomes evident. That said; even prior to this commit, while reading of a group that is not equally inherited was not broken, it still made no sense. (Ab)use ECHILD as error return to indicate issues with child process group composition. Fixes:fa8c269353("perf/core: Invert perf_read_group() loops") Reported-by: Budimir Markovic <markovicbudimir@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231018115654.GK33217@noisy.programming.kicks-ass.net Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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@@ -593,6 +593,7 @@ struct perf_event {
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/* The cumulative AND of all event_caps for events in this group. */
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int group_caps;
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unsigned int group_generation;
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struct perf_event *group_leader;
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struct pmu *pmu;
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void *pmu_private;
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