On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 11:26:44AM -0700, kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The event_limit can be set by the PERF_EVENT_IOC_REFRESH to limit the
> number of events. When the event_limit reaches 0, the POLL_HUP signal
> should be sent. But it's missed.
>
> The corresponding counter should be stopped when the event_limit reaches
> 0. It was implemented in the ARCH-specific code. However, since the
> commit 9734e25fbf5a ("perf: Fix the throttle logic for a group"), all
> the ARCH-specific code has been moved to the generic code. The code to
> handle the event_limit was lost.
>
> Add the event->pmu->stop(event, 0); back.
>
> Fixes: 9734e25fbf5a ("perf: Fix the throttle logic for a group")
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/aICYAqM5EQUlTqtX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Sumanth Korikkar <sumanthk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/events/core.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index dd8cf3c7fb7a..ec19c456b66d 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -10378,6 +10378,7 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
> ret = 1;
> event->pending_kill = POLL_HUP;
> perf_event_disable_inatomic(event);
> + event->pmu->stop(event, 0);
> }
>
> if (event->attr.sigtrap) {
Right. I've queued the patch, but should we take a hard look at anybody
still consuming the return value of perf_event_overflow?
