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    perf/x86: Reset destroy callback on event init failure · 02d029a4
    Anand K Mistry authored
    perf_init_event tries multiple init callbacks and does not reset the
    event state between tries. When x86_pmu_event_init runs, it
    unconditionally sets the destroy callback to hw_perf_event_destroy. On
    the next init attempt after x86_pmu_event_init, in perf_try_init_event,
    if the pmu's capabilities includes PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE, the destroy
    callback will be run. However, if the next init didn't set the destroy
    callback, hw_perf_event_destroy will be run (since the callback wasn't
    reset).
    
    Looking at other pmu init functions, the common pattern is to only set
    the destroy callback on a successful init. Resetting the callback on
    failure tries to replicate that pattern.
    
    This was discovered after commit f11dd0d8
    
     ("perf/x86/amd/ibs: Extend
    PERF_PMU_CAP_NO_EXCLUDE to IBS Op") when the second (and only second)
    run of the perf tool after a reboot results in 0 samples being
    generated. The extra run of hw_perf_event_destroy results in
    active_events having an extra decrement on each perf run. The second run
    has active_events == 0 and every subsequent run has active_events < 0.
    When active_events == 0, the NMI handler will early-out and not record
    any samples.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAnand K Mistry <amistry@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
    Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210929170405.1.I078b98ee7727f9ae9d6df8262bad7e325e40faf0@changeid
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