Merge remote branch 'origin' into for-next

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index bb38c4d3ee1..9a7b487c6fe 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -453,7 +453,16 @@ int modify_user_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp, struct perf_event_attr *att
 	int old_type = bp->attr.bp_type;
 	int err = 0;
 
-	perf_event_disable(bp);
+	/*
+	 * modify_user_hw_breakpoint can be invoked with IRQs disabled and hence it
+	 * will not be possible to raise IPIs that invoke __perf_event_disable.
+	 * So call the function directly after making sure we are targeting the
+	 * current task.
+	 */
+	if (irqs_disabled() && bp->ctx && bp->ctx->task == current)
+		__perf_event_disable(bp);
+	else
+		perf_event_disable(bp);
 
 	bp->attr.bp_addr = attr->bp_addr;
 	bp->attr.bp_type = attr->bp_type;