[PATCH v3 16/17] perf maps: Fix lock inversion in maps__load_first() and bounds check in __maps__remove()
From: Ian Rogers
Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 13:36:23 EST
In maps__load_first(), take a reference to the first map and drop
maps__lock(maps) before calling map__load() to avoid a read-to-write
self-deadlock when loading kernel maps inserts extra trampoline maps.
In __maps__remove(), check that the index returned by
maps__by_address_index() and maps__by_name_index() is within nr_maps
before indexing and removing the entry, in case a concurrent thread
already removed the map.
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/maps.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/maps.c b/tools/perf/util/maps.c
index f808df2fe77b..c0fccb776bed 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/maps.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/maps.c
@@ -548,6 +548,8 @@ static void __maps__remove(struct maps *maps, struct map *map)
/* Slide later mappings over the one to remove */
address_idx = maps__by_address_index(maps, map);
+ if (address_idx >= nr_maps)
+ return;
map__put(maps_by_address[address_idx]);
memmove(&maps_by_address[address_idx],
&maps_by_address[address_idx + 1],
@@ -556,10 +558,14 @@ static void __maps__remove(struct maps *maps, struct map *map)
if (maps_by_name) {
unsigned int name_idx = maps__by_name_index(maps, map);
- map__put(maps_by_name[name_idx]);
- memmove(&maps_by_name[name_idx],
- &maps_by_name[name_idx + 1],
- (nr_maps - name_idx - 1) * sizeof(*maps_by_name));
+ if (name_idx < nr_maps) {
+ map__put(maps_by_name[name_idx]);
+ memmove(&maps_by_name[name_idx],
+ &maps_by_name[name_idx + 1],
+ (nr_maps - name_idx - 1) * sizeof(*maps_by_name));
+ } else {
+ __maps__free_maps_by_name(maps);
+ }
}
--RC_CHK_ACCESS(maps)->nr_maps;
@@ -1459,10 +1465,15 @@ int maps__merge_in(struct maps *kmaps, struct map *new_map)
void maps__load_first(struct maps *maps)
{
- down_read(maps__lock(maps));
+ struct map *first = NULL;
+ down_read(maps__lock(maps));
if (maps__nr_maps(maps) > 0)
- map__load(maps__maps_by_address(maps)[0]);
-
+ first = map__get(maps__maps_by_address(maps)[0]);
up_read(maps__lock(maps));
+
+ if (first) {
+ map__load(first);
+ map__put(first);
+ }
}
--
2.56.0.212.g129ede20d9-goog