[PATCH v3 08/17] perf dso: Pass dso_data to close_data_fd() and dso__list_del()

From: Ian Rogers

Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 14:12:09 EST


close_data_fd() and dso__list_del() only operate on struct dso_data
fields, while close_first_dso() retrieves a struct dso_data * from
dso__data_open. Pass struct dso_data * directly to close_data_fd() and
dso__list_del() so close_first_dso() does not need to recover a
struct dso * from struct dso_data *.

This removes the REFCNT_CHECKING dso pointer from struct dso_data and
avoids dropping _dso__data_open_lock in dso__list_del() to call
dso__put(), preventing lock-order inversions and races during EMFILE
eviction.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/dso.c | 44 ++++++++++++-------------------------------
tools/perf/util/dso.h | 3 ---
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
index 24ff066b9878..cbc4f30e7f23 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include "dso.h"

+#include <assert.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

@@ -544,22 +545,14 @@ static struct mutex *dso__data_open_lock(void) __returns_ctx_lock(&_dso__data_op
static void dso__list_add(struct dso *dso) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
{
list_add_tail(&dso__data(dso)->open_entry, &dso__data_open);
-#ifdef REFCNT_CHECKING
- dso__data(dso)->dso = dso__get(dso);
-#endif
- /* Assume the dso is part of dsos, hence the optional reference count above. */
+ /* Assume the dso is part of dsos, holding it live while on dso__data_open. */
assert(dso__dsos(dso));
dso__data_open_cnt++;
}

-static void dso__list_del(struct dso *dso) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
+static void dso__list_del(struct dso_data *dso_data) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
{
- list_del_init(&dso__data(dso)->open_entry);
-#ifdef REFCNT_CHECKING
- mutex_unlock(dso__data_open_lock());
- dso__put(dso__data(dso)->dso);
- mutex_lock(dso__data_open_lock());
-#endif
+ list_del_init(&dso_data->open_entry);
WARN_ONCE(dso__data_open_cnt <= 0,
"DSO data fd counter out of bounds.");
dso__data_open_cnt--;
@@ -729,13 +722,13 @@ static int open_dso(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine)
return fd;
}

-static void close_data_fd(struct dso *dso) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
+static void close_data_fd(struct dso_data *dso_data) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
{
- if (dso__data(dso)->fd >= 0) {
- close(dso__data(dso)->fd);
- dso__data(dso)->fd = -1;
- dso__data(dso)->file_size = 0;
- dso__list_del(dso);
+ if (dso_data->fd >= 0) {
+ close(dso_data->fd);
+ dso_data->fd = -1;
+ dso_data->file_size = 0;
+ dso__list_del(dso_data);
}
}

@@ -748,21 +741,15 @@ static void close_data_fd(struct dso *dso) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
*/
static void close_dso(struct dso *dso) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
{
- close_data_fd(dso);
+ close_data_fd(dso__data(dso));
}

static void close_first_dso(void) __must_hold(&_dso__data_open_lock)
{
struct dso_data *dso_data;
- struct dso *dso;

dso_data = list_first_entry(&dso__data_open, struct dso_data, open_entry);
-#ifdef REFCNT_CHECKING
- dso = dso_data->dso;
-#else
- dso = container_of(dso_data, struct dso, data);
-#endif
- close_dso(dso);
+ close_data_fd(dso_data);
}

static rlim_t get_fd_limit(void)
@@ -1858,9 +1845,6 @@ struct dso *dso__new_id(const char *name, const struct dso_id *id)
data->fd = -1;
data->status = DSO_DATA_STATUS_UNKNOWN;
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&data->open_entry);
-#ifdef REFCNT_CHECKING
- data->dso = NULL; /* Set when on the open_entry list. */
-#endif
}
return res;
}
@@ -1918,10 +1902,6 @@ struct dso *dso__get(struct dso *dso)

void dso__put(struct dso *dso)
{
-#ifdef REFCNT_CHECKING
- if (dso && dso__data(dso) && refcount_read(&RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->refcnt) == 2)
- dso__data_close(dso);
-#endif
if (dso && refcount_dec_and_test(&RC_CHK_ACCESS(dso)->refcnt))
dso__delete(dso);
else
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.h b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
index fa5669709eb3..d6b0a1a4dac9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/dso.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.h
@@ -261,9 +261,6 @@ struct dso_cache {
struct dso_data {
struct rb_root cache;
struct list_head open_entry;
-#ifdef REFCNT_CHECKING
- struct dso *dso;
-#endif
int fd;
int status;
u32 status_seen;
--
2.56.0.212.g129ede20d9-goog