perf record crash: refcount_inc assertion failed

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. While running an Ubuntu kernel (not a mainline or third-party kernel) please enter the following command in a terminal window:

apport-collect 1769027

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

(setting to confirmed because this error isn't in the kernel logs)

I built a test kernel with commit cd8dd032f61abeb08d2c03bab4968a9de231a1be. This test kernel also had commit 3d8bba9535a applied first.

The test kernel can be downloaded from:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~jsalisbury/lp1769027

Can you test this kernel and see if it resolves this bug?

Note about installing test kernels:
• If the test kernel is prior to 4.15(Bionic) you need to install the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages.
• If the test kernel is 4.15(Bionic) or newer, you need to install the linux-image-unsigned, linux-modules and linux-modules-extra .deb packages.

Thanks in advance!

I'm going to mark bug 1767204 as a duplicate of this bug. I'll include the commit in that bug and the commit in this bug in a single SRU request once testing is complete.

Confirmed that the updated perf binary doesn't crash with the cgroups argument.

SRU request submitted:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2018-May/092330.html

This bug is awaiting verification that the kernel in -proposed solves the problem. Please test the kernel and update this bug with the results. If the problem is solved, change the tag 'verification-needed-artful' to 'verification-done-artful'. If the problem still exists, change the tag 'verification-needed-artful' to 'verification-failed-artful'.

If verification is not done by 5 working days from today, this fix will be dropped from the source code, and this bug will be closed.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you!

Any progress on the verification for this?

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 4.13.0-45.50

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linux (4.13.0-45.50) artful; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.13.0-45.50 -proposed tracker (LP: #1774124)

  * CVE-2018-3639 (x86)
    - SAUCE: Set generic SSBD feature for Intel cpus

linux (4.13.0-44.49) artful; urgency=medium

  * linux: 4.13.0-44.49 -proposed tracker (LP: #1772951)

  * CVE-2018-3639 (x86)
    - x86/cpu: Make alternative_msr_write work for 32-bit code
    - x86/cpu/AMD: Fix erratum 1076 (CPB bit)
    - x86/bugs: Fix the parameters alignment and missing void
    - KVM: SVM: Move spec control call after restore of GS
    - x86/speculation: Use synthetic bits for IBRS/IBPB/STIBP
    - x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle MSR_SPEC_CTRL enumeration from IBRS
    - x86/cpufeatures: Disentangle SSBD enumeration
    - x86/cpufeatures: Add FEATURE_ZEN
    - x86/speculation: Handle HT correctly on AMD
    - x86/bugs, KVM: Extend speculation control for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL
    - x86/speculation: Add virtualized speculative store bypass disable support
    - x86/speculation: Rework speculative_store_bypass_update()
    - x86/bugs: Unify x86_spec_ctrl_{set_guest,restore_host}
    - x86/bugs: Expose x86_spec_ctrl_base directly
    - x86/bugs: Remove x86_spec_ctrl_set()
    - x86/bugs: Rework spec_ctrl base and mask logic
    - x86/speculation, KVM: Implement support for VIRT_SPEC_CTRL/LS_CFG
    - KVM: SVM: Implement VIRT_SPEC_CTRL support for SSBD
    - x86/bugs: Rename SSBD_NO to SSB_NO
    - KVM: VMX: Expose SSBD properly to guests.

  * [Ubuntu 16.04] kernel: fix rwlock implementation (LP: #1761674)
    - SAUCE: (no-up) s390: fix rwlock implementation

  * CVE-2018-7492
    - rds: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __rds_rdma_map

  * CVE-2018-8781
    - drm: udl: Properly check framebuffer mmap offsets

  * fsnotify: Fix fsnotify_mark_connector race (LP: #1765564)
    - fsnotify: Fix fsnotify_mark_connector race

  * Kernel panic on boot (m1.small in cn-north-1) (LP: #1771679)
    - x86/xen: Reset VCPU0 info pointer after shared_info remap

  * Suspend to idle: Open lid didn't resume (LP: #1771542)
    - ACPI / PM: Do not reconfigure GPEs for suspend-to-idle

  * CVE-2018-1092
    - ext4: fail ext4_iget for root directory if unallocated

  * [SRU][Artful] using vfio-pci on a combination of cn8xxx and some PCI devices
    results in a kernel panic. (LP: #1770254)
    - PCI: Avoid bus reset if bridge itself is broken
    - PCI: Mark Cavium CN8xxx to avoid bus reset
    - PCI: Avoid slot reset if bridge itself is broken

  * Battery drains when laptop is off (shutdown) (LP: #1745646)
    - PCI / PM: Check device_may_wakeup() in pci_enable_wake()

  * perf record crash: refcount_inc assertion failed (LP: #1769027)
    - perf cgroup: Fix refcount usage
    - perf xyarray: Fix wrong processing when closing evsel fd

  * Dell Latitude 5490/5590 BIOS update 1.1.9 causes black screen at boot
    (LP: #1764194)
    - drm/i915/bios: filter out invalid DDC pins from VBT child devices

  * Fix an issue that some PCI devices get incorrectly suspended (LP: #1764684)
    - PCI / PM: Always check PME wakeup capability for runtime wakeup support

  * [SRU][Bionic/Artful] fix false positives in W...