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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2009-05-20 12:21:19 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2009-05-20 12:43:32 +0200
commitd7b629a34fc4134a43c730b5f0197855dc4948d0 (patch)
tree040157a5fa338216644f6866e20b3994bd4eaf01 /kernel
parentc44d70a340554a33071339064a303ac0f1a31623 (diff)
perf_counter: Solve the rotate_ctx vs inherit race differently
Instead of disabling RR scheduling of the counters, use a different list that does not get rotated to iterate the counters on inheritance. [ Impact: cleanup, optimization ] Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <20090520102553.237504544@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_counter.c15
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 4d8f97375f3..64113e6d194 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -1120,8 +1120,7 @@ void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_struct *curr, int cpu)
__perf_counter_task_sched_out(ctx);
rotate_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx);
- if (ctx->rr_allowed)
- rotate_ctx(ctx);
+ rotate_ctx(ctx);
perf_counter_cpu_sched_in(cpuctx, cpu);
perf_counter_task_sched_in(curr, cpu);
@@ -3109,7 +3108,6 @@ __perf_counter_init_context(struct perf_counter_context *ctx,
mutex_init(&ctx->mutex);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->counter_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->event_list);
- ctx->rr_allowed = 1;
ctx->task = task;
}
@@ -3350,14 +3348,14 @@ void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
*/
mutex_lock(&parent_ctx->mutex);
- parent_ctx->rr_allowed = 0;
- barrier(); /* irqs */
-
/*
* We dont have to disable NMIs - we are only looking at
* the list, not manipulating it:
*/
- list_for_each_entry(counter, &parent_ctx->counter_list, list_entry) {
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(counter, &parent_ctx->event_list, event_entry) {
+ if (counter != counter->group_leader)
+ continue;
+
if (!counter->hw_event.inherit)
continue;
@@ -3366,9 +3364,6 @@ void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_struct *child)
break;
}
- barrier(); /* irqs */
- parent_ctx->rr_allowed = 1;
-
mutex_unlock(&parent_ctx->mutex);
}