Merge branches 'x86-fixes-for-linus', 'perf-fixes-for-linus' and 'sched-fixes-for...

[linux-2.6-block.git] / kernel / perf_event.c

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 671f6c8c8a32364cdc1c010aeac76a98126e9bc6..eac7e3364335a7a3f94d902e69b9ed4eac4df74a 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1287,8 +1287,6 @@ void __perf_event_task_sched_out(struct task_struct *task,
 {
        int ctxn;
 
-       perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_CONTEXT_SWITCHES, 1, 1, NULL, 0);
-
        for_each_task_context_nr(ctxn)
                perf_event_context_sched_out(task, ctxn, next);
 }
@@ -1622,8 +1620,12 @@ static void rotate_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 {
        raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
 
-       /* Rotate the first entry last of non-pinned groups */
-       list_rotate_left(&ctx->flexible_groups);
+       /*
+        * Rotate the first entry last of non-pinned groups. Rotation might be
+        * disabled by the inheritance code.
+        */
+       if (!ctx->rotate_disable)
+               list_rotate_left(&ctx->flexible_groups);
 
        raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
 }
@@ -6162,6 +6164,7 @@ int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
        struct perf_event *event;
        struct task_struct *parent = current;
        int inherited_all = 1;
+       unsigned long flags;
        int ret = 0;
 
        child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn] = NULL;
@@ -6202,6 +6205,15 @@ int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
                        break;
        }
 
+       /*
+        * We can't hold ctx->lock when iterating the ->flexible_group list due
+        * to allocations, but we need to prevent rotation because
+        * rotate_ctx() will change the list from interrupt context.
+        */
+       raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&parent_ctx->lock, flags);
+       parent_ctx->rotate_disable = 1;
+       raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&parent_ctx->lock, flags);
+
        list_for_each_entry(event, &parent_ctx->flexible_groups, group_entry) {
                ret = inherit_task_group(event, parent, parent_ctx,
                                         child, ctxn, &inherited_all);
@@ -6209,6 +6221,10 @@ int perf_event_init_context(struct task_struct *child, int ctxn)
                        break;
        }
 
+       raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&parent_ctx->lock, flags);
+       parent_ctx->rotate_disable = 0;
+       raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&parent_ctx->lock, flags);
+
        child_ctx = child->perf_event_ctxp[ctxn];
 
        if (child_ctx && inherited_all) {