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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 2/3] perf: use hrtimer for event multiplexing
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On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 16:13 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct list_head, rotation_list);
>
> Why do you keep the rotation list? The only use seems to be:
>
>
>> +void perf_cpu_hrtimer_cancel(int cpu)
>> +{
>> + struct list_head *head = &__get_cpu_var(rotation_list);
>> + struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx, *tmp;
>> + unsigned long flags;
>> +
>> + if (WARN_ON(cpu != smp_processor_id()))
>> + return;
>> +
>> + local_irq_save(flags);
>> +
>> + list_for_each_entry_safe(cpuctx, tmp, head, rotation_list) {
>> + if (cpuctx->hrtimer_active) {
>> + hrtimer_cancel(&cpuctx->hrtimer);
>> + cpuctx->hrtimer_active = 0;
>> + }
>> + }
>> +
>> + local_irq_restore(flags);
>> +}
>
> Which is weird, why not use the existing for-each-pmu loop in
> perf_event_exit_cpu_context() ? Or something similar to iterate all
> extant PMUs and thus their cpuctxs?
>
True. That would probably work too.

> Also, you can do away with hrtimer_active, you can hrtimer_cancel() on
> an inactive hrtimer just fine, it will DTRT.

The hrtimer_active is used to prevent activating the timer multiple times
in a row.


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