Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 12 May 2009 21:59:01 +1000 | From | Paul Mackerras <> | Subject | [PATCH] perf_counter: call hw_perf_save_disable/restore around group_sched_in |
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I noticed that when enabling a group via the PERF_COUNTER_IOC_ENABLE ioctl on the group leader, the counters weren't enabled and counting immediately on return from the ioctl, but did start counting a little while later (presumably after a context switch).
The reason was that __perf_counter_enable calls group_sched_in which calls hw_perf_group_sched_in, which on powerpc assumes that the caller has called hw_perf_save_disable already. Until commit 46d686c6 ("perf_counter: put whole group on when enabling group leader") it was true that all callers of group_sched_in had called hw_perf_save_disable first, and the powerpc hw_perf_group_sched_in relies on that (there isn't an x86 version).
This fixes the problem by putting calls to hw_perf_save_disable / hw_perf_restore around the calls to group_sched_in and counter_sched_in in __perf_counter_enable. Having the calls to hw_perf_save_disable/restore around the counter_sched_in call is harmless and makes this call consistent with the other call sites of counter_sched_in, which have all called hw_perf_save_disable first.
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> --- kernel/perf_counter.c | 19 ++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c index 5ea0240..ff166c1 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c @@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ static void __perf_counter_enable(void *info) struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = &__get_cpu_var(perf_cpu_context); struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx; struct perf_counter *leader = counter->group_leader; + unsigned long pmuflags; unsigned long flags; int err; @@ -689,14 +690,18 @@ static void __perf_counter_enable(void *info) if (leader != counter && leader->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE) goto unlock; - if (!group_can_go_on(counter, cpuctx, 1)) + if (!group_can_go_on(counter, cpuctx, 1)) { err = -EEXIST; - else if (counter == leader) - err = group_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, - smp_processor_id()); - else - err = counter_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, - smp_processor_id()); + } else { + pmuflags = hw_perf_save_disable(); + if (counter == leader) + err = group_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, + smp_processor_id()); + else + err = counter_sched_in(counter, cpuctx, ctx, + smp_processor_id()); + hw_perf_restore(pmuflags); + } if (err) { /*
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