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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-10-23 16:28:39 -0400
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2013-10-23 16:49:34 -0400
commitc3fa32b9764dc45dcf8a2231b1c110abc4a63e0b (patch)
tree6cf2896a77b65bec64284681e1c3851eb3263e09 /include/linux/perf_event.h
parent34d92d5315b64a3e5292b7e9511c1bb617227fb6 (diff)
parent320437af954cbe66478f1f5e8b34cb5a8d072191 (diff)
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net
Conflicts: drivers/net/usb/qmi_wwan.c include/net/dst.h Trivial merge conflicts, both were overlapping changes. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/perf_event.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h24
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 866e85c5eb9..c8ba627c1d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -294,9 +294,31 @@ struct ring_buffer;
*/
struct perf_event {
#ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
- struct list_head group_entry;
+ /*
+ * entry onto perf_event_context::event_list;
+ * modifications require ctx->lock
+ * RCU safe iterations.
+ */
struct list_head event_entry;
+
+ /*
+ * XXX: group_entry and sibling_list should be mutually exclusive;
+ * either you're a sibling on a group, or you're the group leader.
+ * Rework the code to always use the same list element.
+ *
+ * Locked for modification by both ctx->mutex and ctx->lock; holding
+ * either sufficies for read.
+ */
+ struct list_head group_entry;
struct list_head sibling_list;
+
+ /*
+ * We need storage to track the entries in perf_pmu_migrate_context; we
+ * cannot use the event_entry because of RCU and we want to keep the
+ * group in tact which avoids us using the other two entries.
+ */
+ struct list_head migrate_entry;
+
struct hlist_node hlist_entry;
int nr_siblings;
int group_flags;