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authorKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2013-11-08 15:28:05 -0500
committerKonrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>2013-11-08 15:28:05 -0500
commitbad97817dece759dd6c0b24f862b7d0ed588edda (patch)
treefcabaa3ae3e2f17236135e60dc875f47e852cc6d /include/linux/perf_event.h
parent6fe19278ffebdd57e5c5ec10275e6d423404364e (diff)
parent61e6cfa80de5760bbe406f4e815b7739205754d2 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.12-rc5' into stable/for-linus-3.13
Linux 3.12-rc5 Because the Stefano branch (for SWIOTLB ARM changes) is based on that. Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> * tag 'v3.12-rc5': (550 commits) Linux 3.12-rc5 watchdog: sunxi: Fix section mismatch watchdog: kempld_wdt: Fix bit mask definition watchdog: ts72xx_wdt: locking bug in ioctl ARM: exynos: dts: Update 5250 arch timer node with clock frequency parisc: let probe_kernel_read() capture access to page zero parisc: optimize variable initialization in do_page_fault parisc: fix interruption handler to respect pagefault_disable() parisc: mark parisc_terminate() noreturn and cold. parisc: remove unused syscall_ipi() function. parisc: kill SMP single function call interrupt parisc: Export flush_cache_page() (needed by lustre) vfs: allow O_PATH file descriptors for fstatfs() ext4: fix memory leak in xattr ARC: Ignore ptrace SETREGSET request for synthetic register "stop_pc" ALSA: hda - Sony VAIO Pro 13 (haswell) now has a working headset jack ALSA: hda - Add a headset mic model for ALC269 and friends ALSA: hda - Fix microphone for Sony VAIO Pro 13 (Haswell model) compiler/gcc4: Add quirk for 'asm goto' miscompilation bug Revert "i915: Update VGA arbiter support for newer devices" ...
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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;