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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-10-08 09:23:12 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-10-08 09:23:12 -0700
commit0e7a3ed04f0cd4311096d691888f88569310ee6c (patch)
treef7d246dd2a1f27cc64dda7758a1306ccb6e70129 /include/linux
parent8b5ede69d24db939f52b47effff2f6fe1e83e08b (diff)
parent1651d120baddf68846188bcdf0ef5350068436cf (diff)
Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar: "Various fixlets: On the kernel side: - fix a race - fix a bug in the handling of the perf ring-buffer data page On the tooling side: - fix the handling of certain corrupted perf.data files - fix a bug in 'perf probe' - fix a bug in 'perf record + perf sched' - fix a bug in 'make install' - fix a bug in libaudit feature-detection on certain distros" * 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: perf session: Fix infinite loop on invalid perf.data file perf tools: Fix installation of libexec components perf probe: Fix to find line information for probe list perf tools: Fix libaudit test perf stat: Set child_pid after perf_evlist__prepare_workload() perf tools: Add default handler for mmap2 events perf/x86: Clean up cap_user_time* setting perf: Fix perf_pmu_migrate_context
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-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;