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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2010-05-27 15:47:49 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-05-31 08:46:09 +0200
commit8a49542c0554af7d0073aac0ee73ee65b807ef34 (patch)
tree73e82ee5a624012ac723c3af21bb1945b7bd675f /include/linux
parentac9721f3f54b27a16c7e1afb2481e7ee95a70318 (diff)
perf_events: Fix races in group composition
Group siblings don't pin each-other or the parent, so when we destroy events we must make sure to clean up all cross referencing pointers. In particular, for destruction of a group leader we must be able to find all its siblings and remove their reference to it. This means that detaching an event from its context must not detach it from the group, otherwise we can end up failing to clear all pointers. Solve this by clearly separating the attachment to a context and attachment to a group, and keep the group composed until we destroy the events. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <new-submission> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 490698590d6..5d0266d9498 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -631,6 +631,9 @@ struct swevent_hlist {
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
};
+#define PERF_ATTACH_CONTEXT 0x01
+#define PERF_ATTACH_GROUP 0x02
+
/**
* struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation:
*/
@@ -646,6 +649,7 @@ struct perf_event {
const struct pmu *pmu;
enum perf_event_active_state state;
+ unsigned int attach_state;
atomic64_t count;
/*