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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/perf_event.h | 24 |
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; |