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perf_counter: fix NMI race in task clock

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We should not be updating ctx->time from NMI context, work around that.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090408130408.681326666@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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Peter Zijlstra 2009-04-08 15:01:25 +02:00 committed by Ingo Molnar
parent 7333a8003c
commit e30e08f65c
1 changed files with 16 additions and 9 deletions
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kernel/perf_counter.c
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@ -319,8 +319,6 @@ static void __perf_counter_disable(void *info)
spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
update_context_time(ctx);
/*
* If the counter is on, turn it off.
* If it is in error state, leave it in error state.
@ -2335,13 +2333,11 @@ static const struct hw_perf_counter_ops perf_ops_cpu_clock = {
* Software counter: task time clock
*/
static void task_clock_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter)
static void task_clock_perf_counter_update(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 now)
{
u64 prev, now;
u64 prev;
s64 delta;
now = counter->ctx->time;
prev = atomic64_xchg(&counter->hw.prev_count, now);
delta = now - prev;
atomic64_add(delta, &counter->count);
@ -2369,13 +2365,24 @@ static int task_clock_perf_counter_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
static void task_clock_perf_counter_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
{
hrtimer_cancel(&counter->hw.hrtimer);
task_clock_perf_counter_update(counter);
task_clock_perf_counter_update(counter, counter->ctx->time);
}
static void task_clock_perf_counter_read(struct perf_counter *counter)
{
update_context_time(counter->ctx);
task_clock_perf_counter_update(counter);
u64 time;
if (!in_nmi()) {
update_context_time(counter->ctx);
time = counter->ctx->time;
} else {
u64 now = perf_clock();
u64 delta = now - counter->ctx->timestamp;
time = counter->ctx->time + delta;
}
task_clock_perf_counter_update(counter, time);
}
static const struct hw_perf_counter_ops perf_ops_task_clock = {