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perf_counter: convert perf_resource_mutex to a spinlock
authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 4 May 2009 17:23:18 +0000 (19:23 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 4 May 2009 17:30:42 +0000 (19:30 +0200)
Now percpu counters can be initialized very early. But the init
sequence uses mutex_lock(). Fortunately, perf_resource_mutex should
be a spinlock anyway, so convert it.

[ Impact: fix crash due to early init mutex use ]

LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
kernel/perf_counter.c

index fcdafa234a5d9626d28d32a5db50494b2222b2f1..5f86a1156c94c2e07cbc41d09762f0d72117898c 100644 (file)
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ static atomic_t nr_comm_tracking __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_perf_counter_priv __read_mostly; /* do we need to be privileged */
 
 /*
- * Mutex for (sysadmin-configurable) counter reservations:
+ * Lock for (sysadmin-configurable) counter reservations:
  */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(perf_resource_mutex);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(perf_resource_lock);
 
 /*
  * Architecture provided APIs - weak aliases:
@@ -3207,9 +3207,9 @@ static void __cpuinit perf_counter_init_cpu(int cpu)
        cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
        __perf_counter_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx, NULL);
 
-       mutex_lock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+       spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
        cpuctx->max_pertask = perf_max_counters - perf_reserved_percpu;
-       mutex_unlock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+       spin_unlock(&perf_resource_lock);
 
        hw_perf_counter_setup(cpu);
 }
@@ -3292,7 +3292,7 @@ perf_set_reserve_percpu(struct sysdev_class *class,
        if (val > perf_max_counters)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       mutex_lock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+       spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
        perf_reserved_percpu = val;
        for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
                cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
@@ -3302,7 +3302,7 @@ perf_set_reserve_percpu(struct sysdev_class *class,
                cpuctx->max_pertask = mpt;
                spin_unlock_irq(&cpuctx->ctx.lock);
        }
-       mutex_unlock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+       spin_unlock(&perf_resource_lock);
 
        return count;
 }
@@ -3324,9 +3324,9 @@ perf_set_overcommit(struct sysdev_class *class, const char *buf, size_t count)
        if (val > 1)
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       mutex_lock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+       spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
        perf_overcommit = val;
-       mutex_unlock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+       spin_unlock(&perf_resource_lock);
 
        return count;
 }