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authorPeter Zijlstra2009-05-23 18:28:57 +0200
committerIngo Molnar2009-05-23 19:37:46 +0200
commit682076ae1de0aba9c2da509f7b19dc03e30a6e1f (patch)
tree63e48b23f8ef4e16b79c9b767def13e7795eb440 /kernel/perf_counter.c
parentperf_counter: Sanitize counter->mutex (diff)
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perf_counter: Sanitize context locking
Ensure we're consistent with the context locks. context->mutex context->lock list_{add,del}_counter(); so that either lock is sufficient to stabilize the context. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com> LKML-Reference: <20090523163012.618790733@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/perf_counter.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_counter.c9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 679c3b5bb7d4..d162d2f0b270 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ static void add_counter_to_ctx(struct perf_counter *counter,
/*
* Cross CPU call to install and enable a performance counter
+ *
+ * Must be called with ctx->mutex held
*/
static void __perf_install_in_context(void *info)
{
@@ -1496,13 +1498,13 @@ static void perf_counter_for_each_sibling(struct perf_counter *counter,
struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx;
struct perf_counter *sibling;
- spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+ mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex);
counter = counter->group_leader;
func(counter);
list_for_each_entry(sibling, &counter->sibling_list, list_entry)
func(sibling);
- spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock);
+ mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex);
}
static void perf_counter_for_each_child(struct perf_counter *counter,
@@ -3414,7 +3416,10 @@ __perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_struct *child,
struct perf_counter *parent_counter;
update_counter_times(child_counter);
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&child_ctx->lock);
list_del_counter(child_counter, child_ctx);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&child_ctx->lock);
parent_counter = child_counter->parent;
/*