Hi Frederick,
Did you get a chance to take a look at this?
Regards,
Naveen
On 08/02/2012 01:46 PM, Naveen N. Rao wrote:
Hi Frederick,
I've added a check to make sure we are targeting the current task. This
applies on top of v3.5. Kindly review.
Thanks,
Naveen
History:
v3: Added check to make sure we only target "current" task.
v2: Use __perf_event_disable() directly
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From: K.Prasad <prasad.krish...@gmail.com>
While debugging a warning message on PowerPC while using hardware
breakpoints, it was discovered that when perf_event_disable is invoked
through hw_breakpoint_handler function with interrupts disabled, a
subsequent IPI in the code path would trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE message in
smp_call_function_single function.
This patch calls __perf_event_disable() when interrupts are already
disabled, instead of perf_event_disable().
Reported-by: Edjunior Barbosa Machado <emach...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: K.Prasad <prasad.krish...@gmail.com>
[naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com: v3: Check to make sure we target current task]
Signed-off-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n....@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
include/linux/perf_event.h | 2 ++
kernel/events/core.c | 2 +-
kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 11 ++++++++++-
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 45db49f..c289ba0 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@ extern int perf_swevent_get_recursion_context(void);
extern void perf_swevent_put_recursion_context(int rctx);
extern void perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event);
extern void perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event);
+extern int __perf_event_disable(void *info);
extern void perf_event_task_tick(void);
#else
static inline void
@@ -1330,6 +1331,7 @@ static inline int
perf_swevent_get_recursion_context(void) { return -1; }
static inline void perf_swevent_put_recursion_context(int rctx)
{ }
static inline void perf_event_enable(struct perf_event *event)
{ }
static inline void perf_event_disable(struct perf_event *event)
{ }
+static inline int __perf_event_disable(void *info) { }
static inline void perf_event_task_tick(void) { }
#endif
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d7d71d6..0ad0fc9 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ retry:
/*
* Cross CPU call to disable a performance event
*/
-static int __perf_event_disable(void *info)
+int __perf_event_disable(void *info)
{
struct perf_event *event = info;
struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index bb38c4d..9a7b487 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -453,7 +453,16 @@ int modify_user_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp,
struct perf_event_attr *att
int old_type = bp->attr.bp_type;
int err = 0;
- perf_event_disable(bp);
+ /*
+ * modify_user_hw_breakpoint can be invoked with IRQs disabled and
hence it
+ * will not be possible to raise IPIs that invoke __perf_event_disable.
+ * So call the function directly after making sure we are targeting the
+ * current task.
+ */
+ if (irqs_disabled() && bp->ctx && bp->ctx->task == current)
+ __perf_event_disable(bp);
+ else
+ perf_event_disable(bp);
bp->attr.bp_addr = attr->bp_addr;
bp->attr.bp_type = attr->bp_type;
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