On Tue, 29 Oct 2013, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:21:31AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> --- linux-2.6.orig/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ linux-2.6/include/uapi/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -479,13 +479,15 @@ struct perf_event_mmap_page {
> /*
> * Control data for the mmap() data buffer.
> *
> - * User-space reading the @data_head value should issue an rmb(), on
> - * SMP capable platforms, after reading this value -- see
> - * perf_event_wakeup().
> + * User-space reading the @data_head value should issue an smp_rmb(),
> + * after reading this value.
so where's the patch fixing perf to use the new recommendations?
Is this purely a performance thing or a correctness change?
A change like this a bit of a pain, especially as userspace doesn't really
have nice access to smb_mb() defines so a lot of cut-and-pasting will
ensue for everyone who's trying to parse the mmap buffer.
Vince
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