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authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>2011-07-22 13:41:54 +0200
committerSteven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>2012-01-24 11:04:44 -0500
commitdd30cd4f2ef07574580e9fdcad41ab94d505b1dd (patch)
tree0a4c31d534313e55dcd29baa12e0519f36ab39e4
parentfaaccae4e5ca422a8a4d058496ea830572b35409 (diff)
perf, x86: Avoid kfree in CPU_STARTING
On -rt kfree() can schedule, but CPU_STARTING is before the CPU is fully up and running. These are contradictory, so avoid it. Instead push the kfree() to CPU_ONLINE where we're free to schedule. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-b4ag6dk2jkuvupyz2l7txjmd@git.kernel.org
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c8
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c2
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c2
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index bf6d692c4d0f..6b63c01f6ce4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ struct cpu_hw_events {
* AMD specific bits
*/
struct amd_nb *amd_nb;
+
+ void *kfree_on_online;
};
#define __EVENT_CONSTRAINT(c, n, m, w) {\
@@ -1452,10 +1454,12 @@ static int __cpuinit
x86_pmu_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
{
unsigned int cpu = (long)hcpu;
+ struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, cpu);
int ret = NOTIFY_OK;
switch (action & ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN) {
case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
+ cpuc->kfree_on_online = NULL;
if (x86_pmu.cpu_prepare)
ret = x86_pmu.cpu_prepare(cpu);
break;
@@ -1465,6 +1469,10 @@ x86_pmu_notifier(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
x86_pmu.cpu_starting(cpu);
break;
+ case CPU_ONLINE:
+ kfree(cpuc->kfree_on_online);
+ break;
+
case CPU_DYING:
if (x86_pmu.cpu_dying)
x86_pmu.cpu_dying(cpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
index fe29c1d2219e..eaa5f727ef9d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_amd.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ static void amd_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
continue;
if (nb->nb_id == nb_id) {
- kfree(cpuc->amd_nb);
+ cpuc->kfree_on_online = cpuc->amd_nb;
cpuc->amd_nb = nb;
break;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index dd208a829b2b..fa3ca786220d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ static void intel_pmu_cpu_starting(int cpu)
struct intel_percore *pc = per_cpu(cpu_hw_events, i).per_core;
if (pc && pc->core_id == core_id) {
- kfree(cpuc->per_core);
+ cpuc->kfree_on_online = cpuc->per_core;
cpuc->per_core = pc;
break;
}