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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/events/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 70 |
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index ab15509fab8c..72ce7d63e561 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ static int __perf_install_in_context(void *info) struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx; struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = __get_cpu_context(ctx); struct perf_event_context *task_ctx = cpuctx->task_ctx; - bool activate = true; + bool reprogram = true; int ret = 0; raw_spin_lock(&cpuctx->ctx.lock); @@ -2257,27 +2257,26 @@ static int __perf_install_in_context(void *info) raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock); task_ctx = ctx; - /* If we're on the wrong CPU, try again */ - if (task_cpu(ctx->task) != smp_processor_id()) { - ret = -ESRCH; - goto unlock; - } + reprogram = (ctx->task == current); /* - * If we're on the right CPU, see if the task we target is - * current, if not we don't have to activate the ctx, a future - * context switch will do that for us. + * If the task is running, it must be running on this CPU, + * otherwise we cannot reprogram things. + * + * If its not running, we don't care, ctx->lock will + * serialize against it becoming runnable. */ - if (ctx->task != current) - activate = false; - else - WARN_ON_ONCE(cpuctx->task_ctx && cpuctx->task_ctx != ctx); + if (task_curr(ctx->task) && !reprogram) { + ret = -ESRCH; + goto unlock; + } + WARN_ON_ONCE(reprogram && cpuctx->task_ctx && cpuctx->task_ctx != ctx); } else if (task_ctx) { raw_spin_lock(&task_ctx->lock); } - if (activate) { + if (reprogram) { ctx_sched_out(ctx, cpuctx, EVENT_TIME); add_event_to_ctx(event, ctx); ctx_resched(cpuctx, task_ctx); @@ -2328,13 +2327,36 @@ perf_install_in_context(struct perf_event_context *ctx, /* * Installing events is tricky because we cannot rely on ctx->is_active * to be set in case this is the nr_events 0 -> 1 transition. + * + * Instead we use task_curr(), which tells us if the task is running. + * However, since we use task_curr() outside of rq::lock, we can race + * against the actual state. This means the result can be wrong. + * + * If we get a false positive, we retry, this is harmless. + * + * If we get a false negative, things are complicated. If we are after + * perf_event_context_sched_in() ctx::lock will serialize us, and the + * value must be correct. If we're before, it doesn't matter since + * perf_event_context_sched_in() will program the counter. + * + * However, this hinges on the remote context switch having observed + * our task->perf_event_ctxp[] store, such that it will in fact take + * ctx::lock in perf_event_context_sched_in(). + * + * We do this by task_function_call(), if the IPI fails to hit the task + * we know any future context switch of task must see the + * perf_event_ctpx[] store. */ -again: + /* - * Cannot use task_function_call() because we need to run on the task's - * CPU regardless of whether its current or not. + * This smp_mb() orders the task->perf_event_ctxp[] store with the + * task_cpu() load, such that if the IPI then does not find the task + * running, a future context switch of that task must observe the + * store. */ - if (!cpu_function_call(task_cpu(task), __perf_install_in_context, event)) + smp_mb(); +again: + if (!task_function_call(task, __perf_install_in_context, event)) return; raw_spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock); @@ -2348,12 +2370,16 @@ again: raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock); return; } - raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock); /* - * Since !ctx->is_active doesn't mean anything, we must IPI - * unconditionally. + * If the task is not running, ctx->lock will avoid it becoming so, + * thus we can safely install the event. */ - goto again; + if (task_curr(task)) { + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock); + goto again; + } + add_event_to_ctx(event, ctx); + raw_spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock); } /* |