perf_counter: uncouple data_head updates from wakeups
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Tue, 5 May 2009 15:50:22 +0000 (17:50 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Tue, 5 May 2009 18:18:30 +0000 (20:18 +0200)
commitc66de4a5be7913247bd83d79168f8e4420c9cfbc
treec671172166d94be75ad9d6df1fdafa0c006c4609
parent066d7dea32c9bffe6decc0abe465627656cdd84e
perf_counter: uncouple data_head updates from wakeups

Keep data_head up-to-date irrespective of notifications. This fixes
the case where you disable a counter and don't get a notification for
the last few pending events, and it also allows polling usage.

[ Impact: increase precision of perfcounter mmap-ed fields ]

Suggested-by: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
LKML-Reference: <20090505155436.925084300@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
include/linux/perf_counter.h
kernel/perf_counter.c