perf_counter: Solve the rotate_ctx vs inherit race differently
authorPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Wed, 20 May 2009 10:21:19 +0000 (12:21 +0200)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Wed, 20 May 2009 10:43:32 +0000 (12:43 +0200)
commitd7b629a34fc4134a43c730b5f0197855dc4948d0
tree040157a5fa338216644f6866e20b3994bd4eaf01
parentc44d70a340554a33071339064a303ac0f1a31623
perf_counter: Solve the rotate_ctx vs inherit race differently

Instead of disabling RR scheduling of the counters, use a different list
that does not get rotated to iterate the counters on inheritance.

[ Impact: cleanup, optimization ]

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@redhat.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090520102553.237504544@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
include/linux/perf_counter.h
kernel/perf_counter.c