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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-04-21 10:57:33 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2013-04-21 10:57:33 +0200
commit73e21ce28d8d2b75140b742b01373c3a085ecc52 (patch)
treeadd380154271f9a68be4099590f912b4ab4bed9f /kernel/sched/clock.c
parentb5210b2a34bae35fc00675462333af45676d727c (diff)
parentf1923820c447e986a9da0fc6bf60c1dccdf0408e (diff)
downloadlinux-73e21ce28d8d2b75140b742b01373c3a085ecc52.tar.bz2
Merge branch 'perf/urgent' into perf/core
Conflicts: arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c Merge in the latest fixes before applying new patches, resolve the conflict. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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diff --git a/kernel/sched/clock.c b/kernel/sched/clock.c
index c685e31492df..c3ae1446461c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/clock.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/clock.c
@@ -176,10 +176,36 @@ static u64 sched_clock_remote(struct sched_clock_data *scd)
u64 this_clock, remote_clock;
u64 *ptr, old_val, val;
+#if BITS_PER_LONG != 64
+again:
+ /*
+ * Careful here: The local and the remote clock values need to
+ * be read out atomic as we need to compare the values and
+ * then update either the local or the remote side. So the
+ * cmpxchg64 below only protects one readout.
+ *
+ * We must reread via sched_clock_local() in the retry case on
+ * 32bit as an NMI could use sched_clock_local() via the
+ * tracer and hit between the readout of
+ * the low32bit and the high 32bit portion.
+ */
+ this_clock = sched_clock_local(my_scd);
+ /*
+ * We must enforce atomic readout on 32bit, otherwise the
+ * update on the remote cpu can hit inbetween the readout of
+ * the low32bit and the high 32bit portion.
+ */
+ remote_clock = cmpxchg64(&scd->clock, 0, 0);
+#else
+ /*
+ * On 64bit the read of [my]scd->clock is atomic versus the
+ * update, so we can avoid the above 32bit dance.
+ */
sched_clock_local(my_scd);
again:
this_clock = my_scd->clock;
remote_clock = scd->clock;
+#endif
/*
* Use the opportunity that we have both locks