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-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h5
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c12
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 6bb0c21d6335..655f66b18418 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -966,12 +966,13 @@ struct perf_event_context {
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
/*
- * Sum (event->pending_work + event->pending_work)
+ * The count of events for which using the switch-out fast path
+ * should be avoided.
*
* The SIGTRAP is targeted at ctx->task, as such it won't do changing
* that until the signal is delivered.
*/
- local_t nr_pending;
+ local_t nr_no_switch_fast;
};
struct perf_cpu_pmu_context {
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index aa3450bdc227..e6cc354a3cee 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3516,9 +3516,9 @@ perf_event_context_sched_out(struct task_struct *task, struct task_struct *next)
perf_ctx_disable(ctx, false);
- /* PMIs are disabled; ctx->nr_pending is stable. */
- if (local_read(&ctx->nr_pending) ||
- local_read(&next_ctx->nr_pending)) {
+ /* PMIs are disabled; ctx->nr_no_switch_fast is stable. */
+ if (local_read(&ctx->nr_no_switch_fast) ||
+ local_read(&next_ctx->nr_no_switch_fast)) {
/*
* Must not swap out ctx when there's pending
* events that rely on the ctx->task relation.
@@ -5204,7 +5204,7 @@ static void perf_pending_task_sync(struct perf_event *event)
*/
if (task_work_cancel(current, head)) {
event->pending_work = 0;
- local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_pending);
+ local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_no_switch_fast);
return;
}
@@ -6868,7 +6868,7 @@ static void perf_pending_task(struct callback_head *head)
if (event->pending_work) {
event->pending_work = 0;
perf_sigtrap(event);
- local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_pending);
+ local_dec(&event->ctx->nr_no_switch_fast);
rcuwait_wake_up(&event->pending_work_wait);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
@@ -9740,7 +9740,7 @@ static int __perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event,
if (!event->pending_work &&
!task_work_add(current, &event->pending_task, notify_mode)) {
event->pending_work = pending_id;
- local_inc(&event->ctx->nr_pending);
+ local_inc(&event->ctx->nr_no_switch_fast);
event->pending_addr = 0;
if (valid_sample && (data->sample_flags & PERF_SAMPLE_ADDR))