Pending work from the performance event subsystem is executed in
the timer interrupt. This patch shifts the call to
perf_event_do_pending() before the call to update_process_times()
as the latter may call back into the perf event subsystem and it
is prudent to have the pending work executed first.
Signed-off-by: Michael Cree <mcree@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/alpha/kernel/time.c | 10 +++++-----
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
index eacceb2..396af17 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/time.c
@@ -191,16 +191,16 @@ irqreturn_t timer_interrupt(int irq, void *dev)
write_sequnlock(&xtime_lock);
-#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
- while (nticks--)
- update_process_times(user_mode(get_irq_regs()));
-#endif
-
if (test_perf_event_pending()) {
clear_perf_event_pending();
perf_event_do_pending();
}
+#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
+ while (nticks--)
+ update_process_times(user_mode(get_irq_regs()));
+#endif
+
return IRQ_HANDLED;
}
--
1.7.1
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