[tip:perf/core] perf: Use tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() to flush any pending tracepoint call

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Commit-ID:  669336e4cf3e1cb95800f3f5924558a76d723c21
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/669336e4cf3e1cb95800f3f5924558a76d723c21
Author:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:29:54 +0200
Committer:  Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 01:30:56 +0200

perf: Use tracepoint_synchronize_unregister() to flush any pending tracepoint call

We use synchronize_sched() to ensure a tracepoint won't be called
while/after we release the perf buffers it references.

But the tracepoint API has its own API for that:
tracepoint_synchronize_unregister(). Use it instead as it's
self-explanatory and eases maintainance.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zefan <lizf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c |    6 +++---
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
index 2375165..000e6e8 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ void perf_trace_destroy(struct perf_event *p_event)
 	tp_event->class->reg(tp_event, TRACE_REG_PERF_UNREGISTER);
 
 	/*
-	 * Ensure our callback won't be called anymore. See
-	 * tracepoint_probe_unregister() and __DO_TRACE().
+	 * Ensure our callback won't be called anymore. The buffers
+	 * will be freed after that.
 	 */
-	synchronize_sched();
+	tracepoint_synchronize_unregister();
 
 	free_percpu(tp_event->perf_events);
 	tp_event->perf_events = NULL;
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