[tip:timers/nohz] perf: Kick full dynticks CPU if events rotation is needed

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Commit-ID:  12351ef8f9f2226636b00324d841d9c5069d80bc
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/12351ef8f9f2226636b00324d841d9c5069d80bc
Author:     Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:48:22 +0200
Committer:  Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:59:37 +0200

perf: Kick full dynticks CPU if events rotation is needed

Kick the current CPU's tick by sending it a self IPI when
an event is queued on the rotation list and it is the first
element inserted. This makes sure that perf_event_task_tick()
works on full dynticks CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Lameter <cl@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geoff Levand <geoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Gilad Ben Yossef <gilad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hakan Akkan <hakanakkan@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kevin Hilman <khilman@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Li Zhong <zhong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index b0cd865..75b58bb 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/poll.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
+#include <linux/tick.h>
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/dcache.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
@@ -655,8 +656,12 @@ static void perf_pmu_rotate_start(struct pmu *pmu)
 
 	WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
 
-	if (list_empty(&cpuctx->rotation_list))
+	if (list_empty(&cpuctx->rotation_list)) {
+		int was_empty = list_empty(head);
 		list_add(&cpuctx->rotation_list, head);
+		if (was_empty)
+			tick_nohz_full_kick();
+	}
 }
 
 static void get_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
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