Commit-ID: 026249ef100b5384b6c74c360db46728e98354da Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/026249ef100b5384b6c74c360db46728e98354da Author: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:58:34 +0200 Committer: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> CommitDate: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 19:59:39 +0200 perf: New helper to prevent full dynticks CPUs from stopping tick Provide a new helper that help full dynticks CPUs to prevent from stopping their tick in case there are events in the local rotation list. This way we make sure that perf_event_task_tick() is serviced on demand. 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> --- include/linux/perf_event.h | 6 ++++++ kernel/events/core.c | 10 ++++++++++ 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index e47ee46..0140830 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -799,6 +799,12 @@ static inline int __perf_event_disable(void *info) { return -1; } static inline void perf_event_task_tick(void) { } #endif +#if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL) +extern bool perf_event_can_stop_tick(void); +#else +static inline bool perf_event_can_stop_tick(void) { return true; } +#endif + #define perf_output_put(handle, x) perf_output_copy((handle), &(x), sizeof(x)) /* diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 75b58bb..ddb993b 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -2560,6 +2560,16 @@ done: list_del_init(&cpuctx->rotation_list); } +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ_FULL +bool perf_event_can_stop_tick(void) +{ + if (list_empty(&__get_cpu_var(rotation_list))) + return true; + else + return false; +} +#endif + void perf_event_task_tick(void) { struct list_head *head = &__get_cpu_var(rotation_list); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-tip-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html