The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 41100833cdd8b1bef363b81a6482d74711c116ad Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/41100833cdd8b1bef363b81a6482d74711c116ad Author: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 19:14:02 +08:00 Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 15:08:38 +02:00 perf/x86: Add compiler barrier after updating BTS Since BTS is coherent, simply add a compiler barrier to separate the BTS update and aux_head store. Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210809111407.596077-5-leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx --- arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c index 6320d2c..974e917 100644 --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c @@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ static void bts_update(struct bts_ctx *bts) } else { local_set(&buf->data_size, head); } + + /* + * Since BTS is coherent, just add compiler barrier to ensure + * BTS updating is ordered against bts::handle::event. + */ + barrier(); } static int