Re: [PATCH v2] perf/core: Optimize event reschedule for a PMU

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 09:56:30AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:

> Does this help? What would be an easy reproducer?
> 
> ---
> diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
> index c67fc43fe877..4a04611333d9 100644
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -179,23 +179,27 @@ static void perf_ctx_lock(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static inline void __perf_ctx_unlock(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
> +{
> +	/*
> +	 * If ctx_sched_in() didn't again set any ALL flags, clean up
> +	 * after ctx_sched_out() by clearing is_active.
> +	 */
> +	if (ctx->is_active & EVENT_FROZEN) {
> +		if (!(ctx->is_active & EVENT_ALL))
> +			ctx->is_active = 0;
> +		else
> +			ctx->is_active &= ~EVENT_FROZEN;
> +	}
> +	raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
> +}
> +
>  static void perf_ctx_unlock(struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx,
>  			    struct perf_event_context *ctx)
>  {
> -	if (ctx) {
> -		/*
> -		 * If ctx_sched_in() didn't again set any ALL flags, clean up
> -		 * after ctx_sched_out() by clearing is_active.
> -		 */
> -		if (ctx->is_active & EVENT_FROZEN) {
> -			if (!(ctx->is_active & EVENT_ALL))
> -				ctx->is_active = 0;
> -			else
> -				ctx->is_active &= ~EVENT_FROZEN;
> -		}
> -		raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock);
> -	}
> -	raw_spin_unlock(&cpuctx->ctx.lock);
> +	if (ctx)
> +		__perf_ctx_unlock(ctx);
> +	__perf_ctx_unlock(&cpuctx->ctx.lock);

Obviously that wants to be just: &cpuctx->ctx :-)

>  }
>  
>  #define TASK_TOMBSTONE ((void *)-1L)