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From: ashwinc@codeaurora.org (Ashwin Chaugule)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 05/15] ARM: perf: move active_events into struct arm_pmu
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:25:52 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E529F30.4070607@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B9A4BAF850C914D8DED94776A2C477E073D90C2@nasanexd01f.na.qualcomm.com>

Hi Mark,

>> From: Mark Rutland 
>> 	case PERF_TYPE_RAW:
>> @@ -556,15 +559,14 @@ static int armpmu_event_init(struct perf_event
>> *event)
>>
>> 	event->destroy = hw_perf_event_destroy;
>>
>> -	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&active_events)) {
>> -		mutex_lock(&pmu_reserve_mutex);
>> -		if (atomic_read(&active_events) == 0) {
>> +	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(active_events)) {
>> +		mutex_lock(&armpmu->reserve_mutex);
>> +		if (atomic_read(active_events) == 0)


Isn't this use of atomic_* still racy ?

http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg123297.html


Cheers,
Ashwin

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       reply	other threads:[~2011-08-22 18:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <4B9A4BAF850C914D8DED94776A2C477E073D90C2@nasanexd01f.na.qualcomm.com>
2011-08-22 18:25 ` Ashwin Chaugule [this message]
2011-08-22 19:51   ` [RFC PATCH 05/15] ARM: perf: move active_events into struct arm_pmu Will Deacon
2011-08-15 13:55 [RFC PATCH 00/15] ARM: perf: support multiple PMUs Mark Rutland
2011-08-15 13:55 ` [RFC PATCH 05/15] ARM: perf: move active_events into struct arm_pmu Mark Rutland
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2011-04-27 10:20 Mark Rutland

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