From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from e23smtp05.au.ibm.com (e23smtp05.au.ibm.com [202.81.31.147]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "e23smtp05.au.ibm.com", Issuer "Equifax" (verified OK)) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1DBEBB7D2F for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 14:02:12 +1000 (EST) Received: from d23relay04.au.ibm.com (d23relay04.au.ibm.com [202.81.31.246]) by e23smtp05.au.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o4O3wEbS009209 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 13:58:14 +1000 Received: from d23av02.au.ibm.com (d23av02.au.ibm.com [9.190.235.138]) by d23relay04.au.ibm.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/NCO v10.0) with ESMTP id o4O3ssBo1732844 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 13:54:54 +1000 Received: from d23av02.au.ibm.com (loopback [127.0.0.1]) by d23av02.au.ibm.com (8.14.3/8.13.1/NCO v10.0 AVout) with ESMTP id o4O42A7x025070 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 14:02:11 +1000 Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 09:32:04 +0530 From: "K.Prasad" To: "linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org" , Paul Mackerras Subject: [RFC Patch 1/5] Allow arch-specific cleanup before breakpoint unregistration Message-ID: <20100524040204.GB20873@in.ibm.com> References: <20100524034520.964014525@linux.vnet.ibm.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Michael Neuling , Benjamin Herrenschmidt , shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com, Frederic Weisbecker , David Gibson , Alan Stern , "K.Prasad" , Roland McGrath List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Certain architectures (such as PowerPC Book III S) have a need to cleanup data-structures before the breakpoint is unregistered. This patch introduces an arch-specific hook in release_bp_slot() along with a weak definition in the form of a stub funciton. Signed-off-by: K.Prasad --- kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6.ppc64_test/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.ppc64_test.orig/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c +++ linux-2.6.ppc64_test/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c @@ -242,6 +242,17 @@ toggle_bp_slot(struct perf_event *bp, bo } /* + * Function to perform processor-specific cleanup during unregistration + */ +__weak void arch_unregister_hw_breakpoint(struct perf_event *bp) +{ + /* + * A weak stub function here for those archs that don't define + * it inside arch/.../kernel/hw_breakpoint.c + */ +} + +/* * Contraints to check before allowing this new breakpoint counter: * * == Non-pinned counter == (Considered as pinned for now) @@ -339,6 +350,7 @@ void release_bp_slot(struct perf_event * { mutex_lock(&nr_bp_mutex); + arch_unregister_hw_breakpoint(bp); __release_bp_slot(bp); mutex_unlock(&nr_bp_mutex);