[PATCH 3/3] OProfile: thread switching performance fix

[John Levon <levon@movementarian.org>]

Avoid the linear list walk of get_exec_dcookie() when we've switched to a task
using the same mm.

diff -Naur -X dontdiff linux-cvs/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c linux-fixes/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
--- linux-cvs/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c	2003-06-15 02:06:38.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-fixes/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c	2003-06-15 15:34:47.000000000 +0100
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@
 {
 	struct mm_struct * mm = 0;
 	struct task_struct * new;
-	unsigned long cookie;
+	unsigned long cookie = 0;
 	int in_kernel = 1;
 	unsigned int i;
  
@@ -442,13 +442,15 @@
 				in_kernel = s->event;
 				add_kernel_ctx_switch(s->event);
 			} else {
+				struct mm_struct * oldmm = mm;
+
 				/* userspace context switch */
 				new = (struct task_struct *)s->event;
 
-				release_mm(mm);
+				release_mm(oldmm);
 				mm = take_tasks_mm(new);
-
-				cookie = get_exec_dcookie(mm);
+				if (mm != oldmm)
+					cookie = get_exec_dcookie(mm);
 				add_user_ctx_switch(new, cookie);
 			}
 		} else {