Re: [RFC][PATCH 5/9] perf: Simplify and fix __perf_install_in_context

[Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@intel.com>]

On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 10:13 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sat, 2011-04-09 at 21:17 +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > +       if (task_ctx) {
> > +               task_ctx_sched_out(task_ctx);
> > +               /*
> > +                * If the context we're installing events in is not the
> > +                * active task_ctx, flip them.
> > +                */

In which case will this happen?

For task event, we have:

perf_install_in_context
   task_function_call(task, __perf_install_in_context, event)
      __perf_install_in_context

Doesn't this ensure that the context we're installing events is same
with the active task_ctx?

Lin Ming

> > +               if (ctx->task && task_ctx != ctx) {
> > +                       raw_spin_unlock(&cpuctx->ctx.lock);
> > +                       raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
> > +                       cpuctx->task_ctx = task_ctx = ctx;
> > +               }
> > +               task = task_ctx->task;
> > +       } 
> 
> That is actually buggy, it should read something like:
> 
> 	if (task_ctx)
> 		task_ctx_sched_out(task_ctx);
> 
> 	if (ctx->task && task_ctx != ctx) {
> 		raw_spin_unlock(&task_ctx->lock);
> 		raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock);
> 		cpuctx->task_ctx = task_ctx = ctx;
> 	}
> 
> 	if (task_ctx)
> 		task = task_ctx->task;
> 
> Aside from the trivial locking bug fixed, the previous version wouldn't
> actually deal with installing a task_ctx where there was none before.
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