Re: [PATCH] perf_events: improve x86 event scheduling

[Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 06:22:54PM +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Ok,
> 
> Something like that should problably do it:
> 
> static void event_sched_out(struct perf_event *event, int cpu)
> {
>         event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE;
>         event->oncpu = -1;
> }



You need to also call pmu->disable() if it is a software event,
because a breakpoint needs to be unregistered in hardware level
too.

And disable it in x86 level if it is an x86 event?


 
> hw_perf_group_sched_in()
> {
>        ....
>        n = 1;
>         list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry) {
>                 if (sub->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) {
>                         ret = event_sched_in(sub, cpu);
>                         if (ret)
>                                 goto undo;



Yeah we indeed really need to check that.

Thanks.