linux-kernel - [tip:tracing/core] x86, bts: use atomic memory allocation

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Date:	Thu, 7 May 2009 09:21:28 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	markus.t.metzger@...el.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:tracing/core] x86, bts: use atomic memory allocation

Commit-ID:  c78a3956b982418186e40978a51636a2b43221bc
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/c78a3956b982418186e40978a51636a2b43221bc
Author:     Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
AuthorDate: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:27:00 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:02:47 +0100

x86, bts: use atomic memory allocation

Ds_request_bts() needs to allocate memory. It uses GFP_KERNEL.

Hw-branch-tracer calls ds_request_bts() within on_each_cpu().

Use atomic memory allocation to allow it to be used in that context.

Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@...el.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090318192700.A6038@...ona.ch.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/ds.c |   21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
index 5fd5333..b1d6e1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c
@@ -255,8 +255,13 @@ static inline struct ds_context *ds_get_context(struct task_struct *task)
 	struct ds_context *new_context = NULL;
 	unsigned long irq;
 
-	/* Chances are small that we already have a context. */
-	new_context = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_context), GFP_KERNEL);
+	/*
+	 * Chances are small that we already have a context.
+	 *
+	 * Contexts for per-cpu tracing are allocated using
+	 * smp_call_function(). We must not sleep.
+	 */
+	new_context = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_context), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!new_context)
 		return NULL;
 
@@ -662,8 +667,12 @@ struct bts_tracer *ds_request_bts(struct task_struct *task,
 	if (ovfl)
 		goto out;
 
+	/*
+	 * Per-cpu tracing is typically requested using smp_call_function().
+	 * We must not sleep.
+	 */
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!tracer)
 		goto out;
 	tracer->ovfl = ovfl;
@@ -722,8 +731,12 @@ struct pebs_tracer *ds_request_pebs(struct task_struct *task,
 	if (ovfl)
 		goto out;
 
+	/*
+	 * Per-cpu tracing is typically requested using smp_call_function().
+	 * We must not sleep.
+	 */
 	error = -ENOMEM;
-	tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_KERNEL);
+	tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!tracer)
 		goto out;
 	tracer->ovfl = ovfl;
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