linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] perf fixes

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Date:	Thu, 7 Jul 2011 20:11:16 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] perf fixes

Linus,

Please pull the latest perf-urgent-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perf-urgent-for-linus

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Robert Richter (1):
      oprofile, x86: Fix race in nmi handler while starting counters

Xiao Guangrong (1):
      jump_label: Fix jump_label update for modules


 arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c |   14 ++++++++++----
 kernel/jump_label.c         |   14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
index cf97500..68894fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
+++ b/arch/x86/oprofile/nmi_int.c
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ static void nmi_cpu_start(void *dummy)
 static int nmi_start(void)
 {
 	get_online_cpus();
-	on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_start, NULL, 1);
 	ctr_running = 1;
+	/* make ctr_running visible to the nmi handler: */
+	smp_mb();
+	on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_start, NULL, 1);
 	put_online_cpus();
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -504,15 +506,18 @@ static int nmi_setup(void)
 
 	nmi_enabled = 0;
 	ctr_running = 0;
-	barrier();
+	/* make variables visible to the nmi handler: */
+	smp_mb();
 	err = register_die_notifier(&profile_exceptions_nb);
 	if (err)
 		goto fail;
 
 	get_online_cpus();
 	register_cpu_notifier(&oprofile_cpu_nb);
-	on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_setup, NULL, 1);
 	nmi_enabled = 1;
+	/* make nmi_enabled visible to the nmi handler: */
+	smp_mb();
+	on_each_cpu(nmi_cpu_setup, NULL, 1);
 	put_online_cpus();
 
 	return 0;
@@ -531,7 +536,8 @@ static void nmi_shutdown(void)
 	nmi_enabled = 0;
 	ctr_running = 0;
 	put_online_cpus();
-	barrier();
+	/* make variables visible to the nmi handler: */
+	smp_mb();
 	unregister_die_notifier(&profile_exceptions_nb);
 	msrs = &get_cpu_var(cpu_msrs);
 	model->shutdown(msrs);
diff --git a/kernel/jump_label.c b/kernel/jump_label.c
index fa27e75..a8ce450 100644
--- a/kernel/jump_label.c
+++ b/kernel/jump_label.c
@@ -375,15 +375,19 @@ int jump_label_text_reserved(void *start, void *end)
 
 static void jump_label_update(struct jump_label_key *key, int enable)
 {
-	struct jump_entry *entry = key->entries;
-
-	/* if there are no users, entry can be NULL */
-	if (entry)
-		__jump_label_update(key, entry, __stop___jump_table, enable);
+	struct jump_entry *entry = key->entries, *stop = __stop___jump_table;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	struct module *mod = __module_address((jump_label_t)key);
+
 	__jump_label_mod_update(key, enable);
+
+	if (mod)
+		stop = mod->jump_entries + mod->num_jump_entries;
 #endif
+	/* if there are no users, entry can be NULL */
+	if (entry)
+		__jump_label_update(key, entry, stop, enable);
 }
 
 #endif
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