Push the update_context_time() calls up the stack so that we get less invokations and thereby a less noisy output: before: # ./perfstat -e 1:0 -e 1:1 -e 1:1 -e 1:1 -l ls > /dev/null Performance counter stats for 'ls': 10.163691 cpu clock ticks (msecs) (scaled from 98.94%) 10.215360 task clock ticks (msecs) (scaled from 98.18%) 10.185549 task clock ticks (msecs) (scaled from 98.53%) 10.183581 task clock ticks (msecs) (scaled from 98.71%) Wall-clock time elapsed: 11.912858 msecs after: # ./perfstat -e 1:0 -e 1:1 -e 1:1 -e 1:1 -l ls > /dev/null Performance counter stats for 'ls': 9.316630 cpu clock ticks (msecs) 9.280789 task clock ticks (msecs) 9.280789 task clock ticks (msecs) 9.280789 task clock ticks (msecs) Wall-clock time elapsed: 9.574872 msecs Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/perf_counter.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c @@ -319,6 +319,8 @@ static void __perf_counter_disable(void spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags); + update_context_time(ctx); + /* * If the counter is on, turn it off. * If it is in error state, leave it in error state. @@ -797,6 +799,8 @@ void perf_counter_task_sched_out(struct if (likely(!cpuctx->task_ctx)) return; + update_context_time(ctx); + regs = task_pt_regs(task); perf_swcounter_event(PERF_COUNT_CONTEXT_SWITCHES, 1, 1, regs); __perf_counter_sched_out(ctx, cpuctx); @@ -2336,7 +2340,6 @@ static void task_clock_perf_counter_upda u64 prev, now; s64 delta; - update_context_time(counter->ctx); now = counter->ctx->time; prev = atomic64_xchg(&counter->hw.prev_count, now); @@ -2349,7 +2352,6 @@ static int task_clock_perf_counter_enabl struct hw_perf_counter *hwc = &counter->hw; u64 now; - update_context_time(counter->ctx); now = counter->ctx->time; atomic64_set(&hwc->prev_count, now); @@ -2372,6 +2374,7 @@ static void task_clock_perf_counter_disa static void task_clock_perf_counter_read(struct perf_counter *counter) { + update_context_time(counter->ctx); task_clock_perf_counter_update(counter); } -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/