Instead of disabling RR scheduling of the counters, use a different list that does not get rotated to iterate the counters on inheritance. LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- include/linux/perf_counter.h | 1 - kernel/perf_counter.c | 15 +++++---------- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_counter.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/perf_counter.h +++ linux-2.6/include/linux/perf_counter.h @@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ struct perf_counter_context { int nr_counters; int nr_active; int is_active; - int rr_allowed; struct task_struct *task; /* Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_counter.c @@ -1120,8 +1120,7 @@ void perf_counter_task_tick(struct task_ __perf_counter_task_sched_out(ctx); rotate_ctx(&cpuctx->ctx); - if (ctx->rr_allowed) - rotate_ctx(ctx); + rotate_ctx(ctx); perf_counter_cpu_sched_in(cpuctx, cpu); perf_counter_task_sched_in(curr, cpu); @@ -3109,7 +3108,6 @@ __perf_counter_init_context(struct perf_ mutex_init(&ctx->mutex); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->counter_list); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ctx->event_list); - ctx->rr_allowed = 1; ctx->task = task; } @@ -3350,14 +3348,14 @@ void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_ */ mutex_lock(&parent_ctx->mutex); - parent_ctx->rr_allowed = 0; - barrier(); /* irqs */ - /* * We dont have to disable NMIs - we are only looking at * the list, not manipulating it: */ - list_for_each_entry(counter, &parent_ctx->counter_list, list_entry) { + list_for_each_entry_rcu(counter, &parent_ctx->event_list, event_entry) { + if (counter != counter->group_leader) + continue; + if (!counter->hw_event.inherit) continue; @@ -3366,9 +3364,6 @@ void perf_counter_init_task(struct task_ break; } - barrier(); /* irqs */ - parent_ctx->rr_allowed = 1; - mutex_unlock(&parent_ctx->mutex); } -- -- 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/