Ensure we're consistent with the context locks. context->mutex context->lock list_{add,del}_counter(); so that either lock is sufficient to stabilize the context. LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/perf_counter.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 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 @@ -597,6 +597,8 @@ static void add_counter_to_ctx(struct pe /* * Cross CPU call to install and enable a performance counter + * + * Must be called with ctx->mutex held */ static void __perf_install_in_context(void *info) { @@ -1496,13 +1498,13 @@ static void perf_counter_for_each_siblin struct perf_counter_context *ctx = counter->ctx; struct perf_counter *sibling; - spin_lock_irq(&ctx->lock); + mutex_lock(&ctx->mutex); counter = counter->group_leader; func(counter); list_for_each_entry(sibling, &counter->sibling_list, list_entry) func(sibling); - spin_unlock_irq(&ctx->lock); + mutex_unlock(&ctx->mutex); } static void perf_counter_for_each_child(struct perf_counter *counter, @@ -3414,7 +3416,10 @@ __perf_counter_exit_task(struct task_str struct perf_counter *parent_counter; update_counter_times(child_counter); + + spin_lock_irq(&child_ctx->lock); list_del_counter(child_counter, child_ctx); + spin_unlock_irq(&child_ctx->lock); parent_counter = child_counter->parent; /* -- -- 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/