linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] perf fixes

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Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:06:20 +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>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] perf fixes

Linus,

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

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

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Arjan van de Ven (1):
      tracing: Fix timer tracing

Peter Zijlstra (1):
      watchdog: Don't throttle the watchdog


 include/trace/events/timer.h |    8 ++++++--
 kernel/watchdog.c            |    3 +++
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/trace/events/timer.h b/include/trace/events/timer.h
index c624126..425bcfe 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/timer.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/timer.h
@@ -81,14 +81,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(timer_expire_entry,
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field( void *,	timer	)
 		__field( unsigned long,	now	)
+		__field( void *,	function)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->timer		= timer;
 		__entry->now		= jiffies;
+		__entry->function	= timer->function;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("timer=%p now=%lu", __entry->timer, __entry->now)
+	TP_printk("timer=%p function=%pf now=%lu", __entry->timer, __entry->function,__entry->now)
 );
 
 /**
@@ -200,14 +202,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(hrtimer_expire_entry,
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__field( void *,	hrtimer	)
 		__field( s64,		now	)
+		__field( void *,	function)
 	),
 
 	TP_fast_assign(
 		__entry->hrtimer	= hrtimer;
 		__entry->now		= now->tv64;
+		__entry->function	= hrtimer->function;
 	),
 
-	TP_printk("hrtimer=%p now=%llu", __entry->hrtimer,
+	TP_printk("hrtimer=%p function=%pf now=%llu", __entry->hrtimer, __entry->function,
 		  (unsigned long long)ktime_to_ns((ktime_t) { .tv64 = __entry->now }))
  );
 
diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 613bc1f..0d53c8e 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ void watchdog_overflow_callback(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
 		 struct perf_sample_data *data,
 		 struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
+	/* Ensure the watchdog never gets throttled */
+	event->hw.interrupts = 0;
+
 	if (__get_cpu_var(watchdog_nmi_touch) == true) {
 		__get_cpu_var(watchdog_nmi_touch) = false;
 		return;
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