linux-kernel - [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Remove fragile swevent hlist optimization

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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 11:18:56 -0800
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/urgent] perf: Remove fragile swevent hlist optimization

Commit-ID:  06db0b21712f878b808480ef31097637013bbf0f
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/06db0b21712f878b808480ef31097637013bbf0f
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 13:14:47 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:57:42 +0100

perf: Remove fragile swevent hlist optimization

Currently we only allocate a single cpu hashtable for per-cpu
swevents; do away with this optimization for it is fragile in the face
of things like perf_pmu_migrate_context().

The easiest thing is to make sure all CPUs are consistent wrt state.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130913111447.GN31370@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d724e77..72348dc 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5680,11 +5680,6 @@ static void swevent_hlist_put(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	int cpu;
 
-	if (event->cpu != -1) {
-		swevent_hlist_put_cpu(event, event->cpu);
-		return;
-	}
-
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		swevent_hlist_put_cpu(event, cpu);
 }
@@ -5718,9 +5713,6 @@ static int swevent_hlist_get(struct perf_event *event)
 	int err;
 	int cpu, failed_cpu;
 
-	if (event->cpu != -1)
-		return swevent_hlist_get_cpu(event, event->cpu);
-
 	get_online_cpus();
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
 		err = swevent_hlist_get_cpu(event, cpu);
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