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Date:	Thu, 8 May 2014 03:45:09 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eranian@...gle.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	peterz@...radead.org, acme@...nel.org, vincent.weaver@...ne.edu,
	tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf: Validate locking assumption

Commit-ID:  63342411efd2d9350ad405205da036cd45ed1640
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/63342411efd2d9350ad405205da036cd45ed1640
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate: Mon, 5 May 2014 11:49:16 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Wed, 7 May 2014 13:44:18 +0200

perf: Validate locking assumption

Document and validate the locking assumption of event_sched_in().

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-sybq1publ9xt5no77cwvi0eo@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 819ffc0..0de1997 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1678,6 +1678,8 @@ event_sched_in(struct perf_event *event,
 	u64 tstamp = perf_event_time(event);
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&ctx->lock);
+
 	if (event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
 		return 0;
 
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