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Date:	Thu, 31 Mar 2016 02:24:32 -0700
From:	tip-bot for Alexander Shishkin <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
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	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
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Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf/ring_buffer: Document AUX API usage

Commit-ID:  af5bb4ed1254a378b6028c09e58bdcc1cd9bf5b3
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/af5bb4ed1254a378b6028c09e58bdcc1cd9bf5b3
Author:     Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 4 Mar 2016 15:42:47 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:30:43 +0200

perf/ring_buffer: Document AUX API usage

In order to ensure safe AUX buffer management, we rely on the assumption
that pmu::stop() stops its ongoing AUX transaction and not just the hw.

This patch documents this requirement for the perf_aux_output_{begin,end}()
APIs.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@...ne.edu>
Cc: vince@...ter.net
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1457098969-21595-4-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
index 367e9c5..0ed4555 100644
--- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
@@ -252,6 +252,10 @@ ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags)
  * The ordering is similar to that of perf_output_{begin,end}, with
  * the exception of (B), which should be taken care of by the pmu
  * driver, since ordering rules will differ depending on hardware.
+ *
+ * Call this from pmu::start(); see the comment in perf_aux_output_end()
+ * about its use in pmu callbacks. Both can also be called from the PMI
+ * handler if needed.
  */
 void *perf_aux_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 			    struct perf_event *event)
@@ -323,6 +327,7 @@ void *perf_aux_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 	return handle->rb->aux_priv;
 
 err_put:
+	/* can't be last */
 	rb_free_aux(rb);
 
 err:
@@ -337,6 +342,10 @@ err:
  * aux_head and posting a PERF_RECORD_AUX into the perf buffer. It is the
  * pmu driver's responsibility to observe ordering rules of the hardware,
  * so that all the data is externally visible before this is called.
+ *
+ * Note: this has to be called from pmu::stop() callback, as the assumption
+ * of the AUX buffer management code is that after pmu::stop(), the AUX
+ * transaction must be stopped and therefore drop the AUX reference count.
  */
 void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size,
 			 bool truncated)
@@ -376,6 +385,7 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size,
 	handle->event = NULL;
 
 	local_set(&rb->aux_nest, 0);
+	/* can't be last */
 	rb_free_aux(rb);
 	ring_buffer_put(rb);
 }