linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/10] perf/x86: Add warning on proper cpu during event's update

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Message-Id: <20170824162737.7813-2-jolsa@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 18:27:28 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc:     lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] perf/x86: Add warning on proper cpu during event's update

Mark reported that we could actually call pmu->read on
unscheduled event. I think it's good idea to keep a
warning here to see if we've get it wrong again in
future.

Reported-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/events/core.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index af12e294caed..b8e394d9f7f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ u64 x86_perf_event_update(struct perf_event *event)
 	int idx = hwc->idx;
 	u64 delta;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(event->oncpu != smp_processor_id());
+
 	if (idx == INTEL_PMC_IDX_FIXED_BTS)
 		return 0;
 
-- 
2.9.5