linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 04/10] perf/x86: Add barrier after updating bts

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Message-Id: <20210704071644.107397-5-leo.yan@linaro.org>
Date:   Sun,  4 Jul 2021 15:16:38 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        coresight@...ts.linaro.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 04/10] perf/x86: Add barrier after updating bts

Add barrier wmb() to separate the AUX data store and aux_head store.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
index 6320d2cfd9d3..4a015d160bc5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ static void bts_update(struct bts_ctx *bts)
 	} else {
 		local_set(&buf->data_size, head);
 	}
+
+	/* The WMB separates data store and aux_head store matches. */
+	wmb();
 }
 
 static int
-- 
2.25.1