Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]


Groups > linux.kernel > #1649952

Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order

From "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order
Date 2017-05-24 23:20 +0200
Message-ID <tKLRf-7y3-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
References <tKzQ6-8hN-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <tKzQ6-8hN-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <tKJmp-5SS-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <tKJw6-5Wg-13@gated-at.bofh.it>
Organization linux.* mail to news gateway

Show all headers | View raw


On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 08:47:00PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Wed, 24 May 2017, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > @@ -8920,7 +8912,7 @@ perf_event_mux_interval_ms_store(struct
> > >  	pmu->hrtimer_interval_ms = timer;
> > > 
> > >  	/* update all cpuctx for this PMU */
> > > -	get_online_cpus();
> > > +	cpus_read_lock();
> > 
> > OK, I'll bite...
> > 
> > Why is this piece using cpus_read_lock() instead of pmus_lock?
> > 
> > My guess is for the benefit of the cpu_function_call() below, but if
> > the code instead cycled through the perf_online_mask, wouldn't any
> > CPU selected be guaranteed to be online?
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> > Or is there some reason that it would be necessary to specially handle
> > CPUs that perf does not consider to be active, but that are still at
> > least partway online?
> 
> I have to delegate that question to Peter :)

Another reason might be a desire to avoid contention on pmus_lock,
if this function is called often.  If that is the case, I cannot
resist suggesting percpu_rw_sem.  ;-)

							Thanx, Paul

Back to linux.kernel | Previous | NextPrevious in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread


Thread

[patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-05-24 10:30 +0200
  Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 20:40 +0200
    Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> - 2017-05-24 20:50 +0200
      Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-24 23:20 +0200
    Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2017-05-30 13:30 +0200
      Re: [patch V3 23/32] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-05-30 18:30 +0200
  [tip:smp/hotplug] perf/tracing/cpuhotplug: Fix locking order tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com> - 2017-05-26 10:50 +0200

csiph-web