Re: [BUG] perf: perf_swevent PMU should not be on rotation_list

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Wed, 2012-09-05 at 16:03 +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was looking at the rotation code and I found out that when
> I monitor a SW event (in my case a probe), I end up having
> two PMUs on the rotation list on Intel Core: cpu and software.
> 
> I thought there was no multiplexing needed for SW events.

Correct, since programming of swevents should always succeed.

> So why is the SW PMU on the rotation list causing extra
> iterations through the rotation code?

Because... uhm.. someone (probably me) didn't think to exclude swevents.

> Shouldn't we do something like:
> 
> --- a/kernel/events/core.c
> +++ b/kernel/events/core.c
> @@ -771,6 +780,9 @@ static void perf_pmu_rotate_start(struct pmu *pmu)
>         struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx = this_cpu_ptr(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
>         struct list_head *head = &__get_cpu_var(rotation_list);
> 
> +       if (pmu->type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE)
> +               return;
> +
>         WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
> 
>         if (list_empty(&cpuctx->rotation_list))


Yeah, I guess that'll do, although I guess something like:

  pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_sw_context

would be even better, since that would also work for TYPE_TRACEPOINT and
possibly any other swevent like things.