[PATCH 1/3] perf/hw_breakpoint: Optimize __modify_bp_slot() handling

[Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>]

Reserve the new slot first, then release the old one to maintain
consistency and avoid transient failures.

Signed-off-by: Jinchao Wang <wangjinchao600@gmail.com>
---
This patch supersedes the previous version:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250902091759.590664-1-wangjinchao600@gmail.com/
---
 kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c | 19 +++++--------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
index 8ec2cb688903..6066aff38eec 100644
--- a/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
+++ b/kernel/events/hw_breakpoint.c
@@ -626,22 +626,13 @@ static int __modify_bp_slot(struct perf_event *bp, u64 old_type, u64 new_type)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	__release_bp_slot(bp, old_type);
-
 	err = __reserve_bp_slot(bp, new_type);
-	if (err) {
-		/*
-		 * Reserve the old_type slot back in case
-		 * there's no space for the new type.
-		 *
-		 * This must succeed, because we just released
-		 * the old_type slot in the __release_bp_slot
-		 * call above. If not, something is broken.
-		 */
-		WARN_ON(__reserve_bp_slot(bp, old_type));
-	}
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	return err;
+	__release_bp_slot(bp, old_type);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int modify_bp_slot(struct perf_event *bp, u64 old_type, u64 new_type)
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