On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 06:41:49PM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote: > +void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size, > + bool truncated) > +{ > + struct ring_buffer *rb = handle->rb; > + unsigned long aux_head; > + > + aux_head = local_read(&rb->aux_head); > + local_add(size, &rb->aux_head); > + > + rb->user_page->aux_head = local_read(&rb->aux_head); > + smp_wmb(); > + > + perf_output_wakeup(handle); > + handle->event = NULL; > + > + ring_buffer_put(rb); > +} This thing is distinctly less complex than perf_output_put_handle().. ?