On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 04:50:46PM +0800, Yan, Zheng wrote: > void intel_pmu_lbr_sched_task(struct perf_event_context *ctx, bool sched_in) > { > struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events); > + struct x86_perf_task_context *task_ctx; > > if (!x86_pmu.lbr_nr) > return; > > /* > + * If LBR callstack feature is enabled and the stack was saved when > + * the task was scheduled out, restore the stack. Otherwise flush > + * the LBR stack. > */ > + task_ctx = ctx ? ctx->task_ctx_data : NULL; > if (sched_in) { > + if (task_ctx && > + task_ctx->lbr_callstack_users > 0 && > + task_ctx->lbr_stack_state == LBR_VALID) > + __intel_pmu_lbr_restore(task_ctx); > + else > + intel_pmu_lbr_reset(); > + > cpuc->lbr_context = ctx; > + return; > + } > + > + /* schedule out */ > + if (task_ctx) { > + if (task_ctx->lbr_callstack_users) > + __intel_pmu_lbr_save(task_ctx); > + else > + task_ctx->lbr_stack_state = LBR_NONE; > } > } I can't say that's pretty.. How about something like: task_ctx = ctx->task_ctx_data; /* XXX I don't think ctx can ever be NULL here */ if (task_ctx) { if (sched_in) intel_pmu_lbr_restore(task_ctx); else intel_pmu_lbr_save(task_ctx); return; } if (sched_in) intel_pmu_lbr_reset(); And then push all the callstack_users and state nonsense into the save/restore functions.