There is a comment that states that perf_event_context_sched_in() will also switch in the cgroup events, I cannot find it does so. Therefore all the resulting logic goes out the window too. Clean that up. Cc: Stephane Eranian Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) --- kernel/events/core.c | 31 +++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -579,13 +579,7 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_out * we are holding the rcu lock */ cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL); - - /* - * next is NULL when called from perf_event_enable_on_exec() - * that will systematically cause a cgroup_switch() - */ - if (next) - cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(next, NULL); + cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(next, NULL); /* * only schedule out current cgroup events if we know @@ -611,8 +605,6 @@ static inline void perf_cgroup_sched_in( * we are holding the rcu lock */ cgrp1 = perf_cgroup_from_task(task, NULL); - - /* prev can never be NULL */ cgrp2 = perf_cgroup_from_task(prev, NULL); /* @@ -1450,11 +1442,14 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, if (is_cgroup_event(event)) { ctx->nr_cgroups--; + /* + * Because cgroup events are always per-cpu events, this will + * always be called from the right CPU. + */ cpuctx = __get_cpu_context(ctx); /* - * if there are no more cgroup events - * then cler cgrp to avoid stale pointer - * in update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx() + * If there are no more cgroup events then clear cgrp to avoid + * stale pointer in update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx(). */ if (!ctx->nr_cgroups) cpuctx->cgrp = NULL; @@ -3118,15 +3113,6 @@ static void perf_event_enable_on_exec(in if (!ctx || !ctx->nr_events) goto out; - /* - * We must ctxsw out cgroup events to avoid conflict - * when invoking perf_task_event_sched_in() later on - * in this function. Otherwise we end up trying to - * ctxswin cgroup events which are already scheduled - * in. - */ - perf_cgroup_sched_out(current, NULL); - raw_spin_lock(&ctx->lock); task_ctx_sched_out(ctx); @@ -3144,9 +3130,6 @@ static void perf_event_enable_on_exec(in raw_spin_unlock(&ctx->lock); - /* - * Also calls ctxswin for cgroup events, if any: - */ perf_event_context_sched_in(ctx, ctx->task); out: local_irq_restore(flags);