linux/drivers/oprofile
Davidlohr Bueso 11163348a2 oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file
sync_buffer() needs the mmap_sem for two distinct operations, both only
occurring upon user context switch handling:

 1) Dealing with the exe_file.

 2) Adding the dcookie data as we need to lookup the vma that
   backs it. This is done via add_sample() and add_data().

This patch isolates 1), for it will no longer need the mmap_sem for
serialization.  However, for now, make of the more standard
get_mm_exe_file(), requiring only holding the mmap_sem to read the value,
and relying on reference counting to make sure that the exe file won't
dissappear underneath us while doing the get dcookie.

As a consequence, for 2) we move the mmap_sem locking into where we really
need it, in lookup_dcookie().  The benefits are twofold: reduce mmap_sem
hold times, and cleaner code.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: export get_mm_exe_file for arch/x86/oprofile/oprofile.ko]
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Cc: Robert Richter <rric@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-04-17 09:04:11 -04:00
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buffer_sync.c oprofile: reduce mmap_sem hold for mm->exe_file 2015-04-17 09:04:11 -04:00
buffer_sync.h
cpu_buffer.c
cpu_buffer.h
event_buffer.c
event_buffer.h
nmi_timer_int.c
oprof.c
oprof.h
oprofile_files.c
oprofile_perf.c
oprofile_stats.c
oprofile_stats.h
oprofilefs.c
timer_int.c