Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757237AbZCRS1V (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:27:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756244AbZCRS1K (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:27:10 -0400 Received: from mga01.intel.com ([192.55.52.88]:7302 "EHLO mga01.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755984AbZCRS1J (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:27:09 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,385,1233561600"; d="scan'208";a="440006047" Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:27:00 +0100 From: Markus Metzger To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com Cc: markus.t.metzger@intel.com, markus.t.metzger@gmail.com, roland@redhat.com, eranian@googlemail.com, oleg@redhat.com, juan.villacis@intel.com, ak@linux.jf.intel.com Subject: [patch] x86, bts: use atomic memory allocation Message-ID: <20090318192700.A6038@sedona.ch.intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2633 Lines: 78 Ds_request_bts() needs to allocate memory. It uses GFP_KERNEL. Hw-branch-tracer calls ds_request_bts() within on_each_cpu(). Use atomic memory allocation to allow it to be used in that context. Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger --- Index: git-tip/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c =================================================================== --- git-tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c 2009-03-17 12:26:07.000000000 +0100 +++ git-tip/arch/x86/kernel/ds.c 2009-03-17 13:30:09.000000000 +0100 @@ -255,8 +255,13 @@ static inline struct ds_context *ds_get_ struct ds_context *new_context = NULL; unsigned long irq; - /* Chances are small that we already have a context. */ - new_context = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_context), GFP_KERNEL); + /* + * Chances are small that we already have a context. + * + * Contexts for per-cpu tracing are allocated using + * smp_call_function(). We must not sleep. + */ + new_context = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_context), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!new_context) return NULL; @@ -662,8 +667,12 @@ struct bts_tracer *ds_request_bts(struct if (ovfl) goto out; + /* + * Per-cpu tracing is typically requested using smp_call_function(). + * We must not sleep. + */ error = -ENOMEM; - tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_KERNEL); + tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!tracer) goto out; tracer->ovfl = ovfl; @@ -722,8 +731,12 @@ struct pebs_tracer *ds_request_pebs(stru if (ovfl) goto out; + /* + * Per-cpu tracing is typically requested using smp_call_function(). + * We must not sleep. + */ error = -ENOMEM; - tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_KERNEL); + tracer = kzalloc(sizeof(*tracer), GFP_ATOMIC); if (!tracer) goto out; tracer->ovfl = ovfl; --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel GmbH Dornacher Strasse 1 85622 Feldkirchen/Muenchen Germany Sitz der Gesellschaft: Feldkirchen bei Muenchen Geschaeftsfuehrer: Douglas Lusk, Peter Gleissner, Hannes Schwaderer Registergericht: Muenchen HRB 47456 Ust.-IdNr. VAT Registration No.: DE129385895 Citibank Frankfurt (BLZ 502 109 00) 600119052 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/