[PATCH 2/4] tracing: Forget about the nmi buffer from syscall events

From: Frederic Weisbecker
Date: Sat Nov 21 2009 - 23:22:08 EST


We are never in an nmi context when we commit a syscall trace to
perf. So just forget about the nmi buffer there.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 10 ++--------
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 0bb9348..41b6dd9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -511,10 +511,7 @@ static void prof_syscall_enter(struct pt_regs *regs, long id)

cpu = smp_processor_id();

- if (in_nmi())
- trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf_nmi);
- else
- trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf);
+ trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf);

if (!trace_buf)
goto end;
@@ -617,10 +614,7 @@ static void prof_syscall_exit(struct pt_regs *regs, long ret)

cpu = smp_processor_id();

- if (in_nmi())
- trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf_nmi);
- else
- trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf);
+ trace_buf = rcu_dereference(perf_trace_buf);

if (!trace_buf)
goto end;
--
1.6.2.3

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