[RFC PATCH 3/6] perf: Add a helper for looking up pmus by type

From: Alexander Shishkin
Date: Fri Sep 23 2016 - 07:30:56 EST


This patch adds a helper for looking up a registered pmu by its type.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 2e8a0e389b..b64a5c611f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8780,6 +8780,18 @@ static int perf_try_init_event(struct pmu *pmu, struct perf_event *event)
return ret;
}

+/* call under pmus_srcu */
+static struct pmu *__perf_find_pmu(u32 type)
+{
+ struct pmu *pmu;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ pmu = idr_find(&pmu_idr, type);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return pmu;
+}
+
static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
{
struct pmu *pmu = NULL;
@@ -8788,9 +8800,7 @@ static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)

idx = srcu_read_lock(&pmus_srcu);

- rcu_read_lock();
- pmu = idr_find(&pmu_idr, event->attr.type);
- rcu_read_unlock();
+ pmu = __perf_find_pmu(event->attr.type);
if (pmu) {
ret = perf_try_init_event(pmu, event);
if (ret)
--
2.9.3