[PATCH v5 4/9] perf/x86: Add compiler barrier after updating BTS

From: Leo Yan
Date: Mon Aug 09 2021 - 07:15:38 EST


Since BTS is coherent, simply add a compiler barrier to separate the BTS
update and aux_head store.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
index 6320d2cfd9d3..974e917e65b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/bts.c
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ static void bts_update(struct bts_ctx *bts)
} else {
local_set(&buf->data_size, head);
}
+
+ /*
+ * Since BTS is coherent, just add compiler barrier to ensure
+ * BTS updating is ordered against bts::handle::event.
+ */
+ barrier();
}

static int
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