perf_counter, x86: generic use of cpuc->active
cpuc->active will now be used to indicate an enabled counter which implies also valid pointers of cpuc->counters[]. In contrast, cpuc->used only locks the counter, but it can be still uninitialized. [ Impact: refactor and generalize code ] Signed-off-by: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> LKML-Reference: <1241002046-8832-20-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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