Commit 527e26af authored by Robert Richter's avatar Robert Richter Committed by Ingo Molnar

perf_counter, x86: protect per-cpu variables with compile barriers only

Per-cpu variables needn't to be protected with cpu barriers
(smp_wmb()). Protection is only needed for preemption on the same cpu
(rescheduling or the nmi handler). This can be done using a compiler
barrier only.

[ Impact: micro-optimization ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Acked-by: default avatarPeter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <1241002046-8832-6-git-send-email-robert.richter@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
parent 4295ee62
......@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ static int pmc_generic_enable(struct perf_counter *counter)
/*
* Make it visible before enabling the hw:
*/
smp_wmb();
barrier();
__hw_perf_counter_set_period(counter, hwc, idx);
__pmc_generic_enable(counter, hwc, idx);
......@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ static void pmc_generic_disable(struct perf_counter *counter)
* Make sure the cleared pointer becomes visible before we
* (potentially) free the counter:
*/
smp_wmb();
barrier();
/*
* Drain the remaining delta count out of a counter
......
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