perf/core: Invert perf_read_group() loops
authorPeter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Fri, 4 Sep 2015 03:07:49 +0000 (20:07 -0700)
committerBen Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Sat, 11 Nov 2017 13:34:26 +0000 (13:34 +0000)
commite4847c6f688433f3696d490485049c60f8e5debd
tree1f2d999746fd9830641d1459b34f9633fbb3edda
parent59725da61d5cd96b2b3a1b478cc1255b162c801d
perf/core: Invert perf_read_group() loops

commit fa8c269353d560b7c28119ad7617029f92e40b15 upstream.

In order to enable the use of perf_event_read(.group = true), we need
to invert the sibling-child loop nesting of perf_read_group().

Currently we iterate the child list for each sibling, this precludes
using group reads. Flip things around so we iterate each group for
each child.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
[ Made the patch compile and things. ]
Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1441336073-22750-7-git-send-email-sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
[bwh: Backported to 3.2 as a dependency of commit 2aeb18835476 ("perf/core: Fix
 locking for children siblings group read"):
 - Keep the function name perf_event_read_group()
 - Keep using perf_event_read_value()]
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
kernel/events/core.c