kernel_optimize_test/kernel
Alexander Shishkin c2ad6b51ef perf/ring-buffer: Clarify the use of page::private for high-order AUX allocations
A question [1] was raised about the use of page::private in AUX buffer
allocations, so let's add a clarification about its intended use.

The private field and flag are used by perf's rb_alloc_aux() path to
tell the pmu driver the size of each high-order allocation, so that the
driver can program those appropriately into its hardware. This only
matters for PMUs that don't support hardware scatter tables. Otherwise,
every page in the buffer is just a page.

This patch adds a comment about the private field to the AUX buffer
allocation path.

  [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=143803696607968

Reported-by: Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1438063204-665-1-git-send-email-alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2015-08-12 11:43:20 +02:00
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bpf
configs
debug
events perf/ring-buffer: Clarify the use of page::private for high-order AUX allocations 2015-08-12 11:43:20 +02:00
gcov
irq genirq: Prevent resend to interrupts marked IRQ_NESTED_THREAD 2015-07-17 11:29:34 +02:00
livepatch
locking
power Power management and ACPI fixes for v4.2-rc1 2015-07-01 14:17:44 -07:00
printk
rcu
sched sched/fair: Test list head instead of list entry in throttle_cfs_rq() 2015-07-06 14:15:08 +02:00
time tick: Move the export of tick_broadcast_oneshot_control to the proper place 2015-07-14 12:01:04 +02:00
trace tracing, perf: Implement BPF programs attached to uprobes 2015-08-06 15:29:14 -03:00
.gitignore
acct.c
async.c
audit_tree.c
audit_watch.c
audit.c
audit.h
auditfilter.c
auditsc.c Fix broken audit tests for exec arg len 2015-07-08 09:33:38 -07:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
cgroup_freezer.c
cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2015-07-03 15:20:57 -07:00
compat.c
configs.c
context_tracking.c
cpu_pm.c
cpu.c genirq: Revert sparse irq locking around __cpu_up() and move it to x86 for now 2015-07-15 10:39:17 +02:00
cpuset.c
crash_dump.c
cred.c
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c
extable.c
fork.c x86/fpu, sched: Introduce CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT and use it on x86 2015-07-18 03:42:51 +02:00
freezer.c
futex_compat.c
futex.c
groups.c
hung_task.c
irq_work.c
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c
kcmp.c
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kexec.c
kmod.c
kprobes.c perf/x86/hw_breakpoints: Disallow kernel breakpoints unless kprobe-safe 2015-08-04 10:16:54 +02:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c
latencytop.c
Makefile make certificate list change message more useful 2015-07-02 16:42:13 -07:00
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c module: Fix load_module() error path 2015-07-09 06:57:12 +09:30
notifier.c
nsproxy.c
padata.c
panic.c
params.c Minor merge needed, due to function move. 2015-07-01 10:49:25 -07:00
pid_namespace.c
pid.c
profile.c
ptrace.c
range.c
reboot.c
relay.c
resource.c mm: Fix bugs in region_is_ram() 2015-07-22 17:20:34 +02:00
seccomp.c
signal.c
smp.c
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c
sys_ni.c
sys.c
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/user-namespace 2015-07-03 15:20:57 -07:00
system_certificates.S
system_keyring.c
task_work.c
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
uid16.c
up.c
user_namespace.c
user-return-notifier.c
user.c
utsname_sysctl.c
utsname.c
watchdog.c
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c Minor merge needed, due to function move. 2015-07-01 10:49:25 -07:00