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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 34 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c index bd55ccc91373..52868716ec35 100644 --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -674,21 +674,26 @@ int rb_alloc_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event, if (!has_aux(event)) return -EOPNOTSUPP; - /* - * We need to start with the max_order that fits in nr_pages, - * not the other way around, hence ilog2() and not get_order. - */ - max_order = ilog2(nr_pages); - - /* - * PMU requests more than one contiguous chunks of memory - * for SW double buffering - */ if (!overwrite) { - if (!max_order) - return -EINVAL; + /* + * Watermark defaults to half the buffer, and so does the + * max_order, to aid PMU drivers in double buffering. + */ + if (!watermark) + watermark = nr_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 1); - max_order--; + /* + * Use aux_watermark as the basis for chunking to + * help PMU drivers honor the watermark. + */ + max_order = get_order(watermark); + } else { + /* + * We need to start with the max_order that fits in nr_pages, + * not the other way around, hence ilog2() and not get_order. + */ + max_order = ilog2(nr_pages); + watermark = 0; } rb->aux_pages = kcalloc_node(nr_pages, sizeof(void *), GFP_KERNEL, @@ -743,9 +748,6 @@ int rb_alloc_aux(struct perf_buffer *rb, struct perf_event *event, rb->aux_overwrite = overwrite; rb->aux_watermark = watermark; - if (!rb->aux_watermark && !rb->aux_overwrite) - rb->aux_watermark = nr_pages << (PAGE_SHIFT - 1); - out: if (!ret) rb->aux_pgoff = pgoff; |