[PATCH] ia64: perfmon update
Here is a new perfmon patch. It is important because it fixes the problem of the close() when the file descriptor is shared between two related processes. The good thing is that it simplifies a lot the cleanup of the sampling buffer. Here is the ChangeLog: - fix bug in pfm_close() when the descriptor is shared between related processed. Introduce a pfm_flush() called for each invocation of close(). pfm_close() only called for the last user. - fix pfm_restore_monitoring() to also reload the debug registers. They could be modified while monitoring is masked. - fix pfm_close() to clear ctx_fl_is_sampling. - fix a bug in pfm_handle_work() which could cause the wrong PMD to be reset. - converted PROTECT_CTX/UNPROTECT_CTX into local_irq_save/restore to keep context protection but allow IPI to proceed. - updated pfm_syswide_force_stop() to use local_irq_save/restore now that the context is protected from the caller side. - updated pfm_mck_pmc_check() to check if context is loaded before checking for special IBR/DBR combinations. Clearing the debug registers is not needed when the context is not yet loaded. - updated perfmon.h to have to correct prototype definitions for the pfm_mod_*() functions. - got rid of the PFM_CTX_TERMINATED state. - cleanup the DPRINT() statements to remove explicit output of current->pid. This is done systematically by the macros. - added a systctl entry (expert_mode) to bypass read/write checks on PMC/PMD. As its name indicates this is for experts ONLY. Must be root to toggle /proc/sys entry. - corrected pfm_mod_*() to check against the current task. - removed pfm_mod_fast_read_pmds(). It is never needed. - added pfm_mod_write_ibrs() and pfm_mod_write_dbrs().
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