perf_counter/x86: Always use NMI for performance-monitoring interrupt
authorYong Wang <yong.y.wang@linux.intel.com>
Fri, 29 May 2009 05:28:35 +0000 (13:28 +0800)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Fri, 29 May 2009 07:04:58 +0000 (09:04 +0200)
commitc323d95fa4dbe0b6bf6d59e24a0b7db067dd08a7
tree4e674688eb9ba7a84ab34db4bf51cfca34edf6ed
parentda417a7537cbf4beb28a08a49adf915f2358040c
perf_counter/x86: Always use NMI for performance-monitoring interrupt

Always use NMI for performance-monitoring interrupt as there could be
racy situations if we switch between irq and nmi mode frequently.

Signed-off-by: Yong Wang <yong.y.wang@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <20090529052835.GA13657@ywang-moblin2.bj.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
arch/x86/include/asm/perf_counter.h
arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_counter.c