perf: Convert perf_event to local_t

Since now all modification to event->count (and ->prev_count
and ->period_left) are local to a cpu, change then to local64_t so we
avoid the LOCK'ed ops.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index f34dab9b275e..7342979f95f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ struct perf_guest_info_callbacks {
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <asm/local.h>
+#include <asm/local64.h>
 
 #define PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH            255
 
@@ -536,10 +537,10 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
                 struct arch_hw_breakpoint       info;
 #endif
         };
-        atomic64_t                      prev_count;
+        local64_t                       prev_count;
         u64                             sample_period;
         u64                             last_period;
-        atomic64_t                      period_left;
+        local64_t                       period_left;
         u64                             interrupts;
 
         u64                             freq_time_stamp;
@@ -670,7 +671,7 @@ struct perf_event {
 
         enum perf_event_active_state    state;
         unsigned int                    attach_state;
-        atomic64_t                      count;
+        local64_t                       count;
         atomic64_t                      child_count;
 
         /*