Merge branch 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'tracing-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (40 commits)
  tracing: Separate raw syscall from syscall tracer
  ring-buffer-benchmark: Add parameters to set produce/consumer priorities
  tracing, function tracer: Clean up strstrip() usage
  ring-buffer benchmark: Run producer/consumer threads at nice +19
  tracing: Remove the stale include/trace/power.h
  tracing: Only print objcopy version warning once from recordmcount
  tracing: Prevent build warning: 'ftrace_graph_buf' defined but not used
  ring-buffer: Move access to commit_page up into function used
  tracing: do not disable interrupts for trace_clock_local
  ring-buffer: Add multiple iterations between benchmark timestamps
  kprobes: Sanitize struct kretprobe_instance allocations
  tracing: Fix to use __always_unused attribute
  compiler: Introduce __always_unused
  tracing: Exit with error if a weak function is used in recordmcount.pl
  tracing: Move conditional into update_funcs() in recordmcount.pl
  tracing: Add regex for weak functions in recordmcount.pl
  tracing: Move mcount section search to front of loop in recordmcount.pl
  tracing: Fix objcopy revision check in recordmcount.pl
  tracing: Check absolute path of input file in recordmcount.pl
  tracing: Correct the check for number of arguments in recordmcount.pl
  ...

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 5dd017fea6f5..a72c6e03deec 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -1787,9 +1787,9 @@ rb_reset_tail(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
 static struct ring_buffer_event *
 rb_move_tail(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
              unsigned long length, unsigned long tail,
-             struct buffer_page *commit_page,
              struct buffer_page *tail_page, u64 *ts)
 {
+        struct buffer_page *commit_page = cpu_buffer->commit_page;
         struct ring_buffer *buffer = cpu_buffer->buffer;
         struct buffer_page *next_page;
         int ret;
@@ -1892,13 +1892,10 @@ static struct ring_buffer_event *
 __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
                   unsigned type, unsigned long length, u64 *ts)
 {
-        struct buffer_page *tail_page, *commit_page;
+        struct buffer_page *tail_page;
         struct ring_buffer_event *event;
         unsigned long tail, write;
 
-        commit_page = cpu_buffer->commit_page;
-        /* we just need to protect against interrupts */
-        barrier();
         tail_page = cpu_buffer->tail_page;
         write = local_add_return(length, &tail_page->write);
 
@@ -1909,7 +1906,7 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer,
         /* See if we shot pass the end of this buffer page */
         if (write > BUF_PAGE_SIZE)
                 return rb_move_tail(cpu_buffer, length, tail,
-                                    commit_page, tail_page, ts);
+                                    tail_page, ts);
 
         /* We reserved something on the buffer */