5 files changed, 36 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 43b83c35cf54..ac2a8c2554d9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static int power_pmu_enable(struct perf_event *event)
          * skip the schedulability test here, it will be peformed
          * at commit time(->commit_txn) as a whole
          */
-        if (cpuhw->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED)
+        if (cpuhw->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN)
                 goto nocheck;
 
         if (check_excludes(cpuhw->event, cpuhw->flags, n0, 1))
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ void power_pmu_start_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
 {
         struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED;
+        cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN;
         cpuhw->n_txn_start = cpuhw->n_events;
 }
 
@@ -871,7 +871,7 @@ void power_pmu_cancel_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
 {
         struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED;
+        cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -897,6 +897,7 @@ int power_pmu_commit_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
         for (i = cpuhw->n_txn_start; i < n; ++i)
                 cpuhw->event[i]->hw.config = cpuhw->events[i];
 
+        cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN;
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
index 0ec92c8861dd..beeb92fa3acd 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ static int sparc_pmu_enable(struct perf_event *event)
          * skip the schedulability test here, it will be peformed
          * at commit time(->commit_txn) as a whole
          */
-        if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED)
+        if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN)
                 goto nocheck;
 
         if (check_excludes(cpuc->event, n0, 1))
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ static void sparc_pmu_start_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
 {
         struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED;
+        cpuhw->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ static void sparc_pmu_cancel_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
 {
         struct cpu_hw_events *cpuhw = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED;
+        cpuhw->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1137,6 +1137,7 @@ static int sparc_pmu_commit_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
         if (sparc_check_constraints(cpuc->event, cpuc->events, n))
                 return -EAGAIN;
 
+        cpuc->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN;
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 5db5b7d65a18..af04c6fa59cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static int x86_pmu_enable(struct perf_event *event)
          * skip the schedulability test here, it will be peformed
          * at commit time(->commit_txn) as a whole
          */
-        if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED)
+        if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN)
                 goto out;
 
         ret = x86_pmu.schedule_events(cpuc, n, assign);
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_disable(struct perf_event *event)
          * The events never got scheduled and ->cancel_txn will truncate
          * the event_list.
          */
-        if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED)
+        if (cpuc->group_flag & PERF_EVENT_TXN)
                 return;
 
         x86_pmu_stop(event);
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_start_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
 {
         struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        cpuc->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED;
+        cpuc->group_flag |= PERF_EVENT_TXN;
         cpuc->n_txn = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ static void x86_pmu_cancel_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
 {
         struct cpu_hw_events *cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);
 
-        cpuc->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED;
+        cpuc->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN;
         /*
          * Truncate the collected events.
          */
@@ -1435,11 +1435,7 @@ static int x86_pmu_commit_txn(const struct pmu *pmu)
          */
         memcpy(cpuc->assign, assign, n*sizeof(int));
 
-        /*
-         * Clear out the txn count so that ->cancel_txn() which gets
-         * run after ->commit_txn() doesn't undo things.
-         */
-        cpuc->n_txn = 0;
+        cpuc->group_flag &= ~PERF_EVENT_TXN;
 
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 36efad90cd43..f1b6ba0770e0 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -549,7 +549,10 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
 
 struct perf_event;
 
-#define PERF_EVENT_TXN_STARTED 1
+/*
+ * Common implementation detail of pmu::{start,commit,cancel}_txn
+ */
+#define PERF_EVENT_TXN 0x1
 
 /**
  * struct pmu - generic performance monitoring unit
@@ -563,14 +566,28 @@ struct pmu {
         void (*unthrottle)              (struct perf_event *event);
 
         /*
-         * group events scheduling is treated as a transaction,
-         * add group events as a whole and perform one schedulability test.
-         * If test fails, roll back the whole group
+         * Group events scheduling is treated as a transaction, add group
+         * events as a whole and perform one schedulability test. If the test
+         * fails, roll back the whole group
          */
 
+        /*
+         * Start the transaction, after this ->enable() doesn't need
+         * to do schedulability tests.
+         */
         void (*start_txn)       (const struct pmu *pmu);
-        void (*cancel_txn)      (const struct pmu *pmu);
+        /*
+         * If ->start_txn() disabled the ->enable() schedulability test
+         * then ->commit_txn() is required to perform one. On success
+         * the transaction is closed. On error the transaction is kept
+         * open until ->cancel_txn() is called.
+         */
         int  (*commit_txn)      (const struct pmu *pmu);
+        /*
+         * Will cancel the transaction, assumes ->disable() is called for
+         * each successfull ->enable() during the transaction.
+         */
+        void (*cancel_txn)      (const struct pmu *pmu);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 227ed9c8ec34..6f60920772b3 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -675,7 +675,6 @@ group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
         struct perf_event *event, *partial_group = NULL;
         const struct pmu *pmu = group_event->pmu;
         bool txn = false;
-        int ret;
 
         if (group_event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF)
                 return 0;
@@ -703,15 +702,9 @@ group_sched_in(struct perf_event *group_event,
                 }
         }
 
-        if (!txn)
+        if (!txn || !pmu->commit_txn(pmu))
                 return 0;
 
-        ret = pmu->commit_txn(pmu);
-        if (!ret) {
-                pmu->cancel_txn(pmu);
-                return 0;
-        }
-
 group_error:
         /*
          * Groups can be scheduled in as one unit only, so undo any