1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index fcdafa234a5d..5f86a1156c94 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ static atomic_t nr_comm_tracking __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_perf_counter_priv __read_mostly; /* do we need to be privileged */
 
 /*
- * Mutex for (sysadmin-configurable) counter reservations:
+ * Lock for (sysadmin-configurable) counter reservations:
  */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(perf_resource_mutex);
+static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(perf_resource_lock);
 
 /*
  * Architecture provided APIs - weak aliases:
@@ -3207,9 +3207,9 @@ static void __cpuinit perf_counter_init_cpu(int cpu)
         cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
         __perf_counter_init_context(&cpuctx->ctx, NULL);
 
-        mutex_lock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+        spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
         cpuctx->max_pertask = perf_max_counters - perf_reserved_percpu;
-        mutex_unlock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+        spin_unlock(&perf_resource_lock);
 
         hw_perf_counter_setup(cpu);
 }
@@ -3292,7 +3292,7 @@ perf_set_reserve_percpu(struct sysdev_class *class,
         if (val > perf_max_counters)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        mutex_lock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+        spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
         perf_reserved_percpu = val;
         for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
                 cpuctx = &per_cpu(perf_cpu_context, cpu);
@@ -3302,7 +3302,7 @@ perf_set_reserve_percpu(struct sysdev_class *class,
                 cpuctx->max_pertask = mpt;
                 spin_unlock_irq(&cpuctx->ctx.lock);
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+        spin_unlock(&perf_resource_lock);
 
         return count;
 }
@@ -3324,9 +3324,9 @@ perf_set_overcommit(struct sysdev_class *class, const char *buf, size_t count)
         if (val > 1)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        mutex_lock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+        spin_lock(&perf_resource_lock);
         perf_overcommit = val;
-        mutex_unlock(&perf_resource_mutex);
+        spin_unlock(&perf_resource_lock);
 
         return count;
 }