---
 kernel/events/core.c        |    8 --------
 kernel/events/internal.h    |   10 ++++++++++
 kernel/events/ring_buffer.c |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

kernel/events/core.c +0 -8

@@ -4411,14 +4411,6 @@ static void ring_buffer_wakeup(struct pe
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
-static void rb_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
-{
-	struct ring_buffer *rb;
-
-	rb = container_of(rcu_head, struct ring_buffer, rcu_head);
-	rb_free(rb);
-}
-
 struct ring_buffer *ring_buffer_get(struct perf_event *event)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer *rb;

kernel/events/internal.h +10 -0

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 struct ring_buffer {
 	atomic_t			refcount;
 	struct rcu_head			rcu_head;
+	struct irq_work			irq_work;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 	struct work_struct		work;
 	int				page_order;	/* allocation order  */

@@ -55,6 +56,15 @@ struct ring_buffer {
 };
 
 extern void rb_free(struct ring_buffer *rb);
+
+static inline void rb_free_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer *rb;
+
+	rb = container_of(rcu_head, struct ring_buffer, rcu_head);
+	rb_free(rb);
+}
+
 extern struct ring_buffer *
 rb_alloc(int nr_pages, long watermark, int cpu, int flags);
 extern void perf_event_wakeup(struct perf_event *event);

kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +25 -2

@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ void perf_output_end(struct perf_output_
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
+static void rb_irq_work(struct irq_work *work);
+
 static void
 ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb, long watermark, int flags)
 {

@@ -241,6 +243,16 @@ ring_buffer_init(struct ring_buffer *rb,
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rb->event_list);
 	spin_lock_init(&rb->event_lock);
+	init_irq_work(&rb->irq_work, rb_irq_work);
+}
+
+static void ring_buffer_put_async(struct ring_buffer *rb)
+{
+	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&rb->refcount))
+		return;
+
+	rb->rcu_head.next = (void *)rb;
+	irq_work_queue(&rb->irq_work);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -319,7 +331,7 @@ err_put:
 	rb_free_aux(rb);
 
 err:
-	ring_buffer_put(rb);
+	ring_buffer_put_async(rb);
 	handle->event = NULL;
 
 	return NULL;

@@ -370,7 +382,7 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_out
 
 	local_set(&rb->aux_nest, 0);
 	rb_free_aux(rb);
-	ring_buffer_put(rb);
+	ring_buffer_put_async(rb);
 }
 
 /*

@@ -559,7 +571,18 @@ static void __rb_free_aux(struct ring_bu
 void rb_free_aux(struct ring_buffer *rb)
 {
 	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&rb->aux_refcount))
+		irq_work_queue(&rb->irq_work);
+}
+
+static void rb_irq_work(struct irq_work *work)
+{
+	struct ring_buffer *rb = container_of(work, struct ring_buffer, irq_work);
+
+	if (!atomic_read(&rb->aux_refcount))
 		__rb_free_aux(rb);
+
+	if (rb->rcu_head.next == (void *)rb)
+		call_rcu(&rb->rcu_head, rb_free_rcu);
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PERF_USE_VMALLOC

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.1/time-fix-timekeeping_freqadjust-s-incorrect-use-of-abs-instead-of-abs64.patch queue-4.1/perf-x86-intel-fix-constraint-access.patch queue-4.1/sched-access-local-runqueue-directly-in-single_task_running.patch queue-4.1/perf-fix-aux-buffer-refcounting.patch