Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf fix from Thomas Gleixner:
"A single fix for the intel cqm perf facility to prevent IPIs from
interrupt context"
* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
perf/x86/intel/cqm: Return cached counter value from IRQ context
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
index 1880761..63eb68b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel_cqm.c
@@ -952,6 +952,14 @@
return 0;
/*
+ * Getting up-to-date values requires an SMP IPI which is not
+ * possible if we're being called in interrupt context. Return
+ * the cached values instead.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(in_interrupt()))
+ goto out;
+
+ /*
* Notice that we don't perform the reading of an RMID
* atomically, because we can't hold a spin lock across the
* IPIs.
