Re: [PATCH 2/5] perf: generic intel uncore support

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 11:24 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 02:43:15PM +0800, Yan, Zheng wrote:
> > +static void uncore_perf_event_update(struct intel_uncore_box *box,
> > +                                   struct perf_event *event)
> > +{
> > +     raw_spin_lock(&box->lock);
> 
> I think a raw lock would be only needed if the uncore was called
> from the scheduler context switch, which it should not be.
> 
> So you can use a normal lock instead of a raw lock.

Please ignore any and all feedback from wrongbot Andi, as said I'll
review the patches later this week.
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