On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 08:01:54PM -0700, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote:

+/*
+ * Use the transaction interface to read the group of events in @leader.
+ * PMUs like the 24x7 counters in Power, can use this to queue the events
+ * in the ->read() operation and perform the actual read in ->commit_txn.
+ *
+ * Other PMUs can ignore the ->start_txn and ->commit_txn and read each
+ * PMU directly in the ->read() operation.
+ */
+static int perf_event_read_group(struct perf_event *leader)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct perf_event *sub;
+	struct pmu *pmu;
+
+	pmu = leader->pmu;
+
+	pmu->start_txn(pmu, PERF_PMU_TXN_READ);
+
+	perf_event_read(leader);

There should be a lockdep assert with that list iteration.

+	list_for_each_entry(sub, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry)
+		perf_event_read(sub);
+
+	ret = pmu->commit_txn(pmu);
+
+	return ret;
+}