perf: Fix AUX buffer refcounting
Its currently possible to drop the last refcount to the aux buffer from NMI context, which results in the expected fireworks. The refcounting needs a bigger overhaul, but to cure the immediate problem, delay the freeing by using an irq_work. Reviewed-and-tested-by: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@gmail.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20150618103249.GK19282@twins.programming.kicks-ass.net Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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