perf: Optimize the perf_output() path by removing IRQ-disables

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Since we can now assume there is only a single writer
to each buffer, we can remove per-cpu lock thingy and
use a simply nest-count to the same effect.

This removes the need to disable IRQs.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

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Peter Zijlstra 2010-05-18 10:50:41 +02:00 • committed by Ingo Molnar

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