perf: Move swevent_htable::recursion into task_struct.

The swevent_htable::recursion counter is used to avoid creating an
swevent while an event is processed to avoid recursion. The counter is
per-CPU and preemption must be disabled to have a stable counter.
perf_pending_task() disables preemption to access the counter and then
signal. This is problematic on PREEMPT_RT because sending a signal uses
a spinlock_t which must not be acquired in atomic on PREEMPT_RT because
it becomes a sleeping lock.

The atomic context can be avoided by moving the counter into the
task_struct. There is a 4 byte hole between futex_state (usually always
on) and the following perf pointer (perf_event_ctxp). After the
recursion lost some weight it fits perfectly.

Move swevent_htable::recursion into task_struct.

Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Marco Elver <[email protected]>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]

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