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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/events/core.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index e5553bdaf6c2..c6e653201737 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -5107,9 +5107,6 @@ static void perf_output_read_one(struct perf_output_handle *handle, __output_copy(handle, values, n * sizeof(u64)); } -/* - * XXX PERF_FORMAT_GROUP vs inherited events seems difficult. - */ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle, struct perf_event *event, u64 enabled, u64 running) @@ -5154,6 +5151,13 @@ static void perf_output_read_group(struct perf_output_handle *handle, #define PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIMES (PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED|\ PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_RUNNING) +/* + * XXX PERF_SAMPLE_READ vs inherited events seems difficult. + * + * The problem is that its both hard and excessively expensive to iterate the + * child list, not to mention that its impossible to IPI the children running + * on another CPU, from interrupt/NMI context. + */ static void perf_output_read(struct perf_output_handle *handle, struct perf_event *event) { @@ -7630,9 +7634,10 @@ perf_event_alloc(struct perf_event_attr *attr, int cpu, local64_set(&hwc->period_left, hwc->sample_period); /* - * we currently do not support PERF_FORMAT_GROUP on inherited events + * We currently do not support PERF_SAMPLE_READ on inherited events. + * See perf_output_read(). */ - if (attr->inherit && (attr->read_format & PERF_FORMAT_GROUP)) + if (attr->inherit && (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_READ)) goto err_ns; if (!has_branch_stack(event)) @@ -7800,9 +7805,9 @@ static int perf_copy_attr(struct perf_event_attr __user *uattr, * __u16 sample size limit. */ if (attr->sample_stack_user >= USHRT_MAX) - ret = -EINVAL; + return -EINVAL; else if (!IS_ALIGNED(attr->sample_stack_user, sizeof(u64))) - ret = -EINVAL; + return -EINVAL; } if (attr->sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_INTR) |