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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/perf_event.h | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 21 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h index e71e99eb9a4e..def866f7269b 100644 --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h @@ -1016,6 +1016,14 @@ static inline int is_software_event(struct perf_event *event) return event->event_caps & PERF_EV_CAP_SOFTWARE; } +/* + * Return 1 for event in sw context, 0 for event in hw context + */ +static inline int in_software_context(struct perf_event *event) +{ + return event->ctx->pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_sw_context; +} + extern struct static_key perf_swevent_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX]; extern void ___perf_sw_event(u32, u64, struct pt_regs *, u64); diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 67612ce359ad..ce6aa5ff3c96 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -10521,19 +10521,20 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(perf_event_open, if (pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_sw_context) event->event_caps |= PERF_EV_CAP_SOFTWARE; - if (group_leader && - (is_software_event(event) != is_software_event(group_leader))) { - if (is_software_event(event)) { + if (group_leader) { + if (is_software_event(event) && + !in_software_context(group_leader)) { /* - * If event and group_leader are not both a software - * event, and event is, then group leader is not. + * If the event is a sw event, but the group_leader + * is on hw context. * - * Allow the addition of software events to !software - * groups, this is safe because software events never - * fail to schedule. + * Allow the addition of software events to hw + * groups, this is safe because software events + * never fail to schedule. */ - pmu = group_leader->pmu; - } else if (is_software_event(group_leader) && + pmu = group_leader->ctx->pmu; + } else if (!is_software_event(event) && + is_software_event(group_leader) && (group_leader->group_caps & PERF_EV_CAP_SOFTWARE)) { /* * In case the group is a pure software group, and we |