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-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h5
-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_event.c30
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index cdbc2aa64a0b..c6f812e4d058 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -565,6 +565,10 @@ typedef void (*perf_overflow_handler_t)(struct perf_event *, int,
struct perf_sample_data *,
struct pt_regs *regs);
+enum perf_group_flag {
+ PERF_GROUP_SOFTWARE = 0x1,
+};
+
/**
* struct perf_event - performance event kernel representation:
*/
@@ -574,6 +578,7 @@ struct perf_event {
struct list_head event_entry;
struct list_head sibling_list;
int nr_siblings;
+ int group_flags;
struct perf_event *group_leader;
struct perf_event *output;
const struct pmu *pmu;
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index bbebe2832639..eae6ff693604 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -315,9 +315,16 @@ list_add_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
if (group_leader == event) {
struct list_head *list;
+ if (is_software_event(event))
+ event->group_flags |= PERF_GROUP_SOFTWARE;
+
list = ctx_group_list(event, ctx);
list_add_tail(&event->group_entry, list);
} else {
+ if (group_leader->group_flags & PERF_GROUP_SOFTWARE &&
+ !is_software_event(event))
+ group_leader->group_flags &= ~PERF_GROUP_SOFTWARE;
+
list_add_tail(&event->group_entry, &group_leader->sibling_list);
group_leader->nr_siblings++;
}
@@ -372,6 +379,9 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
list = ctx_group_list(event, ctx);
list_move_tail(&sibling->group_entry, list);
sibling->group_leader = sibling;
+
+ /* Inherit group flags from the previous leader */
+ sibling->group_flags = event->group_flags;
}
}
@@ -700,24 +710,6 @@ group_error:
}
/*
- * Return 1 for a group consisting entirely of software events,
- * 0 if the group contains any hardware events.
- */
-static int is_software_only_group(struct perf_event *leader)
-{
- struct perf_event *event;
-
- if (!is_software_event(leader))
- return 0;
-
- list_for_each_entry(event, &leader->sibling_list, group_entry)
- if (!is_software_event(event))
- return 0;
-
- return 1;
-}
-
-/*
* Work out whether we can put this event group on the CPU now.
*/
static int group_can_go_on(struct perf_event *event,
@@ -727,7 +719,7 @@ static int group_can_go_on(struct perf_event *event,
/*
* Groups consisting entirely of software events can always go on.
*/
- if (is_software_only_group(event))
+ if (event->group_flags & PERF_GROUP_SOFTWARE)
return 1;
/*
* If an exclusive group is already on, no other hardware