From e64371e1f2a968e70e950b2d9742718eb5699e35 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Will Deacon Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:04:19 +0100 Subject: ARM: 7698/1: perf: fix group validation when using enable_on_exec commit cb2d8b342aa084d1f3ac29966245dec9163677fb upstream. Events may be created with attr->disabled == 1 and attr->enable_on_exec == 1, which confuses the group validation code because events with the PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF are not considered candidates for scheduling, which may lead to failure at group scheduling time. This patch fixes the validation check for ARM, so that events in the OFF state are still considered when enable_on_exec is true. Reported-by: Sudeep KarkadaNagesha Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Will Deacon Signed-off-by: Russell King Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c index f9e8657dd241..23fa6a21e228 100644 --- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -261,7 +261,10 @@ validate_event(struct pmu_hw_events *hw_events, struct arm_pmu *armpmu = to_arm_pmu(event->pmu); struct pmu *leader_pmu = event->group_leader->pmu; - if (event->pmu != leader_pmu || event->state <= PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) + if (event->pmu != leader_pmu || event->state < PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) + return 1; + + if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF && !event->attr.enable_on_exec) return 1; return armpmu->get_event_idx(hw_events, event) >= 0; -- cgit v1.2.3