This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
perf/core: fix parent pid/tid in task exit events
to the 5.6-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
perf-core-fix-parent-pid-tid-in-task-exit-events.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.6 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit fd92c1f99b052c05e06009c5a8eb8f93974037a0
Author: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri Apr 17 11:28:42 2020 -0700
perf/core: fix parent pid/tid in task exit events
commit f3bed55e850926614b9898fe982f66d2541a36a5 upstream.
Current logic yields the child task as the parent.
Before:
$ perf record bash -c "perf list > /dev/null"
$ perf script -D |grep 'FORK\|EXIT'
4387036190981094 0x5a70 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_FORK(10472:10472):(10470:10470)
4387036606207580 0xf050 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(10472:10472):(10472:10472)
4387036607103839 0x17150 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(10470:10470):(10470:10470)
^
Note the repeated values here -------------------/
After:
383281514043 0x9d8 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_FORK(2268:2268):(2266:2266)
383442003996 0x2180 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(2268:2268):(2266:2266)
383451297778 0xb70 [0x30]: PERF_RECORD_EXIT(2266:2266):(2265:2265)
Fixes: 94d5d1b2d891 ("perf_counter: Report the cloning task as parent on perf_counter_fork()")
Reported-by: KP Singh <kpsingh@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200417182842.12522-1-irogers@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 533c193481899..29ace472f9168 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7278,10 +7278,17 @@ static void perf_event_task_output(struct perf_event *event,
goto out;
task_event->event_id.pid = perf_event_pid(event, task);
- task_event->event_id.ppid = perf_event_pid(event, current);
-
task_event->event_id.tid = perf_event_tid(event, task);
- task_event->event_id.ptid = perf_event_tid(event, current);
+
+ if (task_event->event_id.header.type == PERF_RECORD_EXIT) {
+ task_event->event_id.ppid = perf_event_pid(event,
+ task->real_parent);
+ task_event->event_id.ptid = perf_event_pid(event,
+ task->real_parent);
+ } else { /* PERF_RECORD_FORK */
+ task_event->event_id.ppid = perf_event_pid(event, current);
+ task_event->event_id.ptid = perf_event_tid(event, current);
+ }
task_event->event_id.time = perf_event_clock(event);
