From e53c0994709166b111fbe9162d1a16ece7dfc45b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:42:10 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf_counter: Collapse inherit on read() Currently the counter value returned by read() is the value of the parent counter, to which child counters are only fed back on child exit. Thus read() can return rather erratic (and meaningless) numbers depending on the state of the child processes. Change this by always iterating the full child hierarchy on read() and sum all counters. Suggested-by: Corey Ashford Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/perf_counter.c | 14 +++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c index 950931041954..48471d75ae01 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_counter.c +++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c @@ -1688,6 +1688,18 @@ static int perf_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) return 0; } +static u64 perf_counter_read_tree(struct perf_counter *counter) +{ + struct perf_counter *child; + u64 total = 0; + + total += perf_counter_read(counter); + list_for_each_entry(child, &counter->child_list, child_list) + total += perf_counter_read(child); + + return total; +} + /* * Read the performance counter - simple non blocking version for now */ @@ -1707,7 +1719,7 @@ perf_read_hw(struct perf_counter *counter, char __user *buf, size_t count) WARN_ON_ONCE(counter->ctx->parent_ctx); mutex_lock(&counter->child_mutex); - values[0] = perf_counter_read(counter); + values[0] = perf_counter_read_tree(counter); n = 1; if (counter->attr.read_format & PERF_FORMAT_TOTAL_TIME_ENABLED) values[n++] = counter->total_time_enabled + -- 2.20.1