linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf_events: Disable events when we detach them

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Date:	Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:54:25 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, fweisbec@...il.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf_events: Disable events when we detach them

Commit-ID:  2e2af50b1fab3c40636839a7f439c167ae559533
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/2e2af50b1fab3c40636839a7f439c167ae559533
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:37:25 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:49:56 +0100

perf_events: Disable events when we detach them

If we leave the event in STATE_INACTIVE, any read of the event
after the detach will increase the running count but not the
enabled count and cause funny scaling artefacts.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
LKML-Reference: <20091123103819.689055515@...llo.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 1f14481..fb851ec 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 	if (event->group_leader != event)
 		event->group_leader->nr_siblings--;
 
+	event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF;
+
 	/*
 	 * If this was a group event with sibling events then
 	 * upgrade the siblings to singleton events by adding them
--
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