linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] cputime: fix invalid gtime in proc

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Date:	Mon, 2 Nov 2015 17:13:51 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Hiroshi Shimamoto <h-shimamoto@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] cputime: fix invalid gtime in proc

On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 12:46:39AM +0000, Hiroshi Shimamoto wrote:
> +++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
> @@ -786,6 +786,9 @@ cputime_t task_gtime(struct task_struct *t)
>  	unsigned int seq;
>  	cputime_t gtime;
>  
> +	if (!context_tracking_is_enabled())
> +		return t->gtime;
> +

Yeah, not happy about that.. why do we have to touch context tracking
muck to find vtime state etc.

>  	do {
>  		seq = read_seqbegin(&t->vtime_seqlock);
>  
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1
> 
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