linux-kernel - [tip:perf/core] perf/core: Don't report zero PIDs for exiting tasks

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Date:   Fri, 25 Aug 2017 04:53:55 -0700
From:   tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov <tipbot@...or.com>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, tglx@...utronix.de, peterz@...radead.org,
        mingo@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, oleg@...hat.com, acme@...nel.org
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf/core: Don't report zero PIDs for exiting tasks

Commit-ID:  1d953111b648e48923171c3c9cf17be2250544fa
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/1d953111b648e48923171c3c9cf17be2250544fa
Author:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:59:28 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:04:17 +0200

perf/core: Don't report zero PIDs for exiting tasks

The exiting/dead task has no PIDs and in this case perf_event_pid/tid()
return zero, change them to return -1 to distinguish this case from
idle threads.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho <acme@...nel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170822155928.GA6892@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1ac5015..b411321 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1249,26 +1249,31 @@ unclone_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 	return parent_ctx;
 }
 
-static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_pid_type(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p,
+				enum pid_type type)
 {
+	u32 nr;
 	/*
 	 * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
 	 */
 	if (event->parent)
 		event = event->parent;
 
-	return task_tgid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
+	nr = __task_pid_nr_ns(p, type, event->ns);
+	/* avoid -1 if it is idle thread or runs in another ns */
+	if (!nr && !pid_alive(p))
+		nr = -1;
+	return nr;
 }
 
-static u32 perf_event_tid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	/*
-	 * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
-	 */
-	if (event->parent)
-		event = event->parent;
+	return perf_event_pid_type(event, p, __PIDTYPE_TGID);
+}
 
-	return task_pid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
+static u32 perf_event_tid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return perf_event_pid_type(event, p, PIDTYPE_PID);
 }
 
 /*