cpuctx is always active, task context is always active for current the previous condition verifies that if its a task context its for current, hence we can assume ctx->is_active. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra --- kernel/perf_event.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_event.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -1526,10 +1526,9 @@ static void __perf_event_read(void *info if (ctx->task && cpuctx->task_ctx != ctx) return; - if (ctx->is_active) - update_context_time(ctx); - event->pmu->read(event); + update_context_time(ctx); update_event_times(event); + event->pmu->read(event); } static u64 perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event) -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/