linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] perf events: Split out task search into helper

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Message-Id: <561205417b450b8a4bf7488374541d64b4690431.1284407762.git.matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Sep 2010 13:01:19 -0700
From:	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>
To:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc:	containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>,
	Robin Green <greenrd@...enrd.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] perf events: Split out task search into helper

Split out the code which searches for non-exiting tasks into its own
helper. Creating this helper not only makes the code slightly more
readable it prepares to move the search out of find_get_context() in
a subsequent commit.

Cc: Robin Green <greenrd@...enrd.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Cc: Prasad <prasad@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@...ibm.com>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |   63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 440f9ca..3f5309d 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2015,6 +2015,43 @@ alloc_perf_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct task_struct *task)
 	return ctx;
 }
 
+static struct task_struct *
+find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid_t vpid)
+{
+	struct task_struct *task;
+	int err;
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	if (!vpid)
+		task = current;
+	else
+		task = find_task_by_vpid(vpid);
+	if (task)
+		get_task_struct(task);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	if (!task)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+
+	/*
+	 * Can't attach events to a dying task.
+	 */
+	err = -ESRCH;
+	if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
+		goto errout;
+
+	/* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
+	err = -EACCES;
+	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
+		goto errout;
+
+	return task;
+errout:
+	put_task_struct(task);
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+}
+
 static struct perf_event_context *
 find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, pid_t pid, int cpu)
 {
@@ -2047,29 +2084,9 @@ find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, pid_t pid, int cpu)
 		return ctx;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (!pid)
-		task = current;
-	else
-		task = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-	if (task)
-		get_task_struct(task);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	if (!task)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
-
-	/*
-	 * Can't attach events to a dying task.
-	 */
-	err = -ESRCH;
-	if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
-		goto errout;
-
-	/* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
-	err = -EACCES;
-	if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-		goto errout;
+	task = find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid);
+	if (IS_ERR(task))
+		return (void*)task;
 
 	err = -EINVAL;
 	ctxn = pmu->task_ctx_nr;
-- 
1.6.3.3

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