linux-kernel - [PATCH] perf_event_pid: don't report zero pids for exiting tasks

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Date:   Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:59:28 +0200
From:   Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho <acme@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] perf_event_pid: 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>
---
 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 426c2ff..8c597d4 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);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.5.0