Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf: Fix the software events state check

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Mar 09 2011 - 04:28:42 EST



* Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Fix the mistakenly inverted check of events state.
>
> Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/perf_event.c | 2 +-
> 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
> index ed253aa..974e2e6 100644
> --- a/kernel/perf_event.c
> +++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
> @@ -5122,7 +5122,7 @@ static int perf_exclude_event(struct perf_event *event,
> struct pt_regs *regs)
> {
> if (event->hw.state & PERF_HES_STOPPED)
> - return 0;
> + return 1;

Just wondering, what was/is the practical effect of this bug, and how far back does
it go (any need for a -stable tag)?

Thanks,

Ingo
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