Re: [PATCH] tracing: fix the "old_pid" usage intrace_sched_process_exec()

[Ingo Molnar]

* Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 03/30, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > 1. TRACE_EVENT(sched_process_exec) forgets to actually use the
> >    old pid argument, it sets ->old_pid = p->pid.
> >
> > 2. search_binary_handler() uses the wrong pid number. tracepoint
> >    needs the global pid_t from the root namespace, while old_pid
> >    is the virtual pid number as it seen by the tracer/parent.
> 
> Not really serious, but probably makes sense for 3.4. This fixes
> the recently merged 4ff16c25e2cc48cbe6956e356c38a25ac063a64d
> "tracepoint, vfs, sched: Add exec() tracepoint"

Thanks Oleg - will queue your fix up in tip:perf/urgent.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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