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Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/events')
| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/core.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index b0c95f0f06fd..c46b02bfe179 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -7458,7 +7458,19 @@ __perf_event_exit_task(struct perf_event *child_event, struct perf_event_context *child_ctx, struct task_struct *child) { - perf_remove_from_context(child_event, true); + /* + * Do not destroy the 'original' grouping; because of the context + * switch optimization the original events could've ended up in a + * random child task. + * + * If we were to destroy the original group, all group related + * operations would cease to function properly after this random + * child dies. + * + * Do destroy all inherited groups, we don't care about those + * and being thorough is better. + */ + perf_remove_from_context(child_event, !!child_event->parent); /* * It can happen that the parent exits first, and has events |