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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-01-11 11:47:45 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-01-11 11:47:45 -0800
commitddb321a8dd158520d97ed1cbade1d4ac36b6af31 (patch)
tree842f5550c5947d4aebff56dcd1091950b0cc0f82 /kernel
parent1e6c3e8f8fb94a8914a380e02a7e8ad81d47273e (diff)
parent5306c31c5733cb4a79cc002e0c3ad256fd439614 (diff)
downloadlinux-ddb321a8dd158520d97ed1cbade1d4ac36b6af31.tar.gz
Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull perf fixes from Ingo Molnar:
 "Mostly tooling fixes, but also some kernel side fixes: uncore PMU
  driver fix, user regs sampling fix and an instruction decoder fix that
  unbreaks PEBS precise sampling"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  perf/x86/uncore/hsw-ep: Handle systems with only two SBOXes
  perf/x86_64: Improve user regs sampling
  perf: Move task_pt_regs sampling into arch code
  x86: Fix off-by-one in instruction decoder
  perf hists browser: Fix segfault when showing callchain
  perf callchain: Free callchains when hist entries are deleted
  perf hists: Fix children sort key behavior
  perf diff: Fix to sort by baseline field by default
  perf list: Fix --raw-dump option
  perf probe: Fix crash in dwarf_getcfi_elf
  perf probe: Fix to fall back to find probe point in symbols
  perf callchain: Append callchains only when requested
  perf ui/tui: Print backtrace symbols when segfault occurs
  perf report: Show progress bar for output resorting
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel')
-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c19
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 4c1ee7f2bebc..882f835a0d85 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -4461,18 +4461,14 @@ perf_output_sample_regs(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
 }
 
 static void perf_sample_regs_user(struct perf_regs *regs_user,
-				  struct pt_regs *regs)
+				  struct pt_regs *regs,
+				  struct pt_regs *regs_user_copy)
 {
-	if (!user_mode(regs)) {
-		if (current->mm)
-			regs = task_pt_regs(current);
-		else
-			regs = NULL;
-	}
-
-	if (regs) {
-		regs_user->abi  = perf_reg_abi(current);
+	if (user_mode(regs)) {
+		regs_user->abi = perf_reg_abi(current);
 		regs_user->regs = regs;
+	} else if (current->mm) {
+		perf_get_regs_user(regs_user, regs, regs_user_copy);
 	} else {
 		regs_user->abi = PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_ABI_NONE;
 		regs_user->regs = NULL;
@@ -4951,7 +4947,8 @@ void perf_prepare_sample(struct perf_event_header *header,
 	}
 
 	if (sample_type & (PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER | PERF_SAMPLE_STACK_USER))
-		perf_sample_regs_user(&data->regs_user, regs);
+		perf_sample_regs_user(&data->regs_user, regs,
+				      &data->regs_user_copy);
 
 	if (sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_REGS_USER) {
 		/* regs dump ABI info */