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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index cbcee23d05f0..88676ff98c0f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9022,6 +9022,14 @@ static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
 
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&pmus_srcu);
 
+	/* Try parent's PMU first: */
+	if (event->parent && event->parent->pmu) {
+		pmu = event->parent->pmu;
+		ret = perf_try_init_event(pmu, event);
+		if (!ret)
+			goto unlock;
+	}
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	pmu = idr_find(&pmu_idr, event->attr.type);
 	rcu_read_unlock();