From 15a2d4de0eab533a76bee9e68d7e1063dd25401c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 11:41:02 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] perf: Always destroy groups on exit Commit 38b435b16c36 ("perf: Fix tear-down of inherited group events") states that we need to destroy groups for inherited events, but it doesn't make any sense to not also destroy groups for normal events. And while it usually makes no difference (the normal events won't leak, and its very likely all the group events will die in quick succession) it does make the code more consistent and closes a potential hole for trouble. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Paul Mackerras Cc: Vince Weaver Cc: Stephane Eranian Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-426egt8zmsm12d2q8k2xz4tt@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/events/core.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index 1de0d709f69f..819ffc006d67 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -7400,7 +7400,7 @@ __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, !!child_event->parent); + perf_remove_from_context(child_event, true); /* * It can happen that the parent exits first, and has events -- 2.11.0