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-rw-r--r--include/linux/perf_event.h2
-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_event.c12
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index f495c0147240..311b4dc785a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -938,9 +938,7 @@ struct perf_cpu_context {
struct list_head rotation_list;
int jiffies_interval;
struct pmu *active_pmu;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF
struct perf_cgroup *cgrp;
-#endif
};
struct perf_output_handle {
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 3472bb1a070c..0c714226ae0c 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ static void perf_group_attach(struct perf_event *event)
static void
list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
{
+ struct perf_cpu_context *cpuctx;
/*
* We can have double detach due to exit/hot-unplug + close.
*/
@@ -949,8 +950,17 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx)
event->attach_state &= ~PERF_ATTACH_CONTEXT;
- if (is_cgroup_event(event))
+ if (is_cgroup_event(event)) {
ctx->nr_cgroups--;
+ cpuctx = __get_cpu_context(ctx);
+ /*
+ * if there are no more cgroup events
+ * then cler cgrp to avoid stale pointer
+ * in update_cgrp_time_from_cpuctx()
+ */
+ if (!ctx->nr_cgroups)
+ cpuctx->cgrp = NULL;
+ }
ctx->nr_events--;
if (event->attr.inherit_stat)