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authorMatt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>2010-09-13 13:01:19 -0700
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-09-15 10:44:00 +0200
commit2ebd4ffb6d0cb877787b1e42be8485820158857e (patch)
tree21db710a8f3de28f9554674e947da796a23d2e92 /kernel/perf_event.c
parentd958077d007d98125766d11e82da2fd6497b91d6 (diff)
perf events: Split out task search into helper
Split out the code which searches for non-exiting tasks into its own helper. Creating this helper not only makes the code slightly more readable it prepares to move the search out of find_get_context() in a subsequent commit. Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Robin Green <greenrd@greenrd.org> Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com> LKML-Reference: <561205417b450b8a4bf7488374541d64b4690431.1284407762.git.matthltc@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'kernel/perf_event.c')
-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_event.c63
1 files changed, 40 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 440f9ca067b..3f5309db72f 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2015,6 +2015,43 @@ alloc_perf_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct task_struct *task)
return ctx;
}
+static struct task_struct *
+find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid_t vpid)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task;
+ int err;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ if (!vpid)
+ task = current;
+ else
+ task = find_task_by_vpid(vpid);
+ if (task)
+ get_task_struct(task);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ if (!task)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+
+ /*
+ * Can't attach events to a dying task.
+ */
+ err = -ESRCH;
+ if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
+ goto errout;
+
+ /* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
+ err = -EACCES;
+ if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
+ goto errout;
+
+ return task;
+errout:
+ put_task_struct(task);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+}
+
static struct perf_event_context *
find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, pid_t pid, int cpu)
{
@@ -2047,29 +2084,9 @@ find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, pid_t pid, int cpu)
return ctx;
}
- rcu_read_lock();
- if (!pid)
- task = current;
- else
- task = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
- if (task)
- get_task_struct(task);
- rcu_read_unlock();
-
- if (!task)
- return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
-
- /*
- * Can't attach events to a dying task.
- */
- err = -ESRCH;
- if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
- goto errout;
-
- /* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
- err = -EACCES;
- if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
- goto errout;
+ task = find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid);
+ if (IS_ERR(task))
+ return (void*)task;
err = -EINVAL;
ctxn = pmu->task_ctx_nr;