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-rw-r--r--kernel/perf_event.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 1ec3916ffef..e7eeba1794f 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -1780,7 +1780,13 @@ static u64 perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event)
unsigned long flags;
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
- update_context_time(ctx);
+ /*
+ * may read while context is not active
+ * (e.g., thread is blocked), in that case
+ * we cannot update context time
+ */
+ if (ctx->is_active)
+ update_context_time(ctx);
update_event_times(event);
raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
}