[PATCH] perf_event_pid: don't report zero pids for exiting tasks

[PATCH] perf_event_pid: don't report zero pids for exiting tasks

[Oleg Nesterov]

The exiting/dead task has no pids and in this case perf_event_pid/tid
return zero, change them to return -1 to distinguish this case from
idle threads.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 426c2ff..8c597d4 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1249,26 +1249,31 @@ unclone_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 	return parent_ctx;
 }
 
-static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_pid_type(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p,
+				enum pid_type type)
 {
+	u32 nr;
 	/*
 	 * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
 	 */
 	if (event->parent)
 		event = event->parent;
 
-	return task_tgid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
+	nr = __task_pid_nr_ns(p, type, event->ns);
+	/* avoid -1 if it is idle thread or runs in another ns */
+	if (!nr && !pid_alive(p))
+		nr = -1;
+	return nr;
 }
 
-static u32 perf_event_tid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	/*
-	 * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
-	 */
-	if (event->parent)
-		event = event->parent;
+	return perf_event_pid_type(event, p, __PIDTYPE_TGID);
+}
 
-	return task_pid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
+static u32 perf_event_tid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return perf_event_pid_type(event, p, PIDTYPE_PID);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.5.0

[tip:perf/core] perf/core: Don't report zero PIDs for exiting tasks

[tip-bot for Oleg Nesterov]

Commit-ID:  1d953111b648e48923171c3c9cf17be2250544fa
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/1d953111b648e48923171c3c9cf17be2250544fa
Author:     Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 22 Aug 2017 17:59:28 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
CommitDate: Fri, 25 Aug 2017 11:04:17 +0200

perf/core: Don't report zero PIDs for exiting tasks

The exiting/dead task has no PIDs and in this case perf_event_pid/tid()
return zero, change them to return -1 to distinguish this case from
idle threads.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170822155928.GA6892@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 23 ++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 1ac5015..b411321 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -1249,26 +1249,31 @@ unclone_ctx(struct perf_event_context *ctx)
 	return parent_ctx;
 }
 
-static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_pid_type(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p,
+				enum pid_type type)
 {
+	u32 nr;
 	/*
 	 * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
 	 */
 	if (event->parent)
 		event = event->parent;
 
-	return task_tgid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
+	nr = __task_pid_nr_ns(p, type, event->ns);
+	/* avoid -1 if it is idle thread or runs in another ns */
+	if (!nr && !pid_alive(p))
+		nr = -1;
+	return nr;
 }
 
-static u32 perf_event_tid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
 {
-	/*
-	 * only top level events have the pid namespace they were created in
-	 */
-	if (event->parent)
-		event = event->parent;
+	return perf_event_pid_type(event, p, __PIDTYPE_TGID);
+}
 
-	return task_pid_nr_ns(p, event->ns);
+static u32 perf_event_tid(struct perf_event *event, struct task_struct *p)
+{
+	return perf_event_pid_type(event, p, PIDTYPE_PID);
 }
 
 /*