From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Subject: [RESEND][PATCH 5/5] perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:03:43 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250820180428.930791978@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250820180338.701352023@kernel.org
From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
If the task is not a user thread, there's no user stack to unwind.
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/events/core.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index f880cec0c980..28de3baff792 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8198,7 +8198,8 @@ struct perf_callchain_entry *
perf_callchain(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
{
bool kernel = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_kernel;
- bool user = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_user;
+ bool user = !event->attr.exclude_callchain_user &&
+ !(current->flags & (PF_KTHREAD | PF_USER_WORKER));
/* Disallow cross-task user callchains. */
bool crosstask = event->ctx->task && event->ctx->task != current;
const u32 max_stack = event->attr.sample_max_stack;
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-20 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-20 18:03 [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] perf: Clean ups and simplifications Steven Rostedt
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 1/5] perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27 6:45 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 2/5] perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27 6:45 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 3/5] perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27 6:45 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Steven Rostedt
2025-11-13 3:11 ` [RESEND][PATCH 3/5] " Guenter Roeck
2026-01-26 16:50 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-26 17:05 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-26 17:18 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-26 17:29 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-01-27 1:32 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-01-27 15:22 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 19:07 ` Guenter Roeck
2026-01-27 21:36 ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 20:31 ` Guenter Roeck
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 4/5] perf: Simplify get_perf_callchain() user logic Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27 6:45 ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-20 18:03 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-08-27 6:45 ` [tip: perf/core] perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-25 11:12 ` [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] perf: Clean ups and simplifications Peter Zijlstra
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