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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/events/ring_buffer.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c index 9fe921617..1b1ffe053 100644 --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c @@ -509,7 +509,10 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size) /* * Only send RECORD_AUX if we have something useful to communicate * - * Note: the OVERWRITE records by themselves are not considered + * PMU_FORMAT bits identify the PMU type rather than an AUX event + * has occurred, so ignore them for zero-sized records. + * + * The OVERWRITE records by themselves are not considered * useful, as they don't communicate any *new* information, * aside from the short-lived offset, that becomes history at * the next event sched-in and therefore isn't useful. @@ -518,7 +521,9 @@ void perf_aux_output_end(struct perf_output_handle *handle, unsigned long size) * offset. So, from now on we don't output AUX records that * have *only* OVERWRITE flag set. */ - if (size || (handle->aux_flags & ~(u64)PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE)) + if (size || + (handle->aux_flags & ~(u64)(PERF_AUX_FLAG_PMU_FORMAT_TYPE_MASK | + PERF_AUX_FLAG_OVERWRITE))) perf_event_aux_event(handle->event, aux_head, size, handle->aux_flags); |