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Subject[RFC PATCH 1/6] perf: Drop unappropriate tests on arch callchains
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Drop the TASK_RUNNING test on user tasks for callchains as
this check doesn't seem to make any sense.

Also remove the tests for !current that is not supposed to
happen and current->pid as this should be handled at the
generic level, with exclude_idle attribute.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@amd64.org>
---
arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c | 6 ------
arch/sh/kernel/perf_callchain.c | 3 ---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 3 ---
3 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
index 417c392..fdcb0be 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -3107,12 +3107,6 @@ perf_do_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs,

is_user = user_mode(regs);

- if (!current || !current->pid)
- return;
-
- if (is_user && current->state != TASK_RUNNING)
- return;
-
if (!is_user)
perf_callchain_kernel(regs, entry);

diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_callchain.c b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_callchain.c
index a9dd3ab..1d6dbce 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/perf_callchain.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/perf_callchain.c
@@ -68,9 +68,6 @@ perf_do_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, struct perf_callchain_entry *entry)

is_user = user_mode(regs);

- if (is_user && current->state != TASK_RUNNING)
- return;
-
/*
* Only the kernel side is implemented for now.
*/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index f2da20f..4a4d191 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1703,9 +1703,6 @@ perf_do_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, struct perf_callchain_entry *entry)

is_user = user_mode(regs);

- if (is_user && current->state != TASK_RUNNING)
- return;
-
if (!is_user)
perf_callchain_kernel(regs, entry);

--
1.6.2.3


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