[PATCH] perf: Allow set output buffer for tasks in the same threadgroup

[Lin Ming]

Currently, kernel only allows an event to redirect its output to other
events of the same task.

This causes PERF_EVENT_IOC_SET_OUTPUT ioctl fails when an event is
trying to redirect its output to other events in the same thread group.

This patch fixes the bug reported at,
https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/4/6/499

Tested-by: Tim Blechmann <tim@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 8e81a98..216a617 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -6379,9 +6379,12 @@ perf_event_set_output(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event *output_event)
 		goto out;
 
 	/*
-	 * If its not a per-cpu buffer, it must be the same task.
+	 * If its not a per-cpu buffer,
+	 * it must be the same task or in the same thread group.
 	 */
-	if (output_event->cpu == -1 && output_event->ctx != event->ctx)
+	if (output_event->cpu == -1 &&
+			!same_thread_group(output_event->ctx->task,
+					event->ctx->task))
 		goto out;
 
 set:



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