[PATCH 1/1] uprobes/perf: Avoid perf_trace_buf_prepare/submit if->perf_events is empty

[Oleg Nesterov]

perf_trace_buf_prepare() + perf_trace_buf_submit() make no sense
if this task/CPU has no active counters. Change uprobe_perf_print()
to return if hlist_empty(call->perf_events).

Note: this is not uprobe-specific, we can change other users too.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c |    5 ++++-
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
index 37ccb72..32494fb 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_uprobe.c
@@ -820,6 +820,10 @@ static void uprobe_perf_print(struct trace_uprobe *tu,
 		return;
 
 	preempt_disable();
+	head = this_cpu_ptr(call->perf_events);
+	if (hlist_empty(head))
+		goto out;
+
 	entry = perf_trace_buf_prepare(size, call->event.type, regs, &rctx);
 	if (!entry)
 		goto out;
@@ -836,7 +840,6 @@ static void uprobe_perf_print(struct trace_uprobe *tu,
 	for (i = 0; i < tu->nr_args; i++)
 		call_fetch(&tu->args[i].fetch, regs, data + tu->args[i].offset);
 
-	head = this_cpu_ptr(call->perf_events);
 	perf_trace_buf_submit(entry, size, rctx, 0, 1, regs, head, NULL);
  out:
 	preempt_enable();
-- 
1.5.5.1


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