[PATCH 3.2 36/52] perf: Fix inherited events vs. tracepoint filters

[Ben Hutchings]

3.2.74-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit b71b437eedaed985062492565d9d421d975ae845 upstream.

Arnaldo reported that tracepoint filters seem to misbehave (ie. not
apply) on inherited events.

The fix is obvious; filters are only set on the actual (parent)
event, use the normal pattern of using this parent event for filters.
This is safe because each child event has a reference to it.

Reported-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: FrÃdÃric Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wang Nan <wangnan0@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20151102095051.GN17308@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/events/core.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -5393,6 +5393,10 @@ static int perf_tp_filter_match(struct p
 {
 	void *record = data->raw->data;
 
+	/* only top level events have filters set */
+	if (event->parent)
+		event = event->parent;
+
 	if (likely(!event->filter) || filter_match_preds(event->filter, record))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;

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