[PATCH 12/17] perf session: Don't report zero period samples for slave events

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

From: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

There's no reason to deliver a sample with zero period.  It means there
was no value for slave event since its last group leader sample.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190220122800.864-2-jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 tools/perf/util/session.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 18fb9c8cbf9c..c764bbc91009 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -1202,6 +1202,13 @@ static int deliver_sample_value(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * There's no reason to deliver sample
+	 * for zero period, bail out.
+	 */
+	if (!sample->period)
+		return 0;
+
 	return tool->sample(tool, event, sample, sid->evsel, machine);
 }
 
-- 
2.19.1