[PATCH] perf trace: Handle task exit in BPF syscall summary
From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Wed Feb 25 2026 - 20:50:02 EST
Some system calls never return because it'd terminate the calling
thread. Let's hook the task exit path and update the duration of the
last syscall.
Before:
$ sudo perf trace -as --bpf-summary -- true |& grep exit
(nothing)
After:
$ sudo perf trace -as --bpf-summary -- true |& grep exit
exit_group 1 0 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.00%
Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/syscall_summary.bpf.c | 18 +++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/syscall_summary.bpf.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/syscall_summary.bpf.c
index 1bcd066a5199a476..4172f3c9fc483955 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/syscall_summary.bpf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf_skel/syscall_summary.bpf.c
@@ -118,13 +118,11 @@ int sys_enter(u64 *ctx)
return 0;
}
-SEC("tp_btf/sys_exit")
-int sys_exit(u64 *ctx)
+static int do_exit(long ret)
{
int tid;
int key = 0;
u64 cgroup = 0;
- long ret = ctx[1]; /* return value of the syscall */
struct syscall_trace *st;
s64 delta;
@@ -150,4 +148,18 @@ int sys_exit(u64 *ctx)
return 0;
}
+SEC("tp_btf/sys_exit")
+int sys_exit(u64 *ctx)
+{
+ long ret = ctx[1]; /* return value of the syscall */
+
+ return do_exit(ret);
+}
+
+SEC("tp_btf/sched_process_exit")
+int process_exit(u64 *ctx)
+{
+ return do_exit(0);
+}
+
char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";
--
2.53.0.414.gf7e9f6c205-goog