From 0a74c5b3d20d2a8693848b6ae4f1a97624f5b781 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jiri Olsa Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2016 15:34:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] ftrace/perf: Check sample types only for sampling events Currently we check sample type for ftrace:function events even if it's not created as a sampling event. That prevents creating ftrace_function event in counting mode. Make sure we check sample types only for sampling events. Before: $ sudo perf stat -e ftrace:function ls ... Performance counter stats for 'ls': ftrace:function 0.001983662 seconds time elapsed After: $ sudo perf stat -e ftrace:function ls ... Performance counter stats for 'ls': 44,498 ftrace:function 0.037534722 seconds time elapsed Suggested-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Acked-by: Steven Rostedt Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Stephane Eranian Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Vince Weaver Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1458138873-1553-2-git-send-email-jolsa@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c index 00df25f..e11108f 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_event_perf.c @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ static int perf_trace_event_perm(struct trace_event_call *tp_event, if (perf_paranoid_tracepoint_raw() && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) return -EPERM; + if (!is_sampling_event(p_event)) + return 0; + /* * We don't allow user space callchains for function trace * event, due to issues with page faults while tracing page -- 2.7.4