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From: Peter Zijlstra on 18 May 2010 09:50 Since we now have working per-task-per-cpu events for a while, disallow mmap() on per-task inherited events. Those things were a performance problem anyway, and doing away with it allows us to optimize the buffer somewhat by assuming there is only a single writer. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra(a)chello.nl> --- kernel/perf_event.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) Index: linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/perf_event.c +++ linux-2.6/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -2580,6 +2580,14 @@ static int perf_mmap(struct file *file, long user_extra, extra; int ret = 0; + /* + * Don't allow mmap() of inherited per-task counters. This would + * create a performance issue due to all children writing to the + * same buffer. + */ + if (event->cpu == -1 && event->attr.inherit) + return -EINVAL; + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SHARED)) return -EINVAL; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo(a)vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ |