perf events: Split out task search into helper
Split out the code which searches for non-exiting tasks into its own
helper. Creating this helper not only makes the code slightly more
readable it prepares to move the search out of find_get_context() in
a subsequent commit.
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Robin Green <greenrd@greenrd.org>
Cc: Prasad <prasad@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
LKML-Reference: <561205417b450b8a4bf7488374541d64b4690431.1284407762.git.matthltc@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 440f9ca..3f5309d 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2015,6 +2015,43 @@
return ctx;
}
+static struct task_struct *
+find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid_t vpid)
+{
+ struct task_struct *task;
+ int err;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ if (!vpid)
+ task = current;
+ else
+ task = find_task_by_vpid(vpid);
+ if (task)
+ get_task_struct(task);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ if (!task)
+ return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+
+ /*
+ * Can't attach events to a dying task.
+ */
+ err = -ESRCH;
+ if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
+ goto errout;
+
+ /* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
+ err = -EACCES;
+ if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
+ goto errout;
+
+ return task;
+errout:
+ put_task_struct(task);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+}
+
static struct perf_event_context *
find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, pid_t pid, int cpu)
{
@@ -2047,29 +2084,9 @@
return ctx;
}
- rcu_read_lock();
- if (!pid)
- task = current;
- else
- task = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
- if (task)
- get_task_struct(task);
- rcu_read_unlock();
-
- if (!task)
- return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
-
- /*
- * Can't attach events to a dying task.
- */
- err = -ESRCH;
- if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
- goto errout;
-
- /* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
- err = -EACCES;
- if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
- goto errout;
+ task = find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid);
+ if (IS_ERR(task))
+ return (void*)task;
err = -EINVAL;
ctxn = pmu->task_ctx_nr;