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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index cbcee23d05f0..88676ff98c0f 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9022,6 +9022,14 @@ static struct pmu *perf_init_event(struct perf_event *event)
idx = srcu_read_lock(&pmus_srcu);
+ /* Try parent's PMU first: */
+ if (event->parent && event->parent->pmu) {
+ pmu = event->parent->pmu;
+ ret = perf_try_init_event(pmu, event);
+ if (!ret)
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+
rcu_read_lock();
pmu = idr_find(&pmu_idr, event->attr.type);
rcu_read_unlock();