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| -rw-r--r-- | kernel/perf_event.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c index f8c7939c57cf..0b9ca2d834dd 100644 --- a/kernel/perf_event.c +++ b/kernel/perf_event.c @@ -338,7 +338,16 @@ list_del_event(struct perf_event *event, struct perf_event_context *ctx) event->group_leader->nr_siblings--; update_event_times(event); - event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF; + + /* + * If event was in error state, then keep it + * that way, otherwise bogus counts will be + * returned on read(). The only way to get out + * of error state is by explicit re-enabling + * of the event + */ + if (event->state > PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF) + event->state = PERF_EVENT_STATE_OFF; /* * If this was a group event with sibling events then |