Merge commit 'v2.6.39-rc7' into sched/core

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 662596afd7f1..d6fd59beb860 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ int __perf_evsel__read(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
 }
 
 static int __perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
-			      struct thread_map *threads, bool group, bool inherit)
+			      struct thread_map *threads, bool group)
 {
 	int cpu, thread;
 	unsigned long flags = 0;
@@ -192,19 +192,6 @@ static int __perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
 
 	for (cpu = 0; cpu < cpus->nr; cpu++) {
 		int group_fd = -1;
-		/*
-		 * Don't allow mmap() of inherited per-task counters. This
-		 * would create a performance issue due to all children writing
-		 * to the same buffer.
-		 *
-		 * FIXME:
-		 * Proper fix is not to pass 'inherit' to perf_evsel__open*,
-		 * but a 'flags' parameter, with 'group' folded there as well,
-		 * then introduce a PERF_O_{MMAP,GROUP,INHERIT} enum, and if
-		 * O_MMAP is set, emit a warning if cpu < 0 and O_INHERIT is
-		 * set. Lets go for the minimal fix first tho.
-		 */
-		evsel->attr.inherit = (cpus->map[cpu] >= 0) && inherit;
 
 		for (thread = 0; thread < threads->nr; thread++) {
 
@@ -253,7 +240,7 @@ static struct {
 };
 
 int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
-		     struct thread_map *threads, bool group, bool inherit)
+		     struct thread_map *threads, bool group)
 {
 	if (cpus == NULL) {
 		/* Work around old compiler warnings about strict aliasing */
@@ -263,19 +250,19 @@ int perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
 	if (threads == NULL)
 		threads = &empty_thread_map.map;
 
-	return __perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, threads, group, inherit);
+	return __perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, threads, group);
 }
 
 int perf_evsel__open_per_cpu(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-			     struct cpu_map *cpus, bool group, bool inherit)
+			     struct cpu_map *cpus, bool group)
 {
-	return __perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, &empty_thread_map.map, group, inherit);
+	return __perf_evsel__open(evsel, cpus, &empty_thread_map.map, group);
 }
 
 int perf_evsel__open_per_thread(struct perf_evsel *evsel,
-				struct thread_map *threads, bool group, bool inherit)
+				struct thread_map *threads, bool group)
 {
-	return __perf_evsel__open(evsel, &empty_cpu_map.map, threads, group, inherit);
+	return __perf_evsel__open(evsel, &empty_cpu_map.map, threads, group);
 }
 
 static int perf_event__parse_id_sample(const union perf_event *event, u64 type,