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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
index 0ee93894a0da..06c2cdfd8f2f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
+++ b/tools/perf/arch/x86/util/intel-pt.c
@@ -864,20 +864,22 @@ static int intel_pt_recording_options(struct auxtrace_record *itr,
/* Add dummy event to keep tracking */
if (opts->full_auxtrace) {
+ bool need_system_wide_tracking;
struct evsel *tracking_evsel;
- err = parse_events(evlist, "dummy:u", NULL);
- if (err)
- return err;
+ /*
+ * User space tasks can migrate between CPUs, so when tracing
+ * selected CPUs, sideband for all CPUs is still needed.
+ */
+ need_system_wide_tracking = evlist->core.has_user_cpus &&
+ !intel_pt_evsel->core.attr.exclude_user;
- tracking_evsel = evlist__last(evlist);
+ tracking_evsel = evlist__add_aux_dummy(evlist, need_system_wide_tracking);
+ if (!tracking_evsel)
+ return -ENOMEM;
evlist__set_tracking_event(evlist, tracking_evsel);
- tracking_evsel->core.attr.freq = 0;
- tracking_evsel->core.attr.sample_period = 1;
-
- tracking_evsel->no_aux_samples = true;
if (need_immediate)
tracking_evsel->immediate = true;