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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/event.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 07c07833de53..2905771a1f49 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -106,8 +106,12 @@ static pid_t perf_event__synthesize_comm(struct perf_tool *tool,
memset(&event->comm, 0, sizeof(event->comm));
- tgid = perf_event__get_comm_tgid(pid, event->comm.comm,
- sizeof(event->comm.comm));
+ if (machine__is_host(machine))
+ tgid = perf_event__get_comm_tgid(pid, event->comm.comm,
+ sizeof(event->comm.comm));
+ else
+ tgid = machine->pid;
+
if (tgid < 0)
goto out;