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-rw-r--r--kernel/events/core.c16
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index 3cfabdf7b942..07ac8596a728 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -3549,10 +3549,18 @@ static int perf_event_read(struct perf_event *event, bool group)
.group = group,
.ret = 0,
};
- ret = smp_call_function_single(event->oncpu, __perf_event_read, &data, 1);
- /* The event must have been read from an online CPU: */
- WARN_ON_ONCE(ret);
- ret = ret ? : data.ret;
+ /*
+ * Purposely ignore the smp_call_function_single() return
+ * value.
+ *
+ * If event->oncpu isn't a valid CPU it means the event got
+ * scheduled out and that will have updated the event count.
+ *
+ * Therefore, either way, we'll have an up-to-date event count
+ * after this.
+ */
+ (void)smp_call_function_single(event->oncpu, __perf_event_read, &data, 1);
+ ret = data.ret;
} else if (event->state == PERF_EVENT_STATE_INACTIVE) {
struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
unsigned long flags;