From 0db61388b389f43c1ba2f1cee3613feb4fd12150 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Namhyung Kim Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 15:33:18 -0700 Subject: perf/core: Change to POLLERR for pinned events with error Commit: f4b07fd62d4d11d5 ("perf/core: Use POLLHUP for pinned events in error") started to emit POLLHUP for pinned events in an error state. But the POLLHUP is also used to signal events that the attached task is terminated. To distinguish pinned per-task events in the error state it would need to check if the task is live. Change it to POLLERR to make it clear. Suggested-by: Gabriel Marin Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar Cc: Alexander Shishkin Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Kan Liang Cc: Mark Rutland Cc: Peter Zijlstra Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250422223318.180343-1-namhyung@kernel.org --- kernel/events/core.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'kernel') diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c index e93c19565914..95e703891b24 100644 --- a/kernel/events/core.c +++ b/kernel/events/core.c @@ -3943,7 +3943,7 @@ static int merge_sched_in(struct perf_event *event, void *data) perf_event_set_state(event, PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR); if (*perf_event_fasync(event)) - event->pending_kill = POLL_HUP; + event->pending_kill = POLL_ERR; perf_event_wakeup(event); } else { @@ -6075,7 +6075,7 @@ static __poll_t perf_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait) if (unlikely(READ_ONCE(event->state) == PERF_EVENT_STATE_ERROR && event->attr.pinned)) - return events; + return EPOLLERR; /* * Pin the event->rb by taking event->mmap_mutex; otherwise -- cgit