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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
| -rw-r--r-- | tools/perf/util/event.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c index 5516236..9d09851 100644 --- a/tools/perf/util/event.c +++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c @@ -183,8 +183,18 @@ static int perf_event__synthesize_fork(struct perf_tool *tool, { memset(&event->fork, 0, sizeof(event->fork) + machine->id_hdr_size); - event->fork.ppid = ppid; - event->fork.ptid = ppid; + /* + * for main thread set parent to ppid from status file. For other + * threads set parent pid to main thread. ie., assume main thread + * spawns all threads in a process + */ + if (tgid == pid) { + event->fork.ppid = ppid; + event->fork.ptid = ppid; + } else { + event->fork.ppid = tgid; + event->fork.ptid = tgid; + } event->fork.pid = tgid; event->fork.tid = pid; event->fork.header.type = PERF_RECORD_FORK; |
