On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 01:15:27PM +0200, Oleg Nesterov wrote: > How about the trivial fix below? > > Oleg. > > --- x/kernel/events/core.c > +++ x/kernel/events/core.c > @@ -1257,7 +1257,7 @@ static u32 perf_event_pid(struct perf_ev > if (event->parent) > event = event->parent; > > - return task_tgid_nr_ns(p, event->ns); > + return pid_alive(p) ? task_tgid_nr_ns(p, event->ns) : 0; > }
Also, now we get a (few) sample(s) with a different pid:tid than prior samples and not matching the sched_switch() events. I can imagine that being somewhat confusing for people/tools. Acme/Jolsa, any idea if that will bugger perf-report?