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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/cloexec.c18
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
index 47b78b3f0325..6da965bdbc2c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cloexec.c
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ static int perf_flag_probe(void)
if (cpu < 0)
cpu = 0;
+ /*
+ * Using -1 for the pid is a workaround to avoid gratuitous jump label
+ * changes.
+ */
while (1) {
/* check cloexec flag */
fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, pid, cpu, -1,
@@ -47,16 +51,24 @@ static int perf_flag_probe(void)
err, strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf)));
/* not supported, confirm error related to PERF_FLAG_FD_CLOEXEC */
- fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, pid, cpu, -1, 0);
+ while (1) {
+ fd = sys_perf_event_open(&attr, pid, cpu, -1, 0);
+ if (fd < 0 && pid == -1 && errno == EACCES) {
+ pid = 0;
+ continue;
+ }
+ break;
+ }
err = errno;
+ if (fd >= 0)
+ close(fd);
+
if (WARN_ONCE(fd < 0 && err != EBUSY,
"perf_event_open(..., 0) failed unexpectedly with error %d (%s)\n",
err, strerror_r(err, sbuf, sizeof(sbuf))))
return -1;
- close(fd);
-
return 0;
}