Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  perf: Fix comments in include/linux/perf_event.h
  perf: Comment /proc/sys/kernel/perf_event_paranoid to be part of user ABI
  perf python: Fix argument name list of read_on_cpu()
  perf evlist: Don't die if sample_{id_all|type} is invalid
  perf python: Use exception to propagate errors
  perf evlist: Remove dependency on debug routines
  perf, cgroups: Fix up for new API

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index d863b3c057bb..9efe7108ccaf 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -7402,26 +7402,12 @@ static int __perf_cgroup_move(void *info)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void perf_cgroup_move(struct task_struct *task)
+static void
+perf_cgroup_attach_task(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
 {
 	task_function_call(task, __perf_cgroup_move, task);
 }
 
-static void perf_cgroup_attach(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
-		struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task,
-		bool threadgroup)
-{
-	perf_cgroup_move(task);
-	if (threadgroup) {
-		struct task_struct *c;
-		rcu_read_lock();
-		list_for_each_entry_rcu(c, &task->thread_group, thread_group) {
-			perf_cgroup_move(c);
-		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
-	}
-}
-
 static void perf_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 		struct cgroup *old_cgrp, struct task_struct *task)
 {
@@ -7433,7 +7419,7 @@ static void perf_cgroup_exit(struct cgroup_subsys *ss, struct cgroup *cgrp,
 	if (!(task->flags & PF_EXITING))
 		return;
 
-	perf_cgroup_move(task);
+	perf_cgroup_attach_task(cgrp, task);
 }
 
 struct cgroup_subsys perf_subsys = {
@@ -7442,6 +7428,6 @@ struct cgroup_subsys perf_subsys = {
 	.create		= perf_cgroup_create,
 	.destroy	= perf_cgroup_destroy,
 	.exit		= perf_cgroup_exit,
-	.attach		= perf_cgroup_attach,
+	.attach_task	= perf_cgroup_attach_task,
 };
 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_PERF */
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 4fc92445a29c..f175d98bd355 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -938,6 +938,12 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 	},
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS
+	/*
+	 * User-space scripts rely on the existence of this file
+	 * as a feature check for perf_events being enabled.
+	 *
+	 * So it's an ABI, do not remove!
+	 */
 	{
 		.procname	= "perf_event_paranoid",
 		.data		= &sysctl_perf_event_paranoid,