Split out the code which searches for non-exiting tasks into its own
helper. Creating this helper not only makes the code slightly more
readable it prepares to move the search out of find_get_context() in
a subsequent commit.

Cc: Robin Green <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Prasad <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[email protected]>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Cc: Mahesh Salgaonkar <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Matt Helsley <[email protected]>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c |   63 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index 440f9ca..3f5309d 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2015,6 +2015,43 @@ alloc_perf_context(struct pmu *pmu, struct task_struct 
*task)
        return ctx;
 }
 
+static struct task_struct *
+find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid_t vpid)
+{
+       struct task_struct *task;
+       int err;
+
+       rcu_read_lock();
+       if (!vpid)
+               task = current;
+       else
+               task = find_task_by_vpid(vpid);
+       if (task)
+               get_task_struct(task);
+       rcu_read_unlock();
+
+       if (!task)
+               return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
+
+       /*
+        * Can't attach events to a dying task.
+        */
+       err = -ESRCH;
+       if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
+               goto errout;
+
+       /* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
+       err = -EACCES;
+       if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
+               goto errout;
+
+       return task;
+errout:
+       put_task_struct(task);
+       return ERR_PTR(err);
+
+}
+
 static struct perf_event_context *
 find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, pid_t pid, int cpu)
 {
@@ -2047,29 +2084,9 @@ find_get_context(struct pmu *pmu, pid_t pid, int cpu)
                return ctx;
        }
 
-       rcu_read_lock();
-       if (!pid)
-               task = current;
-       else
-               task = find_task_by_vpid(pid);
-       if (task)
-               get_task_struct(task);
-       rcu_read_unlock();
-
-       if (!task)
-               return ERR_PTR(-ESRCH);
-
-       /*
-        * Can't attach events to a dying task.
-        */
-       err = -ESRCH;
-       if (task->flags & PF_EXITING)
-               goto errout;
-
-       /* Reuse ptrace permission checks for now. */
-       err = -EACCES;
-       if (!ptrace_may_access(task, PTRACE_MODE_READ))
-               goto errout;
+       task = find_lively_task_by_vpid(pid);
+       if (IS_ERR(task))
+               return (void*)task;
 
        err = -EINVAL;
        ctxn = pmu->task_ctx_nr;
-- 
1.6.3.3

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