When perf stat -p pid is used, the events must be enabled immediately as there is no exec and thus no enable_on_exec.
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eran...@google.com> -- builtin-stat.c | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c index 95db31c..3a91fad 100644 --- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c +++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c @@ -159,8 +159,10 @@ static void create_perf_stat_counter(int counter, int pid) } } else { attr->inherit = inherit; - attr->disabled = 1; - attr->enable_on_exec = 1; + if (target_pid == -1) { + attr->disabled = 1; + attr->enable_on_exec = 1; + } fd[0][counter] = sys_perf_event_open(attr, pid, -1, -1, 0); if (fd[0][counter] < 0 && verbose) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ perfmon2-devel mailing list perfmon2-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/perfmon2-devel