1 files changed, 18 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index e26d2fcfa32..3dd4339589a 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -3444,40 +3444,32 @@ static void perf_swcounter_add(struct perf_counter *counter, u64 nr,
 
 static int perf_swcounter_is_counting(struct perf_counter *counter)
 {
-	struct perf_counter_context *ctx;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int count;
-
+	/*
+	 * The counter is active, we're good!
+	 */
 	if (counter->state == PERF_COUNTER_STATE_ACTIVE)
 		return 1;
 
+	/*
+	 * The counter is off/error, not counting.
+	 */
 	if (counter->state != PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE)
 		return 0;
 
 	/*
-	 * If the counter is inactive, it could be just because
-	 * its task is scheduled out, or because it's in a group
-	 * which could not go on the PMU.  We want to count in
-	 * the first case but not the second.  If the context is
-	 * currently active then an inactive software counter must
-	 * be the second case.  If it's not currently active then
-	 * we need to know whether the counter was active when the
-	 * context was last active, which we can determine by
-	 * comparing counter->tstamp_stopped with ctx->time.
-	 *
-	 * We are within an RCU read-side critical section,
-	 * which protects the existence of *ctx.
+	 * The counter is inactive, if the context is active
+	 * we're part of a group that didn't make it on the 'pmu',
+	 * not counting.
 	 */
-	ctx = counter->ctx;
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&ctx->lock, flags);
-	count = 1;
-	/* Re-check state now we have the lock */
-	if (counter->state < PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE ||
-	    counter->ctx->is_active ||
-	    counter->tstamp_stopped < ctx->time)
-		count = 0;
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ctx->lock, flags);
-	return count;
+	if (counter->ctx->is_active)
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * We're inactive and the context is too, this means the
+	 * task is scheduled out, we're counting events that happen
+	 * to us, like migration events.
+	 */
+	return 1;
 }
 
 static int perf_swcounter_match(struct perf_counter *counter,