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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/event.c14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 5516236df6ab..9d0985131252 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -183,8 +183,18 @@ static int perf_event__synthesize_fork(struct perf_tool *tool,
{
memset(&event->fork, 0, sizeof(event->fork) + machine->id_hdr_size);
- event->fork.ppid = ppid;
- event->fork.ptid = ppid;
+ /*
+ * for main thread set parent to ppid from status file. For other
+ * threads set parent pid to main thread. ie., assume main thread
+ * spawns all threads in a process
+ */
+ if (tgid == pid) {
+ event->fork.ppid = ppid;
+ event->fork.ptid = ppid;
+ } else {
+ event->fork.ppid = tgid;
+ event->fork.ptid = tgid;
+ }
event->fork.pid = tgid;
event->fork.tid = pid;
event->fork.header.type = PERF_RECORD_FORK;