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Subject: Re: perf: prctl(PR_TASK_PERF_EVENTS_DISABLE) has no effect
From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
To: Andrew Steets <asteets@rgmadvisors.com>
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On Fri, 2012-01-27 at 11:03 -0600, Andrew Steets wrote:
> Can anyone tell
> me if I'm using this wrong or if this is a bug? 

You're using it wrong, it will disable events you own (created) not
events that monitor you.