5 files changed, 29 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index e108d90ae2ed..a37e7910e9e9 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -852,20 +852,20 @@ static int record__open(struct record *rec)
 	 * event synthesis.
 	 */
 	if (opts->initial_delay || target__has_cpu(&opts->target)) {
-		if (perf_evlist__add_dummy(evlist))
-			return -ENOMEM;
+		pos = perf_evlist__get_tracking_event(evlist);
+		if (!evsel__is_dummy_event(pos)) {
+			/* Set up dummy event. */
+			if (perf_evlist__add_dummy(evlist))
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			pos = evlist__last(evlist);
+			perf_evlist__set_tracking_event(evlist, pos);
+		}
 
-		/* Disable tracking of mmaps on lead event. */
-		pos = evlist__first(evlist);
-		pos->tracking = 0;
-		/* Set up dummy event. */
-		pos = evlist__last(evlist);
-		pos->tracking = 1;
 		/*
 		 * Enable the dummy event when the process is forked for
 		 * initial_delay, immediately for system wide.
 		 */
-		if (opts->initial_delay)
+		if (opts->initial_delay && !pos->immediate)
 			pos->core.attr.enable_on_exec = 1;
 		else
 			pos->immediate = 1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 173b4f0e0e6e..ab48be4cf258 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1566,6 +1566,18 @@ void perf_evlist__to_front(struct evlist *evlist,
 	list_splice(&move, &evlist->core.entries);
 }
 
+struct evsel *perf_evlist__get_tracking_event(struct evlist *evlist)
+{
+	struct evsel *evsel;
+
+	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
+		if (evsel->tracking)
+			return evsel;
+	}
+
+	return evlist__first(evlist);
+}
+
 void perf_evlist__set_tracking_event(struct evlist *evlist,
 				     struct evsel *tracking_evsel)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index b6f325dfb4d2..a8081dfc19cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ void perf_evlist__to_front(struct evlist *evlist,
 	evlist__cpu_iter_start(evlist);			\
 	perf_cpu_map__for_each_cpu (cpu, index, (evlist)->core.all_cpus)
 
+struct evsel *perf_evlist__get_tracking_event(struct evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__set_tracking_event(struct evlist *evlist,
 				     struct evsel *tracking_evsel);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 96e5171dce41..a68ac3632ae6 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -898,12 +898,6 @@ static void evsel__apply_config_terms(struct evsel *evsel,
 	}
 }
 
-static bool is_dummy_event(struct evsel *evsel)
-{
-	return (evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) &&
-	       (evsel->core.attr.config == PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY);
-}
-
 struct evsel_config_term *__evsel__get_config_term(struct evsel *evsel, enum evsel_term_type type)
 {
 	struct evsel_config_term *term, *found_term = NULL;
@@ -1161,7 +1155,7 @@ void evsel__config(struct evsel *evsel, struct record_opts *opts,
 	 * The software event will trigger -EOPNOTSUPP error out,
 	 * if BRANCH_STACK bit is set.
 	 */
-	if (is_dummy_event(evsel))
+	if (evsel__is_dummy_event(evsel))
 		evsel__reset_sample_bit(evsel, BRANCH_STACK);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
index 0f963c2a88a5..35e3f6d66085 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.h
@@ -399,6 +399,12 @@ static inline bool evsel__has_br_stack(const struct evsel *evsel)
 	       evsel->synth_sample_type & PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_STACK;
 }
 
+static inline bool evsel__is_dummy_event(struct evsel *evsel)
+{
+	return (evsel->core.attr.type == PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE) &&
+	       (evsel->core.attr.config == PERF_COUNT_SW_DUMMY);
+}
+
 struct perf_env *evsel__env(struct evsel *evsel);
 
 int evsel__store_ids(struct evsel *evsel, struct evlist *evlist);