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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index e619ac89dff5..ff8c413b7e73 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static unsigned int nr_cpus = 0;
static int run_idx = 0;
static int run_count = 1;
-static bool inherit = true;
+static bool no_inherit = false;
static bool scale = true;
static pid_t target_pid = -1;
static pid_t target_tid = -1;
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ static int create_perf_stat_counter(int counter)
++ncreated;
}
} else {
- attr->inherit = inherit;
- if (target_pid == -1) {
+ attr->inherit = !no_inherit;
+ if (target_pid == -1 && target_tid == -1) {
attr->disabled = 1;
attr->enable_on_exec = 1;
}
@@ -518,8 +518,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
OPT_CALLBACK('e', "event", NULL, "event",
"event selector. use 'perf list' to list available events",
parse_events),
- OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
- "child tasks inherit counters"),
+ OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "no-inherit", &no_inherit,
+ "child tasks do not inherit counters"),
OPT_INTEGER('p', "pid", &target_pid,
"stat events on existing process id"),
OPT_INTEGER('t', "tid", &target_tid,
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