get_itimer() locks sighand lock and checks whether the timer is already expired. If it is not expired then the thread group cputime accounting is already enabled. Use the sampling function not the one which is meant for starting a timer.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <t...@linutronix.de> --- kernel/time/itimer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/kernel/time/itimer.c +++ b/kernel/time/itimer.c @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void get_cpu_itimer(struct task_s struct task_cputime cputime; u64 t; - thread_group_cputimer(tsk, &cputime); + thread_group_sample_cputime(tsk, &cputime); if (clock_id == CPUCLOCK_PROF) t = cputime.utime + cputime.stime; else