1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
index d09ab579119e..44e339d4e297 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
@@ -9,12 +9,21 @@
 static int exited;
 static int nr_exit;
 
-static void sig_handler(int sig)
+static void sig_handler(int sig __maybe_unused)
 {
         exited = 1;
+}
 
-        if (sig == SIGUSR1)
-                nr_exit = -1;
+/*
+ * perf_evlist__prepare_workload will send a SIGUSR1 if the fork fails, since
+ * we asked by setting its exec_error to this handler.
+ */
+static void workload_exec_failed_signal(int signo __maybe_unused,
+                                        siginfo_t *info __maybe_unused,
+                                        void *ucontext __maybe_unused)
+{
+        exited  = 1;
+        nr_exit = -1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -35,7 +44,6 @@ int test__task_exit(void)
         const char *argv[] = { "true", NULL };
 
         signal(SIGCHLD, sig_handler);
-        signal(SIGUSR1, sig_handler);
 
         evlist = perf_evlist__new_default();
         if (evlist == NULL) {
@@ -57,7 +65,8 @@ int test__task_exit(void)
                 goto out_delete_maps;
         }
 
-        err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evlist, &target, argv, false, true);
+        err = perf_evlist__prepare_workload(evlist, &target, argv, false,
+                                            workload_exec_failed_signal);
         if (err < 0) {
                 pr_debug("Couldn't run the workload!\n");
                 goto out_delete_maps;