1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index ab333812ace6..9f98b86e747c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -497,13 +497,22 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
         if (target_pid == -1 && argc) {
                 pid = fork();
                 if (pid < 0)
-                        perror("failed to fork");
+                        die("failed to fork");
 
                 if (!pid) {
                         if (execvp(argv[0], (char **)argv)) {
                                 perror(argv[0]);
                                 exit(-1);
                         }
+                } else {
+                        /*
+                         * Wait a bit for the execv'ed child to appear
+                         * and be updated in /proc
+                         * FIXME: Do you know a less heuristical solution?
+                         */
+                        usleep(1000);
+                        event__synthesize_thread(pid,
+                                                 process_synthesized_event);
                 }
 
                 child_pid = pid;