1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 9ecfd856ce6e..c1173520f14d 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -952,14 +952,7 @@ extern int perf_event_overflow(struct perf_event *event, int nmi,
  */
 static inline int is_software_event(struct perf_event *event)
 {
-        switch (event->attr.type) {
-        case PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE:
-        case PERF_TYPE_TRACEPOINT:
-        /* for now the breakpoint stuff also works as software event */
-        case PERF_TYPE_BREAKPOINT:
-                return 1;
-        }
-        return 0;
+        return event->pmu->task_ctx_nr == perf_sw_context;
 }
 
 extern atomic_t perf_swevent_enabled[PERF_COUNT_SW_MAX];