1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 95d5c0ae375a..c0a423004e15 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ static u64			count_filter			=  5;
 static int                      print_entries                   = 15;
 
 static int                      target_pid                      = -1;
+static int                      inherit                         =  0;
 static int                      profile_cpu                     = -1;
 static int                      nr_cpus                         =  0;
 static unsigned int             realtime_prio                   =  0;
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ int group_fd;
 static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
 {
         struct perf_counter_attr *attr;
-        unsigned int cpu;
+        int cpu;
 
         cpu = profile_cpu;
         if (target_pid == -1 && profile_cpu == -1)
@@ -559,6 +560,7 @@ static void start_counter(int i, int counter)
 
         attr->sample_type       = PERF_SAMPLE_IP | PERF_SAMPLE_TID;
         attr->freq              = freq;
+        attr->inherit           = (cpu < 0) && inherit;
 
 try_again:
         fd[i][counter] = sys_perf_counter_open(attr, target_pid, cpu, group_fd, 0);
@@ -685,6 +687,8 @@ static const struct option options[] = {
                     "only display functions with more events than this"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('g', "group", &group,
                             "put the counters into a counter group"),
+        OPT_BOOLEAN('i', "inherit", &inherit,
+                    "child tasks inherit counters"),
         OPT_STRING('s', "sym-filter", &sym_filter, "pattern",
                     "only display symbols matchig this pattern"),
         OPT_BOOLEAN('z', "zero", &zero,