X-Git-Url: http://git.liburcu.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lttng-events.c;h=135c8c527123acd43266c7191148d9bc314121a8;hb=f046a95d1c0f66297332962fb5fd1b715367b69d;hp=b2d0d754907d863903566921d0ac3521619978df;hpb=4ee2453d2c98e91692d03f1fa77df6d3b26d13de;p=lttng-modules.git

diff --git a/lttng-events.c b/lttng-events.c
index b2d0d754..135c8c52 100644
--- a/lttng-events.c
+++ b/lttng-events.c
@@ -379,8 +379,14 @@ struct lttng_event *lttng_event_create(struct lttng_channel *chan,
 	 */
 	list_for_each_entry(event, &chan->session->events, list) {
 		if (!strcmp(event->desc->name, event_param->name)) {
-			ret = -EEXIST;
-			goto exist;
+			/*
+			 * Allow events with the same name to appear in
+			 * different channels.
+			 */
+			if (event->chan == chan) {
+				ret = -EEXIST;
+				goto exist;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	event = kmem_cache_zalloc(event_cache, GFP_KERNEL);