linux-kernel - [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: Initialize ->oncpu properly

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Date:	Tue, 26 May 2009 07:57:56 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, acme@...hat.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, jkacur@...hat.com,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, efault@....de, mtosatti@...hat.com,
	tglx@...utronix.de, cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perfcounters/core] perf_counter: Initialize ->oncpu properly

Commit-ID:  329d876d6fd326109f191ae0fb2798b8834fb70b
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/329d876d6fd326109f191ae0fb2798b8834fb70b
Author:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
AuthorDate: Tue, 26 May 2009 08:10:00 +0200
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Tue, 26 May 2009 09:54:13 +0200

perf_counter: Initialize ->oncpu properly

This shouldnt matter normally (and i have not seen any
misbehavior), because active counters always have a
proper ->oncpu value - but nevertheless initialize the
field properly to -1.

[ Impact: cleanup ]

Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: John Kacur <jkacur@...hat.com>
LKML-Reference: <new-submission>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>


---
 kernel/perf_counter.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_counter.c b/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 070f92d..367299f 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -3122,6 +3122,8 @@ perf_counter_alloc(struct perf_counter_hw_event *hw_event,
 	counter->group_leader		= group_leader;
 	counter->pmu			= NULL;
 	counter->ctx			= ctx;
+	counter->oncpu			= -1;
+
 	get_ctx(ctx);
 
 	counter->state = PERF_COUNTER_STATE_INACTIVE;
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