linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/4] perf: Drop the frame reliablity check

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Date:	Sun,  4 Apr 2010 16:36:41 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] perf: Drop the frame reliablity check

It is useless now that we have a pure stack frame
walker, as given addr are always reliable.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c |    3 +--
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 65e9c5e..353a174 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -1602,8 +1602,7 @@ static void backtrace_address(void *data, unsigned long addr, int reliable)
 {
 	struct perf_callchain_entry *entry = data;
 
-	if (reliable)
-		callchain_store(entry, addr);
+	callchain_store(entry, addr);
 }
 
 static const struct stacktrace_ops backtrace_ops = {
-- 
1.6.2.3

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