linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/11] perf cpu_map: Align cpu map synthesized events properly.

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Date:   Wed, 17 Oct 2018 19:54:58 -0300
From:   Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Clark Williams <williams@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/11] perf cpu_map: Align cpu map synthesized events properly.

From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

The size of the resulting cpu map can be smaller than a multiple of
sizeof(u64), resulting in SIGBUS on cpus like Sparc as the next event
will not be aligned properly.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Fixes: 6c872901af07 ("perf cpu_map: Add cpu_map event synthesize function")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181011.224655.716771175766946817.davem@davemloft.net
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/event.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/event.c b/tools/perf/util/event.c
index 0cd42150f712..0988eb3b844b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/event.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ void *cpu_map_data__alloc(struct cpu_map *map, size_t *size, u16 *type, int *max
 	}
 
 	*size += sizeof(struct cpu_map_data);
+	*size = PERF_ALIGN(*size, sizeof(u64));
 	return zalloc(*size);
 }
 
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2.14.4