GCC was complaining the stack usage was too large, so allocate the structure. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra LKML-Reference: --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c @@ -2614,10 +2614,13 @@ static const struct pmu pmu = { static int validate_group(struct perf_event *event) { struct perf_event *leader = event->group_leader; - struct cpu_hw_events fake_cpuc; - int n; + struct cpu_hw_events *fake_cpuc; + int ret, n; - memset(&fake_cpuc, 0, sizeof(fake_cpuc)); + ret = -ENOMEM; + fake_cpuc = kmalloc(sizeof(*fake_cpuc), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO); + if (!fake_cpuc) + goto out; /* * the event is not yet connected with its @@ -2625,18 +2628,24 @@ static int validate_group(struct perf_ev * existing siblings, then add the new event * before we can simulate the scheduling */ - n = collect_events(&fake_cpuc, leader, true); + ret = -ENOSPC; + n = collect_events(fake_cpuc, leader, true); if (n < 0) - return -ENOSPC; + goto out_free; - fake_cpuc.n_events = n; - n = collect_events(&fake_cpuc, event, false); + fake_cpuc->n_events = n; + n = collect_events(fake_cpuc, event, false); if (n < 0) - return -ENOSPC; + goto out_free; - fake_cpuc.n_events = n; + fake_cpuc->n_events = n; - return x86_schedule_events(&fake_cpuc, n, NULL); + ret = x86_schedule_events(fake_cpuc, n, NULL); + +out_free: + kfree(fake_cpuc); +out: + return ret; } const struct pmu *hw_perf_event_init(struct perf_event *event) -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/