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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:27:02 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, eranian@...gle.com, hpa@...or.com,
	mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...e.hu
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf_event: x86: Allocate the fake_cpuc

Commit-ID:  502568d563bcc37ac505a83341c0c95b88c015a8
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/502568d563bcc37ac505a83341c0c95b88c015a8
Author:     Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
AuthorDate: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:35:46 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
CommitDate: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:01:35 +0100

perf_event: x86: Allocate the fake_cpuc

GCC was complaining the stack usage was too large, so allocate the
structure.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100122155535.411197266@...llo.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c |   29 +++++++++++++++++++----------
 1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
index 0bd23d0..7bd359a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event.c
@@ -2606,10 +2606,13 @@ 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
@@ -2617,18 +2620,24 @@ static int validate_group(struct perf_event *event)
 	 * 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)
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