linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] perf: Remove pointless breakpoint union

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Date:	Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:25:32 +0100
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>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] perf: Remove pointless breakpoint union

Remove pointless union in the breakpoint field of hw_perf_event.

Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h |    5 ++---
 lib/Kconfig.debug          |    8 +++++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 7b18b4f..04f06b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -487,9 +487,8 @@ struct hw_perf_event {
 			struct hrtimer	hrtimer;
 		};
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT
-		union { /* breakpoint */
-			struct arch_hw_breakpoint	info;
-		};
+		/* breakpoint */
+		struct arch_hw_breakpoint	info;
 #endif
 	};
 	atomic64_t			prev_count;
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 65f964e..4dc24cc 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -520,11 +520,13 @@ config LOCK_STAT
 
 	 For more details, see Documentation/lockstat.txt
 
-	 You can analyze lock events with "perf lock", subcommand of perf.
-	 If you want to use "perf lock", you need to turn on CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING.
+	 This also enables lock events required by "perf lock",
+	 subcommand of perf.
+	 If you want to use "perf lock", you also need to turn on
+	 CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING.
 
 	 CONFIG_LOCK_STAT defines "contended" and "acquired" lock events.
- 	 (CONFIG_LOCKDEP defines "acquire" and "release" events.)
+	 (CONFIG_LOCKDEP defines "acquire" and "release" events.)
 
 config DEBUG_LOCKDEP
 	bool "Lock dependency engine debugging"
-- 
1.6.2.3

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