linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 05/11] perf: Generic perf_sample

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Date:	Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:49:25 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl
Cc:	mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	eranian@...gle.com, robert.richter@....com, fweisbec@...il.com,
	jamie.iles@...ochip.com, jpihet@...sta.com, stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 05/11] perf: Generic perf_sample_data
 initialization

From: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:39:41 +0100

> This makes it easier to extend perf_sample_data and fixes a bug on
> arm and sparc, which failed to set ->raw to NULL, which can cause
> crashes when combined with PERF_SAMPLE_RAW.
> 
> It also optimizes PowerPC and tracepoint, because the struct
> initialization is forced to zero out the whole structure.
> 
> CC: Jamie Iles <jamie.iles@...ochip.com>
> CC: Jean Pihet <jpihet@...sta.com>
> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CC: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> CC: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
> CC: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> CC: stable@...nel.org
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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