linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: fix initialization bug in parse_single_tracepoint

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Message-ID: <20100422225644.GE5600@nowhere>
Date:	Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:56:45 +0200
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	paulus@...ba.org, davem@...emloft.net, robert.richter@....com,
	perfmon2-devel@...ts.sf.net, eranian@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: fix initialization bug in
	parse_single_tracepoint_event()

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 06:06:01PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> 
>   The parse_single_tracepoint_event() was setting some attributes
>   before it validated the event was indeed a tracepoint event. This
>   caused problems with other initialization routines like in the
>   builtin-top.c module whereby sample_period is not set if not 0.
> 
>   Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>


In fact I'm queueing it.

Thanks.

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