linux-kernel - [GIT PULL] perf fixes

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Date:	Wed, 13 Oct 2010 17:21:59 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Frédéric Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [GIT PULL] perf fixes

Linus,

Please pull the latest perf-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git perf-fixes-for-linus

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Deng-Cheng Zhu (1):
      perf, MIPS: Support cross compiling of tools/perf for MIPS

John Blackwood (1):
      perf: Fix incorrect copy_from_user() usage

Steven Rostedt (1):
      ring-buffer: Fix typo of time extends per page


 kernel/perf_event.c        |    4 +---
 kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c |    2 +-
 tools/perf/perf.h          |   12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index db5b560..b98bed3 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -2202,15 +2202,13 @@ static void perf_event_for_each(struct perf_event *event,
 static int perf_event_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 __user *arg)
 {
 	struct perf_event_context *ctx = event->ctx;
-	unsigned long size;
 	int ret = 0;
 	u64 value;
 
 	if (!event->attr.sample_period)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	size = copy_from_user(&value, arg, sizeof(value));
-	if (size != sizeof(value))
+	if (copy_from_user(&value, arg, sizeof(value)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (!value)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 492197e..bca9637 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ static inline int test_time_stamp(u64 delta)
 #define BUF_MAX_DATA_SIZE (BUF_PAGE_SIZE - (sizeof(u32) * 2))
 
 /* Max number of timestamps that can fit on a page */
-#define RB_TIMESTAMPS_PER_PAGE	(BUF_PAGE_SIZE / RB_LEN_TIME_STAMP)
+#define RB_TIMESTAMPS_PER_PAGE	(BUF_PAGE_SIZE / RB_LEN_TIME_EXTEND)
 
 int ring_buffer_print_page_header(struct trace_seq *s)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index ef7aa0a..95aaf56 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ void get_term_dimensions(struct winsize *ws);
 #define cpu_relax()	asm volatile("":::"memory")
 #endif
 
+#ifdef __mips__
+#include "../../arch/mips/include/asm/unistd.h"
+#define rmb()		asm volatile(					\
+				".set	mips2\n\t"			\
+				"sync\n\t"				\
+				".set	mips0"				\
+				: /* no output */			\
+				: /* no input */			\
+				: "memory")
+#define cpu_relax()	asm volatile("" ::: "memory")
+#endif
+
 #include <time.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
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