linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf: fix perf

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Date:	Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:44:39 -0200
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.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, fweisbec@...il.com,
	perfmon2-devel@...ts.sf.net, eranian@...il.com,
	robert.richter@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: fix perf_event.h header usage

Em Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 04:30:01PM +0200, Stephane Eranian escreveu:
> This patch fixes the usage of the perf_event.h header file
> between command modules and the supporting code in util.
> 
> It is necessary to ensure that ALL files use the SAME
> perf_event.h header from the kernel source tree.
> 
> There were a couple of #include <linux/perf_event.h> mixed
> with #include "../../perf_event.h".
> 
> This caused issues on some distros because of mismatch
> in the layout of struct perf_event_attr. That eventually
> led perf stat to segfault.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>

Thanks, applying.

- Arnaldo
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