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Date:	Fri, 27 Mar 2015 00:39:41 -0700
From:	tip-bot for David Ahern <tipbot@...or.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	hpa@...or.com, acme@...hat.com, david.ahern@...cle.com
Subject: [tip:perf/core] perf timechart: Fix SIBGUS error on sparc64

Commit-ID:  e94eedab3ab8201fd41480171b2fabbf3c5b1ae0
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/e94eedab3ab8201fd41480171b2fabbf3c5b1ae0
Author:     David Ahern <david.ahern@...cle.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 24 Mar 2015 16:14:09 -0400
Committer:  Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 10:52:28 -0300

perf timechart: Fix SIBGUS error on sparc64

perf timechart -T on sparc64 is terminating due to SIGBUS. Backtrace:

Program received signal SIGBUS, Bus error.
0x0000000000173d7c in perf_evsel__intval (evsel=<value optimized out>, sample=0x7feffffda28, name=0x289b28 "prev_state")
    at util/evsel.c:1918
1918	util/evsel.c: No such file or directory.
	in util/evsel.c
Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install audit-libs-2.3.7-1.0.1.el6.sparc64 bzip2-libs-1.0.5-7.el6_0.sparc64 elfutils-libelf-0.155-2.0.3.el6.sparc64 elfutils-libs-0.155-2.0.3.el6.sparc64 glibc-2.12-1.132.0.8.el6_5.sparc64 numactl-2.0.7-8.el6.sparc64 python-libs-2.6.6-52.0.2.el6.sparc64 slang-2.2.1-1.el6.sparc64 xz-libs-4.999.9-0.3.beta.20091007git.el6.sparc64 zlib-1.2.3-29.el6.sparc64
(gdb) bt
0  0x0000000000173d7c in perf_evsel__intval (evsel=<value optimized out>, sample=0x7feffffda28,
    name=0x289b28 "prev_state") at util/evsel.c:1918
1  0x0000000000123b94 in process_sample_sched_switch (tchart=0x7feffffe040, evsel=0x4ca850, sample=0x7feffffda28,
    backtrace=0xc39010 "") at builtin-timechart.c:627
2  0x0000000000122828 in process_sample_event (tool=0x7feffffe040, event=<value optimized out>, sample=0x7feffffda28,
    evsel=0x4ca850, machine=0x4c9c88) at builtin-timechart.c:569

Another extended load on unaligned pointer. As before fix by copying to
a temporary variable using memcpy.

Signed-off-by: David Ahern <david.ahern@...cle.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1427228049-51893-1-git-send-email-david.ahern@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index bb4eff2..358e595 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ u64 perf_evsel__intval(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct perf_sample *sample,
 		value = *(u32 *)ptr;
 		break;
 	case 8:
-		value = *(u64 *)ptr;
+		memcpy(&value, ptr, sizeof(u64));
 		break;
 	default:
 		return 0;
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