linux-kernel - [PATCH 31/59] perf pmu: fix alias->snapshot missing initialization bug

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Date:	Fri,  8 Jan 2016 15:02:38 -0300
From:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
	Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 31/59] perf pmu: fix alias->snapshot missing initialization bug

From: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>

This patch fixes a bug in __perf_pmu__new_alias() whereby the
alias->snapshot field was not initialized to false. This led to random
alias->snapshot value for an alias and was breaking some measurements
such as:

  $ perf stat -a -e uncore_imc/data_reads/ -I 1000 sleep 100

Because the event ended up being treated as snapshot mode, when it is
not.

Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452106201-13073-1-git-send-email-eranian@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
---
 tools/perf/util/pmu.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
index e4b173dec4b9..b597bcc8fc78 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.c
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ static int __perf_pmu__new_alias(struct list_head *list, char *dir, char *name,
 	alias->scale = 1.0;
 	alias->unit[0] = '\0';
 	alias->per_pkg = false;
+	alias->snapshot = false;
 
 	ret = parse_events_terms(&alias->terms, val);
 	if (ret) {
-- 
2.1.0