linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] perf/x86: Make dummy

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Message-ID: <20201030151955.324273677@infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:13:51 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     mingo@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, rostedt@...dmis.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com,
        acme@...nel.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, jolsa@...hat.com,
        namhyung@...nel.org, ak@...ux.intel.com, eranian@...gle.com,
        peterz@...radead.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] perf/x86: Make dummy_iregs static

Having pt_regs on-stack is unfortunate, it's 168 bytes. Since it isn't
actually used, make it a static variable. This both gets if off the
stack and ensures it gets 0 initialized, just in case someone does
look at it.

Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ static void __intel_pmu_pebs_event(struc
 	struct x86_perf_regs perf_regs;
 	struct pt_regs *regs = &perf_regs.regs;
 	void *at = get_next_pebs_record_by_bit(base, top, bit);
-	struct pt_regs dummy_iregs;
+	static struct pt_regs dummy_iregs;
 
 	if (hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD) {
 		/*