perf tools: cleanup initialization of attr->size
The perf_event_attr size needs to be initialized in all cases because it
captures the ABI version.
This patch moves the initialization of the field from the
perf_event_open() syscall stub to its proper location in the
event_attr_init().
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120209151238.GA10272@quad
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.h b/tools/perf/perf.h
index deb17db..03a0456 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.h
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.h
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@
pid_t pid, int cpu, int group_fd,
unsigned long flags)
{
- attr->size = sizeof(*attr);
return syscall(__NR_perf_event_open, attr, pid, cpu,
group_fd, flags);
}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index fb25d13..8109a90 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
attr->exclude_host = 1;
if (!perf_guest)
attr->exclude_guest = 1;
+ /* to capture ABI version */
+ attr->size = sizeof(*attr);
}
int mkdir_p(char *path, mode_t mode)