linuxppc-dev.lists.ozlabs.org archive mirror
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
* [PATCH] powerpc/perf_counter: Log invalid data addresses as all 1s
@ 2009-09-22  2:56 Anton Blanchard
  0 siblings, 0 replies; only message in thread
From: Anton Blanchard @ 2009-09-22  2:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: paulus, benh, a.p.zijlstra, mingo; +Cc: linuxppc-dev


When we take an exception and the SDAR isn't synchronised we currently
log 0 as the address. Unfortunately this is a pretty common value, so
use ~OUL instead.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
---

Index: linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c
===================================================================
--- linux.trees.git.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c	2009-09-22 11:54:32.000000000 +1000
+++ linux.trees.git/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_event.c	2009-09-22 11:59:33.000000000 +1000
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ static void record_and_restart(struct pe
 	 */
 	if (record) {
 		struct perf_sample_data data = {
-			.addr	= 0,
+			.addr	= ~0ULL,
 			.period	= event->hw.last_period,
 		};
 

^ permalink raw reply	[flat|nested] only message in thread

only message in thread, other threads:[~2009-09-22  2:56 UTC | newest]

Thread overview: (only message) (download: mbox.gz follow: Atom feed
-- links below jump to the message on this page --
2009-09-22  2:56 [PATCH] powerpc/perf_counter: Log invalid data addresses as all 1s Anton Blanchard

This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox;
as well as URLs for NNTP newsgroup(s).