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From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"peterz@infradead.org" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"mingo@elte.hu" <mingo@elte.hu>,
	"paulus@samba.org" <paulus@samba.org>,
	"davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	"fweisbec@gmail.com" <fweisbec@gmail.com>,
	"perfmon2-devel@lists.sf.net" <perfmon2-devel@lists.sf.net>,
	"eranian@gmail.com" <eranian@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf: fix perf_event.h header usage
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 17:47:37 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110104164737.GB4739@erda.amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110104154439.GA26167@ghostprotocols.net>

On 04.01.11 10:44:39, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 04:30:01PM +0200, Stephane Eranian escreveu:
> > This patch fixes the usage of the perf_event.h header file
> > between command modules and the supporting code in util.
> > 
> > It is necessary to ensure that ALL files use the SAME
> > perf_event.h header from the kernel source tree.
> > 
> > There were a couple of #include <linux/perf_event.h> mixed
> > with #include "../../perf_event.h".
> > 
> > This caused issues on some distros because of mismatch
> > in the layout of struct perf_event_attr. That eventually
> > led perf stat to segfault.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
> 
> Thanks, applying.

Isn't this valid for all <linux/*.h> header files?

-Robert

-- 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center


  reply	other threads:[~2011-01-04 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-04 14:30 [PATCH] perf: fix perf_event.h header usage Stephane Eranian
2011-01-04 15:44 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2011-01-04 16:47   ` Robert Richter [this message]
2011-01-05 17:37 ` [tip:perf/core] perf tools: Fix " tip-bot for Stephane Eranian

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