From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu,
vincent.weaver@maine.edu, cl@linux.com, paulus@samba.org,
acme@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/rapl: fix crash in rapl_scale()
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:39:31 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150123083931.GD2896@worktop.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20150122203834.GA10228@thinkpad>
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 09:38:34PM +0100, Stephane Eranian wrote:
>
> This patch fixes a systematic crash in rapl_scale()
> due to an invalid pointer.
>
> The bug was introduced by commit:
> commit 89cbc76768c2fa4ed95545bf961f3a14ddfeed21
> Author: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
> Date: Sun Aug 17 12:30:40 2014 -0500
>
> x86: Replace __get_cpu_var uses
>
>
> The fix is simple. Just put the parenthesis where it needs
> to be, i.e., around rapl_pmu. To my surprise, the compiler
> was not complaining about passing an integer instead of a
> pointer.
>
> Reported-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
> Tested-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu>
Thanks!
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-01-23 8:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-01-22 20:38 [PATCH] perf/rapl: fix crash in rapl_scale() Stephane Eranian
2015-01-23 8:39 ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2015-01-28 14:29 ` [tip:perf/urgent] perf/rapl: Fix " tip-bot for Stephane Eranian
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