[PATCH] powerpc/perf_counter: Log invalid data addresses as all 1s

Anton Blanchard anton at samba.org
Tue Sep 22 12:56:10 EST 2009


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 at 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,
 		};
 


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