perf: Provide generic perf_sample_data initialization

This makes it easier to extend perf_sample_data and fixes a bug on arm
and sparc, which failed to set ->raw to NULL, which can cause crashes
when combined with PERF_SAMPLE_RAW.

It also optimizes PowerPC and tracepoint, because the struct
initialization is forced to zero out the whole structure.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Acked-by: Jean Pihet <jpihet@mvista.com>
Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jamie Iles <jamie.iles@picochip.com>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
LKML-Reference: <20100304140100.315416040@chello.nl>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
index 73102df8bfc1..44b60c852107 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/perf_event_intel.c
@@ -590,10 +590,9 @@ static void intel_pmu_drain_bts_buffer(void)
 
         ds->bts_index = ds->bts_buffer_base;
 
+        perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0);
 
         data.period     = event->hw.last_period;
-        data.addr       = 0;
-        data.raw        = NULL;
         regs.ip         = 0;
 
         /*
@@ -742,8 +741,7 @@ static int intel_pmu_handle_irq(struct pt_regs *regs)
         int bit, loops;
         u64 ack, status;
 
-        data.addr = 0;
-        data.raw = NULL;
+        perf_sample_data_init(&data, 0);
 
         cpuc = &__get_cpu_var(cpu_hw_events);