perf tools: cleanup initialization of attr->size

The perf_event_attr size needs to be initialized in all cases because it
captures the ABI version.

This patch moves the initialization of the field from the
perf_event_open() syscall stub to its proper location in the
event_attr_init().

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120209151238.GA10272@quad
Signed-off-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/util.c b/tools/perf/util/util.c
index fb25d1329218..8109a907841e 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/util.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/util.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ void event_attr_init(struct perf_event_attr *attr)
                 attr->exclude_host  = 1;
         if (!perf_guest)
                 attr->exclude_guest = 1;
+        /* to capture ABI version */
+        attr->size = sizeof(*attr);
 }
 
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