1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index 90e0521b1690..6f8cd7da1a01 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -801,6 +801,13 @@ struct perf_sample_data {
         struct perf_raw_record          *raw;
 };
 
+static inline
+void perf_sample_data_init(struct perf_sample_data *data, u64 addr)
+{
+        data->addr = addr;
+        data->raw  = NULL;
+}
+
 extern void perf_output_sample(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
                                struct perf_event_header *header,
                                struct perf_sample_data *data,