[PATCH 1/2] perf symbols: Properly align symbol_conf.priv_size

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Mar 29 2011 - 22:30:35 EST


From: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

If symbol_conf.priv_size is not a multiple of "sizeof(u64)" we'll bus
error on sparc64 in symbol__new because the "struct symbol *" pointer
is computed by adding symbol_conf.priv_size to the memory allocated.

We cannot isolate the fix to symbol__new and symbol__delete since the
private area is computed by subtracting the priv_size value from a
"struct symbol" pointer, so then the private area can still be
potentially unaligned.

So, simply align the symbol_conf.priv_size value in symbol__init()

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx>
LKML-Reference: <20110328.175849.112593455.davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 2 ++
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 8f73907..f06c10f 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -2406,6 +2406,8 @@ int symbol__init(void)
if (symbol_conf.initialized)
return 0;

+ symbol_conf.priv_size = ALIGN(symbol_conf.priv_size, sizeof(u64));
+
elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
if (symbol_conf.sort_by_name)
symbol_conf.priv_size += (sizeof(struct symbol_name_rb_node) -
--
1.6.2.5

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