Re: [patch] perf/trace properly use u64 to hold event_id

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 12:39:45PM -0500, Vince Weaver wrote:
> 
> The 64-bit attr.config value for perf trace events was being copied into
> an "int" before doing a comparison, meaning the top 32 bits were
> being truncated.
> 
> As far as I can tell this didn't cause any errors, but it did mean
> it was possible to create valid aliases for all the tracepoint ids
> which I don't think was intended.  (For example, 0xffffffff00000018
> and 0x18 both enable the same tracepoint).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!
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