[tip: perf/urgent] perf/x86: Make dummy_iregs static

[tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra]

The following commit has been merged into the perf/urgent branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     e506d1dac0edb2df82f2aa0582e814f9cd9aa07d
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e506d1dac0edb2df82f2aa0582e814f9cd9aa07d
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
AuthorDate:    Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:15:06 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CommitterDate: Mon, 09 Nov 2020 18:12:35 +01:00

perf/x86: Make dummy_iregs static

Having pt_regs on-stack is unfortunate, it's 168 bytes. Since it isn't
actually used, make it a static variable. This both gets if off the
stack and ensures it gets 0 initialized, just in case someone does
look at it.

Reported-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201030151955.324273677@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
index 276b29d..b47cc42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/ds.c
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ __intel_pmu_pebs_event(struct perf_event *event,
 	struct x86_perf_regs perf_regs;
 	struct pt_regs *regs = &perf_regs.regs;
 	void *at = get_next_pebs_record_by_bit(base, top, bit);
-	struct pt_regs dummy_iregs;
+	static struct pt_regs dummy_iregs;
 
 	if (hwc->flags & PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD) {
 		/*