[PATCH 11/11] arm64: perf: don't rely on layout of pt_regs when grabbing sp or pc
Will Deacon
will.deacon at arm.com
Tue Aug 26 07:13:30 PDT 2014
The current perf_regs code relies on sp and pc sitting just off the end
of the pt_regs->regs array. This is ugly and fragile, so this patch
checks for these register explicitly and returns the appropriate field.
Cc: Jean Pihet <jean.pihet at linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/perf_regs.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_regs.c
index 422ebd63b619..6762ad705587 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_regs.c
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ u64 perf_reg_value(struct pt_regs *regs, int idx)
return regs->compat_lr;
}
+ if ((u32)idx == PERF_REG_ARM64_SP)
+ return regs->sp;
+
+ if ((u32)idx == PERF_REG_ARM64_PC)
+ return regs->pc;
+
return regs->regs[idx];
}
--
2.1.0.rc1
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