From 614b6780eb0c393d2fb49ff62d61f29b877bd07e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 16:24:32 -0200
Subject: [PATCH] perf events: Fix event inherit fallout of precalculated
 headers

The precalculated header size is not updated when an event is inherited. That
results in bogus sample entries for all child events. Bug introduced in c320c7b.

Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@gmail.com>
Cc: Ian Munsie <imunsie@au1.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
LKML-Reference: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1012031245220.2653@localhost6.localdomain6>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
 kernel/perf_event.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/perf_event.c b/kernel/perf_event.c
index aede71245e9f..7961b27aceea 100644
--- a/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -6098,6 +6098,11 @@ inherit_event(struct perf_event *parent_event,
 	child_event->ctx = child_ctx;
 	child_event->overflow_handler = parent_event->overflow_handler;
 
+	/*
+	 * Precalculate sample_data sizes
+	 */
+	perf_event__header_size(child_event);
+
 	/*
 	 * Link it up in the child's context:
 	 */
-- 
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