Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf events: fix WARN_ON_ONCE for 64-bit raw data,SW events

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Feb 18 2011 - 10:00:24 EST


On Fri, 2011-02-18 at 12:53 -0200, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>
> > So size should be changed to u64 rather than modifying the
> WARN_ON_ONCE?
>
> Yeah, I guess so, 32-bit has to die it seems, gets in the way of
> testing
> :-)

No!

1) don't use RAW unless you have to
2) you don't have to, goto 1
3) if you do anyway, ensure its properly padded

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