From d1cae34d6fda59391e1b06ac1642ef4a740ba3ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 10:50:11 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] perf record: Reset event name when falling back to cpu-clock
perf-record defaults to the H/W cycles event and if it is not supported
falls back to cpu-clock. Reset the event name as well.
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1336495811-58461-1-git-send-email-dsahern@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
---
tools/perf/builtin-record.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
index 1a9098c697b44..d19058a7b84cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-record.c
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ try_again:
"trying to fall back to cpu-clock-ticks\n");
attr->type = PERF_TYPE_SOFTWARE;
attr->config = PERF_COUNT_SW_CPU_CLOCK;
+ if (pos->name) {
+ free(pos->name);
+ pos->name = NULL;
+ }
goto try_again;
}
--
2.30.2