perf events: Prefer union over variable length array

It is possible for casts to introduce alignment issues, prefer a union
for perf_record_event_update.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Alexey Bayduraev <alexey.v.bayduraev@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Athira Jajeev <atrajeev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Colin Ian King <colin.king@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Marchevsky <davemarchevsky@fb.com>
Cc: German Gomez <german.gomez@arm.com>
Cc: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavoars@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@arm.com>
Cc: Kees Kook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Leo Yan <leo.yan@linaro.org>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Riccardo Mancini <rickyman7@gmail.com>
Cc: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220614143353.1559597-6-irogers@google.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/header.c b/tools/perf/util/header.c
index c30c29c51410..98dfaf84bd13 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/header.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/header.c
@@ -4295,8 +4295,6 @@ out:
 size_t perf_event__fprintf_event_update(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
 {
 	struct perf_record_event_update *ev = &event->event_update;
-	struct perf_record_event_update_scale *ev_scale;
-	struct perf_record_event_update_cpus *ev_cpus;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *map;
 	size_t ret;
 
@@ -4304,20 +4302,18 @@ size_t perf_event__fprintf_event_update(union perf_event *event, FILE *fp)
 
 	switch (ev->type) {
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__SCALE:
-		ev_scale = (struct perf_record_event_update_scale *)ev->data;
-		ret += fprintf(fp, "... scale: %f\n", ev_scale->scale);
+		ret += fprintf(fp, "... scale: %f\n", ev->scale.scale);
 		break;
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__UNIT:
-		ret += fprintf(fp, "... unit:  %s\n", ev->data);
+		ret += fprintf(fp, "... unit:  %s\n", ev->unit);
 		break;
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__NAME:
-		ret += fprintf(fp, "... name:  %s\n", ev->data);
+		ret += fprintf(fp, "... name:  %s\n", ev->name);
 		break;
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__CPUS:
-		ev_cpus = (struct perf_record_event_update_cpus *)ev->data;
 		ret += fprintf(fp, "... ");
 
-		map = cpu_map__new_data(&ev_cpus->cpus);
+		map = cpu_map__new_data(&ev->cpus.cpus);
 		if (map)
 			ret += cpu_map__fprintf(map, fp);
 		else
@@ -4374,8 +4370,6 @@ int perf_event__process_event_update(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 				     struct evlist **pevlist)
 {
 	struct perf_record_event_update *ev = &event->event_update;
-	struct perf_record_event_update_scale *ev_scale;
-	struct perf_record_event_update_cpus *ev_cpus;
 	struct evlist *evlist;
 	struct evsel *evsel;
 	struct perf_cpu_map *map;
@@ -4395,19 +4389,17 @@ int perf_event__process_event_update(struct perf_tool *tool __maybe_unused,
 	switch (ev->type) {
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__UNIT:
 		free((char *)evsel->unit);
-		evsel->unit = strdup(ev->data);
+		evsel->unit = strdup(ev->unit);
 		break;
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__NAME:
 		free(evsel->name);
-		evsel->name = strdup(ev->data);
+		evsel->name = strdup(ev->name);
 		break;
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__SCALE:
-		ev_scale = (struct perf_record_event_update_scale *)ev->data;
-		evsel->scale = ev_scale->scale;
+		evsel->scale = ev->scale.scale;
 		break;
 	case PERF_EVENT_UPDATE__CPUS:
-		ev_cpus = (struct perf_record_event_update_cpus *)ev->data;
-		map = cpu_map__new_data(&ev_cpus->cpus);
+		map = cpu_map__new_data(&ev->cpus.cpus);
 		if (map) {
 			perf_cpu_map__put(evsel->core.own_cpus);
 			evsel->core.own_cpus = map;