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-rw-r--r--tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c2
-rw-r--r--tools/perf/util/evsel.c12
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
index 32873ec91a4e..cf00ebad2ef5 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/task-exit.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ int test__task_exit(int subtest __maybe_unused)
evsel = perf_evlist__first(evlist);
evsel->attr.task = 1;
- evsel->attr.sample_freq = 0;
+ evsel->attr.sample_freq = 1;
evsel->attr.inherit = 0;
evsel->attr.watermark = 0;
evsel->attr.wakeup_events = 1;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index e4f7902d5afa..cda44b0e821c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -273,8 +273,20 @@ struct perf_evsel *perf_evsel__new_cycles(void)
struct perf_evsel *evsel;
event_attr_init(&attr);
+ /*
+ * Unnamed union member, not supported as struct member named
+ * initializer in older compilers such as gcc 4.4.7
+ *
+ * Just for probing the precise_ip:
+ */
+ attr.sample_period = 1;
perf_event_attr__set_max_precise_ip(&attr);
+ /*
+ * Now let the usual logic to set up the perf_event_attr defaults
+ * to kick in when we return and before perf_evsel__open() is called.
+ */
+ attr.sample_period = 0;
evsel = perf_evsel__new(&attr);
if (evsel == NULL)