Re: [PATCH 2/4] perf_event: fix getting point

[Frederic Weisbecker]

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 09:03:47AM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> >> @@ -1919,13 +1919,32 @@ raw_field_value(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
> >>  
> >>  void *raw_field_ptr(struct event *event, const char *name, void *data)
> >>  {
> >> +	void *ptr;
> >> +	unsigned long long value;
> >> +
> >> +	value = raw_field_value(event, name, data);
> >> +
> >> +	if (!value)
> >> +		return NULL;
> >> +
> >> +	memcpy(&ptr, &value, sizeof(ptr));
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Could you perhaps just do
> > 
> > ptr = (void *)value; ?
> > 
> 
> We can't do it in x86_32:
> error: cast to pointer from integer of different size


You can just do:

ptr = (void *)(unsigned long)value;

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