Merge branch 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull perf fixes and cleanups from Ingo Molnar:
 "A kernel fix plus mostly tooling fixes, but also some tooling
  restructuring and cleanups"

* 'perf-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: (39 commits)
  perf: Fix building warning on ARM 32
  perf symbols: Fix use after free in filename__read_build_id
  perf evlist: Use roundup_pow_of_two
  tools: Adopt roundup_pow_of_two
  perf tools: Make the mmap length autotuning more robust
  tools: Adopt rounddown_pow_of_two and deps
  tools: Adopt fls_long and deps
  tools: Move bitops.h from tools/perf/util to tools/
  tools: Introduce asm-generic/bitops.h
  tools lib: Move asm-generic/bitops/find.h code to tools/include and tools/lib
  tools: Whitespace prep patches for moving bitops.h
  tools: Move code originally from asm-generic/atomic.h into tools/include/asm-generic/
  tools: Move code originally from linux/log2.h to tools/include/linux/
  tools: Move __ffs implementation to tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__ffs.h
  perf evlist: Do not use hard coded value for a mmap_pages default
  perf trace: Let the perf_evlist__mmap autosize the number of pages to use
  perf evlist: Improve the strerror_mmap method
  perf evlist: Clarify sterror_mmap variable names
  perf evlist: Fixup brown paper bag on "hint" for --mmap-pages cmdline arg
  perf trace: Provide a better explanation when mmap fails
  ...

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index cf69325b985f..8acd0df88b5c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -137,16 +137,7 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts)
 
 static int get_max_rate(unsigned int *rate)
 {
-	char path[PATH_MAX];
-	const char *procfs = procfs__mountpoint();
-
-	if (!procfs)
-		return -1;
-
-	snprintf(path, PATH_MAX,
-		 "%s/sys/kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate", procfs);
-
-	return filename__read_int(path, (int *) rate);
+	return sysctl__read_int("kernel/perf_event_max_sample_rate", (int *)rate);
 }
 
 static int record_opts__config_freq(struct record_opts *opts)