perf evlist: Adopt the pollfd array

index 252ace8..1614d89 100644
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ static struct perf_evlist	*evsel_list;
 static long			samples				=      0;
 static u64			bytes_written			=      0;
 
-static struct pollfd		*event_array;
-
-static int			nr_poll				=      0;
 static int			nr_cpu				=      0;
 
 static int			file_new			=      1;

@@ -432,9 +429,9 @@ try_again:
 				exit(-1);
 			}
 
-			event_array[nr_poll].fd = FD(evsel, nr_cpu, thread_index);
-			event_array[nr_poll].events = POLLIN;
-			nr_poll++;
+			evlist->pollfd[evlist->nr_fds].fd = FD(evsel, nr_cpu, thread_index);
+			evlist->pollfd[evlist->nr_fds].events = POLLIN;
+			evlist->nr_fds++;
 		}
 
 		if (filter != NULL) {

@@ -793,7 +790,7 @@ static int __cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv)
 		if (hits == samples) {
 			if (done)
 				break;
-			err = poll(event_array, nr_poll, -1);
+			err = poll(evsel_list->pollfd, evsel_list->nr_fds, -1);
 			waking++;
 		}
 

@@ -948,9 +945,8 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		if (perf_header__push_event(pos->attr.config, event_name(pos)))
 			goto out_free_fd;
 	}
-	event_array = malloc((sizeof(struct pollfd) * MAX_NR_CPUS *
-			      MAX_COUNTERS * threads->nr));
-	if (!event_array)
+
+	if (perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(evsel_list, cpus->nr, threads->nr) < 0)
 		goto out_free_fd;
 
 	if (user_interval != ULLONG_MAX)

@@ -968,13 +964,11 @@ int cmd_record(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 	} else {
 		fprintf(stderr, "frequency and count are zero, aborting\n");
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_free_event_array;
+		goto out_free_fd;
 	}
 
 	err = __cmd_record(argc, argv);
 
-out_free_event_array:
-	free(event_array);
 out_free_fd:
 	thread_map__delete(threads);
 	threads = NULL;

index 216b62e..1bc4652 100644
@@ -1193,8 +1193,6 @@ static void perf_session__mmap_read_counter(struct perf_session *self,
 	md->prev = old;
 }
 
-static struct pollfd *event_array;
-
 static void perf_session__mmap_read(struct perf_session *self)
 {
 	struct perf_evsel *counter;

@@ -1212,10 +1210,10 @@ static void perf_session__mmap_read(struct perf_session *self)
 	}
 }
 
-int nr_poll;
 int group_fd;
 
-static void start_counter(int i, struct perf_evsel *evsel)
+static void start_counter(int i, struct perf_evlist *evlist,
+			  struct perf_evsel *evsel)
 {
 	struct xyarray *mmap_array = evsel->priv;
 	struct mmap_data *mm;

@@ -1281,9 +1279,9 @@ try_again:
 		if (group && group_fd == -1)
 			group_fd = FD(evsel, i, thread_index);
 
-		event_array[nr_poll].fd = FD(evsel, i, thread_index);
-		event_array[nr_poll].events = POLLIN;
-		nr_poll++;
+		evlist->pollfd[evlist->nr_fds].fd = FD(evsel, i, thread_index);
+		evlist->pollfd[evlist->nr_fds].events = POLLIN;
+		evlist->nr_fds++;
 
 		mm = xyarray__entry(mmap_array, i, thread_index);
 		mm->prev = 0;

@@ -1316,11 +1314,11 @@ static int __cmd_top(void)
 	for (i = 0; i < cpus->nr; i++) {
 		group_fd = -1;
 		list_for_each_entry(counter, &evsel_list->entries, node)
-			start_counter(i, counter);
+			start_counter(i, evsel_list, counter);
 	}
 
 	/* Wait for a minimal set of events before starting the snapshot */
-	poll(&event_array[0], nr_poll, 100);
+	poll(evsel_list->pollfd, evsel_list->nr_fds, 100);
 
 	perf_session__mmap_read(session);
 

@@ -1345,7 +1343,7 @@ static int __cmd_top(void)
 		perf_session__mmap_read(session);
 
 		if (hits == samples)
-			ret = poll(event_array, nr_poll, 100);
+			ret = poll(evsel_list->pollfd, evsel_list->nr_fds, 100);
 	}
 
 	return 0;

@@ -1426,11 +1424,6 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		usage_with_options(top_usage, options);
 	}
 
-	event_array = malloc((sizeof(struct pollfd) *
-			      MAX_NR_CPUS * MAX_COUNTERS * threads->nr));
-	if (!event_array)
-		return -ENOMEM;
-
 	/* CPU and PID are mutually exclusive */
 	if (target_tid > 0 && cpu_list) {
 		printf("WARNING: PID switch overriding CPU\n");

@@ -1480,6 +1473,9 @@ int cmd_top(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
 		pos->attr.sample_period = default_interval;
 	}
 
+	if (perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(evsel_list, cpus->nr, threads->nr) < 0)
+		goto out_free_fd;
+
 	sym_evsel = list_entry(evsel_list->entries.next, struct perf_evsel, node);
 
 	symbol_conf.priv_size = (sizeof(struct sym_entry) +

index 7b4faec..2abf949 100644
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <poll.h>
 #include "evlist.h"
 #include "evsel.h"
 #include "util.h"

@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ static void perf_evlist__purge(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 void perf_evlist__delete(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 {
 	perf_evlist__purge(evlist);
+	free(evlist->pollfd);
 	free(evlist);
 }
 

@@ -51,3 +53,10 @@ int perf_evlist__add_default(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 	perf_evlist__add(evlist, evsel);
 	return 0;
 }
+
+int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int ncpus, int nthreads)
+{
+	int nfds = ncpus * nthreads * evlist->nr_entries;
+	evlist->pollfd = malloc(sizeof(struct pollfd) * nfds);
+	return evlist->pollfd != NULL ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+}

index 48db91a..a7d7e12 100644
@@ -3,9 +3,13 @@
 
 #include <linux/list.h>
 
+struct pollfd;
+
 struct perf_evlist {
 	struct list_head entries;
 	int		 nr_entries;
+	int		 nr_fds;
+	struct pollfd	 *pollfd;
 };
 
 struct perf_evsel;

@@ -16,4 +20,6 @@ void perf_evlist__delete(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__add(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct perf_evsel *entry);
 int perf_evlist__add_default(struct perf_evlist *evlist);
 
+int perf_evlist__alloc_pollfd(struct perf_evlist *evlist, int ncpus, int nthreads);
+
 #endif /* __PERF_EVLIST_H */