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Re: [PATCH 09/11] perf tools: Propagate error info for the tracepoint parsing

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On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 02:20:52PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug, at 03:46:51PM, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > Pass 'struct parse_events_error *error' to the parse-event.c
> > tracepoint adding path. It will be filled with error data
> > in following patches.
> > 
> > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-las1hm5zf58b0twd27h9895b@git.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  tools/perf/util/parse-events.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++-----------
> >  tools/perf/util/parse-events.h |  3 ++-
> >  tools/perf/util/parse-events.y |  4 ++--
> >  3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> 
> Is there a reason you decided to go ahead with passing 'data->error'
> directly to the parsing functions instead of adding some global state
> for recording errors, like a globally accessible 'parse_events_error'?
> 
> Because I notice that if someone wanted to improve the breakpoint
> parsing code, they'd basically need to make the same changes you've
> made in this patch.

well, I dont see much benefit other than loosing one extra arg
and worrying about concurent access in the future.. but I might
have missed some

jirka
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[PATCH 09/11] perf tools: Propagate error info for the tracepoint parsing Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> - 2015-08-26 15:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 09/11] perf tools: Propagate error info for the  tracepoint parsing Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk> - 2015-08-28 15:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 09/11] perf tools: Propagate error info for the  tracepoint parsing Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2015-08-28 15:40 +0200

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