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Re: [PATCH 16/48] perf core: Add backward attribute to perf event

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On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 02:08:50PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 09:10:43AM +0000, Wang Nan wrote:
> 
> SNIP
> 
> > +	if (is_write_backward(output_event) != is_write_backward(event))
> > +		goto out;
> > +
> > +	/*
> >  	 * If both events generate aux data, they must be on the same PMU
> >  	 */
> >  	if (has_aux(event) && has_aux(output_event) &&
> > diff --git a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> > index 37c11c6..80b1fa7 100644
> > --- a/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> > +++ b/kernel/events/ring_buffer.c
> > @@ -233,6 +233,8 @@ out:
> >  int perf_output_begin(struct perf_output_handle *handle,
> >  		      struct perf_event *event, unsigned int size)
> >  {
> > +	if (unlikely(is_write_backward(event)))
> > +		return __perf_output_begin(handle, event, size, true);
> >  	return __perf_output_begin(handle, event, size, false);
> 
> could this be just:
> 	return __perf_output_begin(handle, event, size,
> 				   is_write_backward(event))
> 
> also not sure if it's worth to have __perf_output_begin
> if the only difference to perf_output_begin is 'backward'
> argument that could be figured out from the event argument
> anyway

nevermind my second comment, just saw it being used also in next patches ;-)

jirka

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Re: [PATCH 16/48] perf core: Add backward attribute to perf event Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-02-24 14:10 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 16/48] perf core: Add backward attribute to perf event Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> - 2016-02-24 14:30 +0100

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