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Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] perf: generalize perf_callchain

From Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] perf: generalize perf_callchain
Date 2016-02-25 17:50 +0100
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On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 07:58:57PM -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> +static inline int perf_callchain_store(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry, u64 ip)
>  {
> +	if (entry->nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
>  		entry->ip[entry->nr++] = ip;
> +		return 0;
> +	} else {
> +		return -1; /* no more room, stop walking the stack */
> +	}
>  }

Why 0 and -1 ?

What's wrong with something like:

static inline bool perf_callchain_store(struct perf_callchain_entry *entry, u64 ip)
{
	if (entry->nr < PERF_MAX_STACK_DEPTH) {
		entry->ip[entry->nr++] = ip;
		return true;
	}
	return false;
}

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Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] perf: generalize perf_callchain Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2016-02-25 17:50 +0100
  Re: [PATCH net-next 1/3] perf: generalize perf_callchain Alexei Starovoitov <ast@fb.com> - 2016-02-25 18:30 +0100

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