linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] perf, callchain: Add generic report parse callchain callback function

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Date:	Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:15:21 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
Cc:	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>, acme@...stprotocols.net,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jmario@...hat.com,
	fowles@...each.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] perf, callchain: Add generic report parse callchain callback function

Hi Jiri and Don,

On Sun, 6 Apr 2014 14:11:29 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 03:31:19PM -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
>> On Thu, Apr 03, 2014 at 02:57:32PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
>> > On Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:32:56 -0400, Don Zickus wrote:
>> > > This takes the parse_callchain_opt function and copies it into the
>> > > callchain.c file.  Now the c2c tool can use it too without duplicating.
>> > >
>> > > Signed-off-by: Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>
>> > > ---
>> > >  tools/perf/util/callchain.c | 83 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> > >  tools/perf/util/callchain.h |  1 +
>> > >  2 files changed, 84 insertions(+)
>> > >
>> > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
>> > > index 8d9db45..2320678 100644
>> > > --- a/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
>> > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/callchain.c
>> > > @@ -25,6 +25,89 @@
>> > >  
>> > >  __thread struct callchain_cursor callchain_cursor;
>> > >  
>> > > +int
>> > > +report_parse_callchain_opt(const char *arg)
>> > 
>> > As it eliminated any dependency to the report code, the name can omit
>> > 'report' as well.
>> 
>> Hmm, shrinking this down to 'parse_callchain_opt' seems to conflict with
>> builtin-top.c's defintion which is a wrapper around
>> record_parse_callchain_opt.
>> 
>> I can modify builtin-top.c's defintion to top_parse_callchain_opt, but do
>> we want to make the function parse_callchain_opt name more obvious that it is
>> for 'report' style parsing (which means it looks for the embedded
>> callchain flag)?  Vs. the record_parse_callchain_opt function, which is for
>> setting up the callchain flag?
>
> that sounds good to me.. (record|report)_parse_callchain_opt

Agreed.  Maybe parse_callchain_(record|report)_opt?

Thanks,
Namhyung
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