linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf_events: add event constraints support for Intel processors

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Message-ID: <20091009135552.GA1695@elte.hu>
Date:	Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:55:52 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...glemail.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org,
	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, perfmon2-devel@...ts.sf.net,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] perf_events: add event constraints support for
	Intel processors


* Stephane Eranian <eranian@...glemail.com> wrote:

> +struct evt_cstr {
> +	unsigned long	idxmsk[BITS_TO_LONGS(X86_PMC_IDX_MAX)];
> +	int		code;
> +};
> +
> +#define EVT_CSTR0(c, m) { .code = (c), .idxmsk[0] = (m) }
> +#define EVT_CSTR_END  { .code = 0, .idxmsk[0] = 0 }
> +
> +#define for_each_evt_cstr(e, c) \
> +	for((e) = (c); (e)->idxmsk[0]; (e)++)

Nice patch - but the naming here absolutely sucked, so i changed 
evt_cstr, idxmsk, CSTR, etc. to something more palatable. Field names 
and abstractions in Linux code really need to be meaningful, and the 
code has to be readable and understandable. Wdntusabbrntslkthtinlnx :)

	Ingo
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