linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf

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Date:	Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:13:49 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, paulus@...ba.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lizf@...fujitsu.com,
	xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
	hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf_event: Eliminate raw->size

On Mon, 2009-12-07 at 05:31 +0000, tip-bot for Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> Commit-ID:  f48f669d42e133db839af16656fd720107ef6742
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/f48f669d42e133db839af16656fd720107ef6742
> Author:     Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:04:04 +0800
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CommitDate: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 06:26:25 +0100
> 
> perf_event: Eliminate raw->size
> 
> raw->size is not used, this patch just cleans it up.

This patch feels wrong.. I would suspect it to be used to validate the
data parsing, like do we consume past the end and did we consume
everything.

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