linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf_event: cleanup for __perf_event_init

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Message-ID: <20091209083332.GA5152@nowhere>
Date:	Wed, 9 Dec 2009 09:33:34 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] perf_event: cleanup for __perf_event_init_context()

On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 11:28:13AM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> This is a cleanup patch and does:
> - define 'perf_cpu_context' variable with 'static'
> - using kzalloc() instead of kmalloc() and memset()
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
> ---


And perf_event_init_cpu() doesn't need it as it's supposed
to be statically zeroed already.

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>

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