linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] perf: Round robin groups of events using list_rotate

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Message-ID: <20100114122921.GD5033@nowhere>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:29:23 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] perf: Round robin groups of events using
	list_rotate_left()

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 01:25:22PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Sun, 2010-01-10 at 02:38 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:
> > This is more proper that doing it through a list_for_each_entry()
> > that breaks after the first entry.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
> > Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
> > Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
> > Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> > ---
> 
> > +	list_rotate_left(&ctx->pinned_groups);
> > +	list_rotate_left(&ctx->flexible_groups);
> 
> Just wondering, pinned events were supposed to be on the pmu at all
> times, right?


Yeah, but the previous version that was using a global
list rotated the whole. So, somehow to keep the same
bahaviour, I also rotate the pinned group, even
if it makes no sense :-)

But there is a subsequent patch in the same set
that removes the rotating of pinned groups.

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