linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/7] perf: add pipe-specific header read/write and event processing code

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Date:	Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:14:57 +0100
From:	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
To:	Tom Zanussi <tzanussi@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, rostedt@...dmis.org,
	k-keiichi@...jp.nec.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/7] perf: add pipe-specific header read/write and
	event processing code

On Wed, Mar 03, 2010 at 01:05:24AM -0600, Tom Zanussi wrote:
>  
> +int perf_header__write_pipe(struct perf_header *self, int fd)
> +{
> +	struct perf_file_header_pipe f_header;
> +	int err;
> +
> +	f_header = (struct perf_file_header_pipe){
> +		.magic	   = PERF_MAGIC,
> +		.size	   = sizeof(f_header),
> +	};
> +
> +	err = do_write(fd, &f_header, sizeof(f_header));
> +	if (err < 0) {
> +		pr_debug("failed to write perf pipe header\n");
> +		return err;
> +	}
> +
> +	self->frozen = 1;
> +	return 0;
> +}



I actually wonder why you bother with a header in the pipe mode,
since it only contains MAGIC and its size.

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