linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL 00/21] perf/core improvements and fixes

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Date:	Tue, 10 Dec 2013 16:05:38 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ben Cheng <bccheng@...gle.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Dongsheng Yang <yangds.fnst@...fujitsu.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Mike Galbraith <efault@....de>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL 00/21] perf/core improvements and fixes


* Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net> wrote:

> Em Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 01:18:01PM +0100, Ingo Molnar escreveu:
> > 
> > * Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > -void dso__set_short_name(struct dso *dso, const char *name)
> > > +void dso__set_short_name(struct dso *dso, const char *name, bool sname_alloc)
> > >  {
> > >  	if (name == NULL)
> > >  		return;
> > > +	if (dso->sname_alloc)
> > > +		free((char *)dso->short_name);
> > > +	dso->sname_alloc = sname_alloc;
> > 
> > Calling the function option the same as the field name is asking for 
> > trouble - I'd suggest 'new_sname_alloc' for the parameter, or so.
> > 
> > And I'd also remove the 'const' from struct dso::short_name, it 
> > probably does not help code generation, because 'dso' is passed in as 
> > const in all the non-lifetime methods anyway.
>  
> > That way the cast can be dropped from the free().
> 
> Not that simple, there are multiple places that pass a constant
> short_name, for instance:
> 
> 	machine__get_kernel()
>                 kernel = dso__kernel_findnew(machine, vmlinux_name,
> 					     "[kernel]", DSO_TYPE_KERNEL);
> 			dso__set_short_name(dso, short_name);
> 
> So dso->short_name will point to "[kernel]", which is a const char *.

Okay, I guess the free() cast is fine then.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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