linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/18] perf sort: Compare addresses if no symbol info

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Message-ID: <87lhzhfgxd.fsf@sejong.aot.lge.com>
Date:	Thu, 19 Dec 2013 16:17:34 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung.kim@....com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Arun Sharma <asharma@...com>,
	Rodrigo Campos <rodrigo@...g.com.ar>,
	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/18] perf sort: Compare addresses if no symbol info

Hi Arnaldo,

On Wed, 18 Dec 2013 14:39:07 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 02:35:28PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
>> Em Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 04:38:49PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
>> > > +static int64_t _sort__addr_cmp(u64 left_ip, u64 right_ip)
>> > > +{
>> > > +	return (int64_t)(right_ip - left_ip);
>> > > +}
>> > > +
>> > 
>> > what's the reason for the leading '_' in the name?
>> 
>> Yeah, I'm curious as well, the convention is to only use double _ in
>> front of functions when it does a little less than a function of the
>> same name without such prefix, like locking, etc.
>> 
>> - Arnaldo
>>  
>> > otherwise:
>> > 
>> > Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
>
> Yeah, I'll apply it, it just keeps whatever convention that is there
> already.

Exactly.  It's not a top-level sort/compare function, hence the leading
'_', I guess.


> I'll take a stab at fixing it all up after merging this
> --whatever-the-cumulate-option-becomes new code :-)

Thank you!
Namhyung
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