linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf tools: Add machine pointer into thread struct

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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:17:43 +0900
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Don Zickus <dzickus@...hat.com>,
	Corey Ashford <cjashfor@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
	David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] perf tools: Add machine pointer into thread struct

Hi Arnaldo,

On Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:16:12 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 03:00:05PM +0100, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
>> Need machine pointer in thread object, so we could
>> lookup the process thread in following patch.
>
> Can't we use the already existing thread->mg.machine for that?

It needs to know the machine when ->mg is not allocated yet.

That means we can now get rid of the mg->machine?

Thanks,
Namhyung
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