linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] perf/x86: add cross-HT counter exclusion infrastructure

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:07:12 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, kan.liang@...el.com, bp@...en8.de,
	maria.n.dimakopoulou@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 05/12] perf/x86: add cross-HT counter exclusion
 infrastructure

On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 06:34:39PM +0200, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> From: Maria Dimakopoulou <maria.n.dimakopoulou@...il.com>
> 

SNIP

> +struct intel_excl_cntrs *allocate_excl_cntrs(int cpu)
> +{
> +	struct intel_excl_cntrs *c;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	c = kzalloc_node(sizeof(struct intel_excl_cntrs),
> +			 GFP_KERNEL, cpu_to_node(cpu));
> +	if (c) {
> +		spin_lock_init(&c->lock);
> +		for (i = 0; i < X86_PMC_IDX_MAX; i++) {
> +			c->states[0].state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;
> +			c->states[0].init_state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;
> +
> +			c->states[1].state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;
> +			c->states[1].init_state[i] = INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED;

'c' is allocated with kzalloc_node, seems there's no need
to re-initialize states it to zero again with INTEL_EXCL_UNUSED

jirka
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