linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2 03/14] perf tools: Remove redundant validation from perf_evlist__propagate

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Message-ID: <20150908065347.GA29167@krava.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 8 Sep 2015 08:53:47 +0200
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
Cc:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>, mingo@...nel.org,
	kan.liang@...el.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2 03/14] perf tools: Remove redundant validation from
 perf_evlist__propagate_maps

On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 05:27:45PM +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> The validation checks that the values that were just assigned, got
> assigned i.e. the error can't ever happen.  Subsequent patches will
> call this code in places where errors are not being returned.
> Changing those code paths to return this non-existent error is
> counter-productive, so just remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 18 ++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> index 9cb9296cc4f8..840d5210be72 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
> @@ -1103,8 +1103,8 @@ int perf_evlist__mmap(struct perf_evlist *evlist, unsigned int pages,
>  	return perf_evlist__mmap_ex(evlist, pages, overwrite, 0, false);
>  }
>  
> -static int perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
> -				       bool has_user_cpus)
> +static void perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
> +					bool has_user_cpus)
>  {
>  	struct perf_evsel *evsel;
>  
> @@ -1119,13 +1119,7 @@ static int perf_evlist__propagate_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
>  		}
>  
>  		evsel->threads = thread_map__get(evlist->threads);
> -
> -		if ((evlist->cpus && !evsel->cpus) ||
> -		    (evlist->threads && !evsel->threads))
> -			return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
> -
> -	return 0;
>  }
>  
>  int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
> @@ -1144,7 +1138,9 @@ int perf_evlist__create_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
>  	if (evlist->cpus == NULL)
>  		goto out_delete_threads;
>  
> -	return perf_evlist__propagate_maps(evlist, !!target->cpu_list);
> +	perf_evlist__propagate_maps(evlist, !!target->cpu_list);
> +
> +	return 0;
>  
>  out_delete_threads:
>  	thread_map__put(evlist->threads);
> @@ -1162,7 +1158,9 @@ int perf_evlist__set_maps(struct perf_evlist *evlist,
>  	thread_map__put(evlist->threads);
>  	evlist->threads = threads;
>  
> -	return perf_evlist__propagate_maps(evlist, false);
> +	perf_evlist__propagate_maps(evlist, false);
> +
> +	return 0;

perf_evlist__set_maps could now also return void

jirka
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