linux-kernel - [PATCH 15/46] perf tools: Only validate is

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Message-ID: <1456479154-136027-16-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com>
Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:32:03 +0000
From:	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
To:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
CC:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Li Zefan <lizefan@...wei.com>,
	"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>, <pi3orama@....com>,
	Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 15/46] perf tools: Only validate is_pos for tracking evsels

is_pos only useful for tracking events (fork, mmap, exit, ...).
Perf collects those events through evsel with 'tracking' set.
Therefore, there's no need to validate every is_pos against
evlist->is_pos.

With this commit, kernel can safely put something at the end of
a record. For example, PERF_SAMPLE_TAILSIZE [1]. However, since
we have dropped TAILSIZE, this commit is not mandatory, just
making code robust if someone implements similar things in their
private kernel.

[1] http://lkml.kernel.org/g/1449063499-236703-1-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@...wei.com>
Signed-off-by: He Kuang <hekuang@...wei.com>
Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@...wei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@....com
---
 tools/perf/util/evlist.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index 86a0383..227950b 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -1277,8 +1277,15 @@ bool perf_evlist__valid_sample_type(struct perf_evlist *evlist)
 		return false;
 
 	evlist__for_each(evlist, pos) {
-		if (pos->id_pos != evlist->id_pos ||
-		    pos->is_pos != evlist->is_pos)
+		if (pos->id_pos != evlist->id_pos)
+			return false;
+		/*
+		 * Only tracking events needs is_pos. Those events are
+		 * collected if evsel->tracking is selected.
+		 * For other evsel, is_pos is useless, so skip
+		 * validating them.
+		 */
+		if (pos->tracking && pos->is_pos != evlist->is_pos)
 			return false;
 	}
 
-- 
1.8.3.4