linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] ftrace perf: Use ftrace

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Message-ID: <20160324094711.GB8893@krava.brq.redhat.com>
Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2016 10:47:11 +0100
From:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] ftrace perf: Use ftrace_ops::private to store event
 pointer

On Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 03:26:53PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 03:34:31PM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > Fixing this by using ftrace_ops::private value to keep
> > the perf_event pointer. This way we don't need to search
> > for triggered event (as tracepoint handler does) and
> > directly store sample.
> 
> container_of(ops, struct perf_event, ftrace_ops) would also have worked,
> right?

yes, I think that would work too

jirka