linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 05/10] powerpc/perf: IMC pmu cpumask and cpuhotplug support

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Message-ID: <20170511094022.38a32f2e@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:   Thu, 11 May 2017 09:40:22 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     Anju T Sudhakar <anju@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        stewart@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, ego@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        mikey@...ling.org, maddy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, eranian@...gle.com,
        hemant@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, Anton Blanchard <anton@...ba.org>,
        sukadev@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        dja@...ens.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 05/10] powerpc/perf: IMC pmu cpumask and cpuhotplug
 support

Hi,

On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:09:53 +0200 (CEST) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
>
> > +static void nest_change_cpu_context(int old_cpu, int new_cpu)
> > +{
> > +	int i;
> > +
> > +	for (i = 0;
> > +	     (per_nest_pmu_arr[i] != NULL) && (i < IMC_MAX_PMUS); i++)
> > +		perf_pmu_migrate_context(&per_nest_pmu_arr[i]->pmu,
> > +							old_cpu, new_cpu);  
> 
> Bah, this is horrible to read.
> 
> 	struct imc_pmu **pn = per_nest_pmu_arr;
> 	int i;
> 
> 	for (i = 0; *pn && i < IMC_MAX_PMUS; i++, pn++)
> 		perf_pmu_migrate_context(&(*pn)->pmu, old_cpu, new_cpu);

(Just a bit of bike shedding ...)

Or even (since "i" is not used any more):

	struct imc_pmu **pn;

	for (pn = per_nest_pmu_arr;
	     pn < &per_nest_pmu_arr[IMC_MAX_PMUS] && *pn;
	     pn++)
		perf_pmu_migrate_context(&(*pn)->pmu, old_cpu, new_cpu);

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell