linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 01/15] perf tools: Add utility function to fetch executable

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Date:   Wed, 6 Mar 2019 13:08:29 -0800
From:   Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, jolsa@...nel.org,
        namhyung@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 01/15] perf tools: Add utility function to fetch
 executable

> . No need to cast around, make 'buf' be a void pointer
> 
> . Rename it to thread__memcpy() to reflect the fact it is about copying
>   a chunk of memory from a thread, i.e. from its address space.
> 
> . No need to have it in a separate object file, move it to thread.[ch]
> 
> . Check the return of map__load(), the original code didn't do it, but
>   since we're moving this around, check that as well, could be moved to
>   a separate patch tho.

Changes look good. Thanks Arnaldo.

-Andi