linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V3 01/23] perf/x86: Support outputting XMM registers

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Date:   Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:47:41 +0100 (CET)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
cc:     peterz@...radead.org, acme@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jolsa@...nel.org, eranian@...gle.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 01/23] perf/x86: Support outputting XMM registers

On Tue, 26 Mar 2019, Liang, Kan wrote:
> On 3/25/2019 8:11 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> 
> -#define REG_RESERVED (~((1ULL << PERF_REG_X86_MAX) - 1ULL))
> +#define REG_RESERVED	0

What's the point of having this around?

>  int perf_reg_validate(u64 mask)
>  {
>  	if (!mask || mask & REG_RESERVED)
>  		return -EINVAL;

 mask & 0 == 0, right? So which bits are you checking here?

Thanks,

	tglx