linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] perf: use hweight64 instead of hweight

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Date:   Thu, 11 Apr 2019 15:40:29 +0800
From:   Mao Han <han_mao@...ky.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] perf: use hweight64 instead of hweight_long

On Wed, Apr 10, 2019 at 10:28:37AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > > You forgot to convert that one, doing it for you,
> > 
> > Also in perf_event__sample_event_size() we need to do the same thing,
> > right?
> 
> and perf_event__synthesize_sample()
> 
> Done, resulting patch is at the end of this messages, and matches the
> kernel, that uses only hweight64().
> 
> I've also added Fixes tags to the patches that used hweight_long() in
> various places, to help with the stable trees backporting process,
> please consider doing it next time.
> 
> - Arnaldo
>

Thanks for help improving the patch and the suggestion.
Tested with the new patch on C-SKY, seems work fine.

Mao Han