linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 2/2] perf cs-etm: Don't check cs_etm_queue::prev

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Date:   Sun, 28 Apr 2019 16:32:28 +0800
From:   Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Mathieu Poirier <mathieu.poirier@...aro.org>,
        Robert Walker <robert.walker@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Subject: [PATCH v1 2/2] perf cs-etm: Don't check cs_etm_queue::prev_packet validity

Since cs_etm_queue::prev_packet is allocated for all cases, it will
never be NULL pointer; now validity checking prev_packet is pointless,
remove all of them.

Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
---
 tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
index 054b480aab04..de488b43f440 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
@@ -979,7 +979,6 @@ static int cs_etm__sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 	 * PREV_PACKET is a branch.
 	 */
 	if (etm->synth_opts.last_branch &&
-	    etmq->prev_packet &&
 	    etmq->prev_packet->sample_type == CS_ETM_RANGE &&
 	    etmq->prev_packet->last_instr_taken_branch)
 		cs_etm__update_last_branch_rb(etmq);
@@ -1012,7 +1011,7 @@ static int cs_etm__sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 		etmq->period_instructions = instrs_over;
 	}
 
-	if (etm->sample_branches && etmq->prev_packet) {
+	if (etm->sample_branches) {
 		bool generate_sample = false;
 
 		/* Generate sample for tracing on packet */
@@ -1069,9 +1068,6 @@ static int cs_etm__flush(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq)
 	struct cs_etm_auxtrace *etm = etmq->etm;
 	struct cs_etm_packet *tmp;
 
-	if (!etmq->prev_packet)
-		return 0;
-
 	/* Handle start tracing packet */
 	if (etmq->prev_packet->sample_type == CS_ETM_EMPTY)
 		goto swap_packet;
-- 
2.17.1