linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] perf/core,x86: introduce sync_task

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Date:   Mon, 21 Oct 2019 14:24:59 +0300
From:   Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] perf/core,x86: introduce sync_task_ctx() method at
 struct pmu


On 21.10.2019 13:27, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:42:44PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
>> index 61448c19a132..60bf17af69f0 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
>> @@ -409,6 +409,13 @@ struct pmu {
>>  	 */
>>  	size_t				task_ctx_size;
>>  
>> +	/*
>> +	 * PMU specific parts of task perf event context (i.e. ctx->task_ctx_data)
>> +	 * can be synchronized using this function. See Intel LBR callstack support
>> +	 * implementation and Perf core context switch handling callbacks for usage
>> +	 * examples.
> 
> You're forgetting to mark this: Optional

Fixed in v4.

> 
>> +	 */
> 
>> +	void (*sync_task_ctx)		(void *one, void *another);
> 
> The traditional argment names for context switching functions are prev
> and next.

Fixed in v4.

Thanks,
Alexey