linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/uncore: Remove unnecessary check for uncore

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Date:   Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:36:36 +0100
From:   Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
To:     kan.liang@...ux.intel.com
Cc:     peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...nel.org, sashal@...nel.org,
        gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, pavel@...x.de,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf/x86/uncore: Remove unnecessary check for uncore_pmu

On Wed 2019-11-13 05:35:02, kan.liang@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> From: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> The uncore_pmu pointer in uncore_pmu_enable/disable() is from
> container_of, which never be NULL.
> 
> Remove the unnecessary check for uncore_pmu.
> 
> Fixes: 75be6f703a14 ("perf/x86/uncore: Fix event group support")
> Reported-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@...x.de>
> Signed-off-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org

Sorry, sent email too fast.

I agree this is good fix for mainline, but as the code is a tiny bit
ineffective but correct, I don't think we neccessarily need it in
stable.

Best regards,
							Pavel
							
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