linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] perf annotate: Remove privsize from symbol_

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Date:   Mon, 3 Feb 2020 14:30:04 +0100
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Ravi Bangoria <ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <arnaldo.melo@...il.com>,
        namhyung@...nel.org, irogers@...gle.com, songliubraving@...com,
        yao.jin@...ux.intel.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] perf annotate: Remove privsize from
 symbol__annotate() args

On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 10:24:29AM +0530, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> 
> 
> On 1/30/20 4:46 PM, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 01:34:27PM +0530, Ravi Bangoria escreveu:
> > > privsize is passed as 0 from all the symbol__annotate() callers.
> > > Remove it from argument list.
> > 
> > Right, trying to figure out when was it that this became unnecessary to
> > see if this in fact is hiding some other problem...
> > 
> > It all starts in the following change, re-reading those patches...
> > 
> > - Arnaldo
> > 
> 
> Ok, I just had a quick look at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20171011194323.GI3503@kernel.org/
> 
> This change was for python annotation support which, I guess, Jiri didn't posted
> the patches? Jiri, are you planning to post them?

yea, as I wrote in another reply, this came in as preparation
to support python code lines, which still did not get in ;-)

also I replied that this way is probably even better for that,
so that's why I'm ok with the change

jirka