linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] perf stat: Helper functions for PCIe root ports list in iostat mode

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Date:   Mon, 1 Feb 2021 20:55:42 +0300
From:   Alexander Antonov <alexander.antonov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
Cc:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/5] perf stat: Helper functions for PCIe root ports
 list in iostat mode


On 1/29/2021 11:26 AM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 5:06 PM Alexander Antonov
> <alexander.antonov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> Introduce helper functions to control PCIe root ports list.
>> These helpers will be used in the follow-up patch.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexander Antonov <alexander.antonov@...ux.intel.com>
>> ---
> [SNIP]
>> +static int iio_root_ports_list_insert(struct iio_root_ports_list *list,
>> +                                     struct iio_root_port * const rp)
>> +{
>> +       struct iio_root_port **tmp_buf;
>> +
>> +       if (list && rp) {
>> +               rp->idx = list->nr_entries++;
>> +               /* One more for NULL.*/
>> +               tmp_buf = realloc(list->rps,
>> +                                 (list->nr_entries + 1) * sizeof(*list->rps));
> Why is this +1 needed since you already have the number of
> entries in the list?
>
> Thanks,
> Namhyung

Hello,

My first approach for iteration through root ports list was using 
NULL-terminated array.
And seems like I just forgot to remove this code. I will fix it.

Thank you,
Alexander

>
>> +               if (!tmp_buf) {
>> +                       pr_err("Failed to realloc memory\n");
>> +                       return -ENOMEM;
>> +               }
>> +               tmp_buf[rp->idx] = rp;
>> +               tmp_buf[list->nr_entries] = NULL;
>> +               list->rps = tmp_buf;
>> +       }
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> --
>> 2.19.1
>>