linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] libperf: Add evsel mmap support

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Message-ID: <CAL_JsqKv2rpMrbYu4Dzq9jsmUGiZyJHzi8MOJMqbRnRbzcrc9w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:09:28 -0500
From:   Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>
Cc:     Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] libperf: Add evsel mmap support

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 2:37 PM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<acme@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Em Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 04:14:31AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:23 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
> > <acme@...nel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Em Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 03:02:08PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> > > > Em Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 01:41:35AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:07 AM Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org> wrote:
> > > > > > +void *perf_evsel__mmap_base(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread)
> > > > > > +{
> > > > > > +       if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0 || MMAP(evsel, cpu, thread) == NULL)
> > > > > > +               return NULL;
> > > > >
> > > > > I think you should check the cpu and the thread is in
> > > > > a valid range.  Currently xyarray__entry() simply accesses
> > > > > the content without checking the boundaries.
> > > >
> > > > So, since xyarray has the bounds, it should check it, i.e. we need to
> > > > have a __xyarray__entry() that is what xyarray__entry() does, i.e.
> > > > assume the values have been bounds checked, then a new method,
> > > > xyarray__entry() that does bounds check, if it fails, return NULL,
> > > > otherwise calls __xyarray__entry().
> > > >
> > > > I see this is frustrating and I should've chimed in earlier, but at
> > > > least now this is getting traction, and the end result will be better
> > > > not just for the feature you've been dilligently working on,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your persistence,
> > >
> > > Re-reading, yeah, this can be done in a separate patch, Namhyung, can I
> > > have your Reviewed-by? That or an Acked-by?
> >
> > Sure, for the series:
> >
> > Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
>
> Ok, b4 failed on it, probably some missing Reply to, so I'll apply it by
> hand:

That's my fault. A duplicate message-id is the issue. git-send-email
died after patch 1/4 (can't say I've ever had that happen). So in my
attempt to manually resend 2-4, I was off by 1 in the message-id and
duplicated patch 1's message-id. I should have just resent the whole
thing.

Rob