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Message-ID: <d36acf6a-1505-459d-b392-be0fc952ad08@intel.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 20:44:50 +0300
From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>
To: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
 Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
 Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
 Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>, Kan Liang <kan.liang@...ux.intel.com>,
 John Garry <john.g.garry@...cle.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
 James Clark <james.clark@....com>, Mike Leach <mike.leach@...aro.org>,
 Leo Yan <leo.yan@...ux.dev>, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
 Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...ilicon.com>,
 Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@...wei.com>,
 Nick Terrell <terrelln@...com>, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
 Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
 Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>, Song Liu <song@...nel.org>,
 Ilkka Koskinen <ilkka@...amperecomputing.com>,
 Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>, Yanteng Si <siyanteng@...ngson.cn>,
 Sun Haiyong <sunhaiyong@...ngson.cn>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/27] perf auxevent: Zero size dummy tool

In subject: "auxevent" -> "auxtrace"

On 26/06/24 23:36, Ian Rogers wrote:
> The dummy tool is passed as a placeholder to allow a container_of to
> get additional parameters. As the tool isn't used, make it a zero
> sized array saving 320 bytes on an x86_64 build.
> 
> s390-cpumsf's dummy tool struct was unused, so remove.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c     | 6 +++---
>  tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c      | 6 +++---
>  tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c   | 6 +++---
>  tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c    | 7 +++----
>  tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c | 5 -----
>  5 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
> index afbd5869f6bf..ee0d5064ddd4 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/arm-spe.c
> @@ -1074,8 +1074,8 @@ static void arm_spe_print_info(__u64 *arr)
>  }
>  
>  struct arm_spe_synth {
> -	struct perf_tool dummy_tool;
>  	struct perf_session *session;
> +	struct perf_tool dummy_tool[0];

[] is preferred to [0]

>  };
>  
>  static int arm_spe_event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
> @@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ static int arm_spe_event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
>  			       struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
>  {
>  	struct arm_spe_synth *arm_spe_synth =
> -		      container_of(tool, struct arm_spe_synth, dummy_tool);
> +		      container_of(tool, struct arm_spe_synth, dummy_tool[0]);
>  
>  	return perf_session__deliver_synth_event(arm_spe_synth->session,
>  						 event, NULL);
> @@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ static int arm_spe_synth_event(struct perf_session *session,
>  	memset(&arm_spe_synth, 0, sizeof(struct arm_spe_synth));
>  	arm_spe_synth.session = session;
>  
> -	return perf_event__synthesize_attr(&arm_spe_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,
> +	return perf_event__synthesize_attr(arm_spe_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,

Passing a pointer to an object that doesn't exist there is NAK IMO

It would be better to just write another version of
perf_event__synthesize_attr().

>  					   &id, arm_spe_event_synth);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> index 32818bd7cd17..9fd2967d4e3f 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/cs-etm.c
> @@ -1596,8 +1596,8 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_branch_sample(struct cs_etm_queue *etmq,
>  }
>  
>  struct cs_etm_synth {
> -	struct perf_tool dummy_tool;
>  	struct perf_session *session;
> +	struct perf_tool dummy_tool[0];
>  };
>  
>  static int cs_etm__event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
> @@ -1606,7 +1606,7 @@ static int cs_etm__event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
>  			       struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
>  {
>  	struct cs_etm_synth *cs_etm_synth =
> -		      container_of(tool, struct cs_etm_synth, dummy_tool);
> +		      container_of(tool, struct cs_etm_synth, dummy_tool[0]);
>  
>  	return perf_session__deliver_synth_event(cs_etm_synth->session,
>  						 event, NULL);
> @@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ static int cs_etm__synth_event(struct perf_session *session,
>  	memset(&cs_etm_synth, 0, sizeof(struct cs_etm_synth));
>  	cs_etm_synth.session = session;
>  
> -	return perf_event__synthesize_attr(&cs_etm_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,
> +	return perf_event__synthesize_attr(cs_etm_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,
>  					   &id, cs_etm__event_synth);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
> index ec1b3bd9f530..fb8fec3a3c36 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-bts.c
> @@ -738,8 +738,8 @@ static bool intel_bts_evsel_is_auxtrace(struct perf_session *session,
>  }
>  
>  struct intel_bts_synth {
> -	struct perf_tool dummy_tool;
>  	struct perf_session *session;
> +	struct perf_tool dummy_tool[0];
>  };
>  
>  static int intel_bts_event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
> @@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ static int intel_bts_event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
>  				 struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
>  {
>  	struct intel_bts_synth *intel_bts_synth =
> -			container_of(tool, struct intel_bts_synth, dummy_tool);
> +			container_of(tool, struct intel_bts_synth, dummy_tool[0]);
>  
>  	return perf_session__deliver_synth_event(intel_bts_synth->session,
>  						 event, NULL);
> @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static int intel_bts_synth_event(struct perf_session *session,
>  	memset(&intel_bts_synth, 0, sizeof(struct intel_bts_synth));
>  	intel_bts_synth.session = session;
>  
> -	return perf_event__synthesize_attr(&intel_bts_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,
> +	return perf_event__synthesize_attr(intel_bts_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,
>  					   &id, intel_bts_event_synth);
>  }
>  
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
> index d6d7b7512505..b8b90773baa2 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt.c
> @@ -3660,8 +3660,8 @@ static int intel_pt_queue_data(struct perf_session *session,
>  }
>  
>  struct intel_pt_synth {
> -	struct perf_tool dummy_tool;
>  	struct perf_session *session;
> +	struct perf_tool dummy_tool[0];
>  };
>  
>  static int intel_pt_event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
> @@ -3670,7 +3670,7 @@ static int intel_pt_event_synth(struct perf_tool *tool,
>  				struct machine *machine __maybe_unused)
>  {
>  	struct intel_pt_synth *intel_pt_synth =
> -			container_of(tool, struct intel_pt_synth, dummy_tool);
> +			container_of(tool, struct intel_pt_synth, dummy_tool[0]);
>  
>  	return perf_session__deliver_synth_event(intel_pt_synth->session, event,
>  						 NULL);
> @@ -3687,8 +3687,7 @@ static int intel_pt_synth_event(struct perf_session *session, const char *name,
>  
>  	memset(&intel_pt_synth, 0, sizeof(struct intel_pt_synth));
>  	intel_pt_synth.session = session;
> -
> -	err = perf_event__synthesize_attr(&intel_pt_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,
> +	err = perf_event__synthesize_attr(intel_pt_synth.dummy_tool, attr, 1,
>  					  &id, intel_pt_event_synth);
>  	if (err)
>  		pr_err("%s: failed to synthesize '%s' event type\n",
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c b/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
> index 6fe478b0b61b..4ec583e511af 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/s390-cpumsf.c
> @@ -952,11 +952,6 @@ s390_cpumsf_process_event(struct perf_session *session,
>  	return err;
>  }
>  
> -struct s390_cpumsf_synth {
> -	struct perf_tool cpumsf_tool;
> -	struct perf_session *session;
> -};

Should really be a separate patch

> -
>  static int
>  s390_cpumsf_process_auxtrace_event(struct perf_session *session,
>  				   union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,


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