linux-kernel - [tip: perf/core] perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init

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Message-ID: <175627712412.1920.4086929344484646307.tip-bot2@tip-bot2>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 06:45:24 -0000
From: "tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
 "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
 "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
 Namhyung Kim <Namhyung@...nel.org>, Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
 x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [tip: perf/core] perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument

The following commit has been merged into the perf/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     e649bcda25b5ae1a30a182cc450f928a0b282c93
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/e649bcda25b5ae1a30a182cc450f928a0b282c93
Author:        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
AuthorDate:    Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:03:39 -04:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:51:12 +02:00

perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument

The 'init_nr' argument has double duty: it's used to initialize both the
number of contexts and the number of stack entries.  That's confusing
and the callers always pass zero anyway.  Hard code the zero.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <Namhyung@...nel.org>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250820180428.259565081@kernel.org
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h |  2 +-
 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c      |  4 ++--
 kernel/events/callchain.c  | 12 ++++++------
 kernel/events/core.c       |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index bfbf9ea..fd1d910 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct perf_callchain_entry, perf_callchain_entry);
 extern void perf_callchain_user(struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx *entry, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx *entry, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern struct perf_callchain_entry *
-get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
+get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, bool kernel, bool user,
 		   u32 max_stack, bool crosstask, bool add_mark);
 extern int get_callchain_buffers(int max_stack);
 extern void put_callchain_buffers(void);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
index 3615c06..ec3a57a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_get_stackid, struct pt_regs *, regs, struct bpf_map *, map,
 	if (max_depth > sysctl_perf_event_max_stack)
 		max_depth = sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
 
-	trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, 0, kernel, user, max_depth,
+	trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
 				   false, false);
 
 	if (unlikely(!trace))
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
 	else if (kernel && task)
 		trace = get_callchain_entry_for_task(task, max_depth);
 	else
-		trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, 0, kernel, user, max_depth,
+		trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
 					   crosstask, false);
 
 	if (unlikely(!trace) || trace->nr < skip) {
diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index 6c83ad6..b0f5bd2 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void fixup_uretprobe_trampoline_entries(struct perf_callchain_entry *entr
 }
 
 struct perf_callchain_entry *
-get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
+get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, bool kernel, bool user,
 		   u32 max_stack, bool crosstask, bool add_mark)
 {
 	struct perf_callchain_entry *entry;
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
 	if (!entry)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ctx.entry     = entry;
-	ctx.max_stack = max_stack;
-	ctx.nr	      = entry->nr = init_nr;
-	ctx.contexts       = 0;
-	ctx.contexts_maxed = false;
+	ctx.entry		= entry;
+	ctx.max_stack		= max_stack;
+	ctx.nr			= entry->nr = 0;
+	ctx.contexts		= 0;
+	ctx.contexts_maxed	= false;
 
 	if (kernel && !user_mode(regs)) {
 		if (add_mark)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index ea35704..bade8e0 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8210,7 +8210,7 @@ perf_callchain(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (!kernel && !user)
 		return &__empty_callchain;
 
-	callchain = get_perf_callchain(regs, 0, kernel, user,
+	callchain = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user,
 				       max_stack, crosstask, true);
 	return callchain ?: &__empty_callchain;
 }