netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] bpf: Implement function bpf_perf_event_read() that get the selected hardware PMU conuter

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Message-ID: <55C0FC83.10504@plumgrid.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Aug 2015 10:55:15 -0700
From:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>
To:	Kaixu Xia <xiakaixu@...wei.com>, davem@...emloft.net,
	acme@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl,
	masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com, jolsa@...nel.org,
	daniel@...earbox.net
Cc:	wangnan0@...wei.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	pi3orama@....com, hekuang@...wei.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] bpf: Implement function bpf_perf_event_read() that
 get the selected hardware PMU conuter

On 8/4/15 1:58 AM, Kaixu Xia wrote:
> +static int check_func_limit(struct bpf_map **mapp, int func_id)

how about 'check_map_func_compatibility' or 'check_map_func_affinity' ?

> +{
> +	struct bpf_map *map = *mapp;

why pass pointer to a pointer? single pointer would be be fine.

> +	bool bool_map, bool_func;
> +	int i;
> +
> +	if (!map)
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	for (i = 0; i <= ARRAY_SIZE(func_limit); i++) {
> +		bool_map = (map->map_type == func_limit[i].map_type);
> +		bool_func = (func_id == func_limit[i].func_id);
> +		/* only when map & func pair match it can continue.
> +		 * don't allow any other map type to be passed into
> +		 * the special func;
> +		 */
> +		if (bool_map != bool_func)
> +			return -EINVAL;
> +	}

nice simplification!

the rest of the changes look good.
please respin your next set against net-next.

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