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SubjectRe: [PATCH v13 1/8] perf tools: Drop redundant evsel->overwrite indicator
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On 2016/7/6 18:53, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 04, 2016 at 06:20:02AM +0000, Wang Nan wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
>> index 0fea724..3abe519 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
>> @@ -1359,6 +1359,9 @@ static int __perf_evsel__open(struct perf_evsel *evsel, struct cpu_map *cpus,
>> int pid = -1, err;
>> enum { NO_CHANGE, SET_TO_MAX, INCREASED_MAX } set_rlimit = NO_CHANGE;
>>
>> + if (perf_missing_features.write_backward && evsel->attr.write_backward)
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> +
>> if (evsel->system_wide)
>> nthreads = 1;
>> else
>> @@ -1389,11 +1392,6 @@ fallback_missing_features:
>> if (perf_missing_features.lbr_flags)
>> evsel->attr.branch_sample_type &= ~(PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_FLAGS |
>> PERF_SAMPLE_BRANCH_NO_CYCLES);
>> - if (perf_missing_features.write_backward) {
>> - if (evsel->overwrite)
>> - return -EINVAL;
>> - evsel->attr.write_backward = false;
>> - }
> so we don't change the attr.write_backward anymore?
> based on the kernel support..

We don't need fallback here. If evsel->attr.write_backward is selected
and it is missing, we should fail.

> we do it for other features, why not here? also changelog
> did not mentioned it at all ;-)
>
> thanks,
> jirka


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