Messages in this thread | | | From | Mathieu Poirier <> | Date | Tue, 3 Jul 2018 11:47:00 -0600 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 5/6] perf/core: Use ioctl to communicate driver configuration to kernel |
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On Tue, 3 Jul 2018 at 07:40, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2018 at 04:33:29PM -0600, Mathieu Poirier wrote: > > SNIP > > > +static int > > +perf_event_process_drv_config(struct perf_event *event, char *config_str) > > +{ > > + int ret = -EINVAL; > > + void *drv_data; > > + > > + /* Make sure ctx.mutex it held */ > > + lockdep_assert_held(&event->ctx->mutex); > > + > > + /* Children take their configuration from their parent */ > > + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(event->parent)) > > + goto out; > > + > > + drv_data = event->pmu->drv_config_validate(event, config_str); > > + if (!drv_data) > > + goto out; > > what's this check for? doc does not mention that, > also the coresight callback does not return NULL >
Very true - thanks for pointing this out.
Mathieu
> jirka
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