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

From: Alexei Starovoitov
Date: Tue Aug 04 2015 - 13:55:24 EST


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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