Re: [PATCH v2] perf, x86: Fix event scheduler for constraints withoverlapping counters

From: Robert Richter
Date: Thu Apr 28 2011 - 05:51:39 EST


On 19.04.11 15:55:18, Robert Richter wrote:
> On 19.04.11 07:29:33, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Robert Richter <robert.richter@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > + if (!state)
> > > + /* no events to reschedule */
> > > + goto done;
> >
> > Hm, that's 5 levels of indentation. Would it be possible to factor out the gist
> > of the logic into a helper and such? My eyes would be much happier!
>
> Hmm, I was thinking about this too, but it is not easy since we
> control also the loops with goto's and updates of the loop
> states. Refactoring out the inner block would mean to update state
> varables via pointers and to introduce return codes which contains
> control flow information. Don't think this will become easier.
>
> We could probably merge both for-loops in one while-loop but also on
> costs of code readability.

Ingo, do you still want me to rework it?

Any other comments on this patch?

Thanks,

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center

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