Re: [PATCH 02/23] perf tools: Remove data_offset seek as it's notneeded

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu Jul 18 2013 - 08:46:30 EST


On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 04:27:47PM +0900, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:49:42 +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > Removing data_offset seek as it's not needed, because
> > data are not read by syscall but mmaped instead.
>
> Yes we do, but it's not mandatory, right? I'd rather expect the file
> offset remains at the beginning of data after calling
> perf_session__read_header() instead of a random point (EOF?).

well it's just useless, and I think it's better and more clear
to set it properly before the reading anyway. Also AFAICS there's
no other read after this seek even later.

jirka
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