Re: [patch V2 10/28] x86/perf/intel_uncore: Store box in event->pmu_private

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Mon Feb 22 2016 - 06:52:40 EST


On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:06:50AM -0000, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> + event->pmu_private = box;

> +static inline struct intel_uncore_box *uncore_event_to_box(struct perf_event *event)
> +{
> + return event->pmu_private;
> +}

Do you really need this? That is, what is wrong with:

static inline struct intel_uncore_box *uncore_event_to_box(struct perf_event *event)
{
return uncore_pmu_to_box(event->pmu, event->cpu);
}

Which, after patch 12, should be fairly trivial, right?