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

From: Thomas Gleixner
Date: Mon Feb 22 2016 - 07:01:57 EST


On Mon, 22 Feb 2016, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> 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?

Yes.