Re: [PATCH v2 13/13] perf tools: add feature header record to pipe-mode

[Jiri Olsa]

On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 12:48:53AM -0700, David Carrillo-Cisneros wrote:

SNIP

> +	for_each_set_bit(feat, header->adds_features, HEADER_FEAT_BITS) {
> +		if (!feat_ops[feat].has_record) {
> +			pr_debug("No record header feature for header :%d\n", feat);
> +			continue;
> +		}
> +
> +		fdd.offset = sizeof(*fe);
> +
> +		ret = feat_ops[feat].write(&fdd, evlist);
> +		if (ret || fdd.offset <= (ssize_t)sizeof(*fe)) {
> +			pr_debug("Error writing feature\n");
> +			continue;
> +		}
> +
> +		/* fdd.buf may have changed due to realloc in do_write() */
> +		fe = fdd.buf;
> +		memset(fe, 0, sizeof(*fe));

no need to wipe it out if you set all the members just below
(apart from header.misc, which is not used)

jirka