Re: [PATCH v7 09/12] perf stat: Use affinity for opening events

[Jiri Olsa]

On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 02:31:01PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > +		evlist__for_each_cpu (evsel_list, i, cpu) {
> > > +			affinity__set(&affinity, cpu);
> > > +			/* First close errored or weak retry */
> > > +			evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
> > > +				if (!counter->reset_group && !counter->errored)
> > > +					continue;
> > > +				if (evsel__cpu_iter_skip_no_inc(counter, cpu))
> > > +					continue;
> > > +				perf_evsel__close_cpu(&counter->core, counter->cpu_iter);
> > > +			}
> > > +			/* Now reopen weak */
> > > +			evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
> > > +				if (!counter->reset_group && !counter->errored)
> > > +					continue;
> > > +				if (evsel__cpu_iter_skip(counter, cpu))
> > > +					continue;
> > 
> > why staring at this I wonder why can't we call perf_evsel__close_cpu in
> > here and remove the above loop? together with evsel__cpu_iter_skip_no_inc
> > function
> 
> We only want to close events which errored or need a weak entry.
> The others can stay open.  perf_evsel__close_cpu closes all unconditionally.

but the first loops checks fir !counter->errored, same as the second
one, so you could scratch the first loop and move perf_evsel__close_cpu
in the second one

jirka