Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] perf tool: Parse pmu caps sysfs only once

From: Liang, Kan
Date: Wed Jun 01 2022 - 10:02:54 EST




On 6/1/2022 9:51 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
Hi Kan,

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diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
index 541889fa9f9c..4b45fd8da5a3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ struct perf_pmu {
      struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
      struct list_head format;  /* HEAD struct perf_pmu_format -> list */
      struct list_head aliases; /* HEAD struct perf_pmu_alias -> list */
+    bool caps_initialized;
+    u32 nr_caps;

If they are just used for the cache purpose, I don't think we need to add the variables in the struct perf_pmu.

A static variable should be good enough. See sysctl__nmi_watchdog_enabled().

These fields are per pmu. Static variable won't help :) And they are
used in subsequent patches as well.


Ah, I see. Then the patch looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Kan