Re: [RESEND PATCH v5 2/4] perf/bpf: Remove unneeded uses_default_overflow_handler.

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Apr 10 2024 - 00:36:33 EST



* Kyle Huey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Now that struct perf_event's orig_overflow_handler is gone, there's no need
> for the functions and macros to support looking past overflow_handler to
> orig_overflow_handler.
>
> This patch is solely a refactoring and results in no behavior change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kyle Huey <khuey@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Song Liu <song@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 8 ++++----
> arch/arm64/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c | 4 ++--
> include/linux/perf_event.h | 16 ++--------------
> 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index c7f54fd74d89..c8bd5bb6610c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -1341,8 +1341,9 @@ extern int perf_event_output(struct perf_event *event,
> struct pt_regs *regs);
>
> static inline bool
> -__is_default_overflow_handler(perf_overflow_handler_t overflow_handler)
> +is_default_overflow_handler(struct perf_event *event)
> {
> + perf_overflow_handler_t overflow_handler = event->overflow_handler;
> if (likely(overflow_handler == perf_event_output_forward))

Please read the CodingStyle section about variable definition blocks and
newlines...

Also note the stray period in the title ...

How did this patch get to v5 and get acked by 3 people with such trivial
problems still present? ...

Thanks,

Ingo