Re: [PATCH] drivers/perf: riscv: Remove redundant macro check

From: Charlie Jenkins
Date: Tue Jul 09 2024 - 16:29:52 EST


On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 01:22:11PM +0100, Conor Dooley wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 08, 2024 at 08:12:24PM +0800, Xiao Wang wrote:
> > The macro CONFIG_RISCV_PMU must have been defined when riscv_pmu.c gets
> > compiled, so this patch removes the redundant check.
>
> Did you investigate why this define was added? Why do you think that it
> is redundant, rather than checking the incorrect config option?

This file is only compiled with CONFIG_RISCV_PMU:

# drivers/perf/Makefile
obj-$(CONFIG_RISCV_PMU) += riscv_pmu.o

So having this check does seem redundant. I am copying Alex as it looks
like he wrote this.

- Charlie

>
> Cheers,
> Conor.
>
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiao Wang <xiao.w.wang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c | 2 --
> > 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
> > index 0a02e85a8951..7644147d50b4 100644
> > --- a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
> > +++ b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu.c
> > @@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ void arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event,
> > userpg->cap_user_time_short = 0;
> > userpg->cap_user_rdpmc = riscv_perf_user_access(event);
> >
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_RISCV_PMU
> > /*
> > * The counters are 64-bit but the priv spec doesn't mandate all the
> > * bits to be implemented: that's why, counter width can vary based on
> > @@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ void arch_perf_update_userpage(struct perf_event *event,
> > */
> > if (userpg->cap_user_rdpmc)
> > userpg->pmc_width = to_riscv_pmu(event->pmu)->ctr_get_width(event->hw.idx) + 1;
> > -#endif
> >
> > do {
> > rd = sched_clock_read_begin(&seq);
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >
> >
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