Re: [PATCH] perf/x86: Rename bts_buffer variables and use struct_size()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2025 at 02:29:38PM +0200, Thorsten Blum wrote:
> Rename struct bts_buffer objects from 'buf' to 'bb' to improve the
> readability when accessing the structure's 'buf' member. For example,
> 'buf->buf[]' becomes 'bb->buf[]'.
> 
> Use struct_size() to calculate the number of bytes to allocate for a new
> bts_buffer. Compared to offsetof(), struct_size() provides additional
> compile-time checks (e.g., __must_be_array()).
> 
> Indent line 327 using tabs to silence a checkpatch warning.
> 
> No functional changes intended.

This is two things, as such should be two patches. Also, meh. This is
going to create extra work for the arch-pebs guys I suppose.