Re: [PATCH v8 05/10] powerpc/perf: IMC pmu cpumask and cpuhotplug support

[Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>]

On Thu, 11 May 2017, Stephen Rothwell wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 10 May 2017 14:09:53 +0200 (CEST) Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
> >
> > > +static void nest_change_cpu_context(int old_cpu, int new_cpu)
> > > +{
> > > +	int i;
> > > +
> > > +	for (i = 0;
> > > +	     (per_nest_pmu_arr[i] != NULL) && (i < IMC_MAX_PMUS); i++)
> > > +		perf_pmu_migrate_context(&per_nest_pmu_arr[i]->pmu,
> > > +							old_cpu, new_cpu);  
> > 
> > Bah, this is horrible to read.
> > 
> > 	struct imc_pmu **pn = per_nest_pmu_arr;
> > 	int i;
> > 
> > 	for (i = 0; *pn && i < IMC_MAX_PMUS; i++, pn++)
> > 		perf_pmu_migrate_context(&(*pn)->pmu, old_cpu, new_cpu);
> 
> (Just a bit of bike shedding ...)
> 
> Or even (since "i" is not used any more):
> 
> 	struct imc_pmu **pn;
> 
> 	for (pn = per_nest_pmu_arr;
> 	     pn < &per_nest_pmu_arr[IMC_MAX_PMUS] && *pn;
> 	     pn++)
> 		perf_pmu_migrate_context(&(*pn)->pmu, old_cpu, new_cpu);

Which is equally unreadable as the original code I complained about. Is that
a corporate preference?

Thanks,

	tglx