Re: [PATCH 10/10] perf tools: Use for_each_set_bit() to iterate overfeature flags

[Robert Richter]

On 06.12.11 11:40:54, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> What would be really great would be to just use the kernel one like in
> 
> tools/perf/util/include/linux/list.h
> tools/perf/util/include/linux/rbtree.h
> 
> But that was source of contention in the past when changes in the kernel
> side broke the tools, i.e. the headers were not explicitely designed for
> such sharing.

Yeah, that didn't work out, esp. because of architectural includes and
optimizations. For most cases we don't need that level of optimization
since code is not used in the fast path.

-Robert

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Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Operating System Research Center

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