Re: [PATCH v7 09/12] perf stat: Use affinity for opening events

From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Thu Nov 21 2019 - 10:13:47 EST


On Wed, Nov 20, 2019 at 02:31:01PM -0800, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > + evlist__for_each_cpu (evsel_list, i, cpu) {
> > > + affinity__set(&affinity, cpu);
> > > + /* First close errored or weak retry */
> > > + evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
> > > + if (!counter->reset_group && !counter->errored)
> > > + continue;
> > > + if (evsel__cpu_iter_skip_no_inc(counter, cpu))
> > > + continue;
> > > + perf_evsel__close_cpu(&counter->core, counter->cpu_iter);
> > > + }
> > > + /* Now reopen weak */
> > > + evlist__for_each_entry(evsel_list, counter) {
> > > + if (!counter->reset_group && !counter->errored)
> > > + continue;
> > > + if (evsel__cpu_iter_skip(counter, cpu))
> > > + continue;
> >
> > why staring at this I wonder why can't we call perf_evsel__close_cpu in
> > here and remove the above loop? together with evsel__cpu_iter_skip_no_inc
> > function
>
> We only want to close events which errored or need a weak entry.
> The others can stay open. perf_evsel__close_cpu closes all unconditionally.

but the first loops checks fir !counter->errored, same as the second
one, so you could scratch the first loop and move perf_evsel__close_cpu
in the second one

jirka