Re: [PATCH v1 03/15] perf data: open data directory in read access mode

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Tue Oct 13 2020 - 12:22:24 EST


Em Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 07:52:33PM +0300, Alexey Budankov escreveu:
>
> On 12.10.2020 19:03, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 11:55:07AM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
> >>
> >> Open files located at data directory in case of read access mode.
> >
> > Need some rationale. Is this a bug fix? Did the case not matter
> > before?
>
> This is not a bug fix. The case didn't matter before.

In such cases can you please write a paragraph explaining why it didn't
matter before and now it is required?

- Arnaldo

>
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >> tools/perf/util/data.c | 4 ++++
> >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/data.c b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> >> index c47aa34fdc0a..6ad61ac6ba67 100644
> >> --- a/tools/perf/util/data.c
> >> +++ b/tools/perf/util/data.c
> >> @@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ static int open_dir(struct perf_data *data)
> >> return -1;
> >>
> >> ret = open_file(data);
> >> + if (!ret && perf_data__is_dir(data)) {
> >> + if (perf_data__is_read(data))
> >> + ret = perf_data__open_dir(data);
> >> + }
> >>
> >> /* Cleanup whatever we managed to create so far. */
> >> if (ret && perf_data__is_write(data))
> >> --
> >> 2.24.1
>
> Alexei
>

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- Arnaldo