Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/7] perf metricgroup: Delay events string creation

From: Jiri Olsa <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 15:14:12 +0200

On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 12:28:10AM -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> Currently event groups are placed into groups_list at the same time as
> the events string containing the events is built. Separate these two
> operations and build the groups_list first, then the event string from
> the groups_list. This adds an ability to reorder the groups_list that
> will be used in a later patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> index 7a43ee0a2e40..afd960d03a77 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/metricgroup.c
> @@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ struct egroup {
>  	const char *metric_expr;
>  	const char *metric_unit;
>  	int runtime;
> +	bool has_constraint;
>  };
>  
>  static struct evsel *find_evsel_group(struct evlist *perf_evlist,
> @@ -485,8 +486,8 @@ int __weak arch_get_runtimeparam(void)
>  	return 1;
>  }
>  
> -static int __metricgroup__add_metric(struct strbuf *events,
> -		struct list_head *group_list, struct pmu_event *pe, int runtime)
> +static int __metricgroup__add_metric(struct list_head *group_list,
> +				     struct pmu_event *pe, int runtime)
>  {
>  	struct egroup *eg;
>  
> @@ -499,6 +500,7 @@ static int __metricgroup__add_metric(struct strbuf *events,
>  	eg->metric_expr = pe->metric_expr;
>  	eg->metric_unit = pe->unit;
>  	eg->runtime = runtime;
> +	eg->has_constraint = metricgroup__has_constraint(pe);
>  
>  	if (expr__find_other(pe->metric_expr, NULL, &eg->pctx, runtime) < 0) {
>  		expr__ctx_clear(&eg->pctx);
> @@ -506,14 +508,6 @@ static int __metricgroup__add_metric(struct strbuf *events,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>  
> -	if (events->len > 0)
> -		strbuf_addf(events, ",");
> -
> -	if (metricgroup__has_constraint(pe))
> -		metricgroup__add_metric_non_group(events, &eg->pctx);
> -	else
> -		metricgroup__add_metric_weak_group(events, &eg->pctx);
> -
>  	list_add_tail(&eg->nd, group_list);
>  
>  	return 0;
> @@ -524,6 +518,7 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric, struct strbuf *events,
>  {
>  	struct pmu_events_map *map = perf_pmu__find_map(NULL);
>  	struct pmu_event *pe;
> +	struct egroup *eg;
>  	int i, ret = -EINVAL;
>  
>  	if (!map)
> @@ -542,7 +537,8 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric, struct strbuf *events,
>  			pr_debug("metric expr %s for %s\n", pe->metric_expr, pe->metric_name);
>  
>  			if (!strstr(pe->metric_expr, "?")) {
> -				ret = __metricgroup__add_metric(events, group_list, pe, 1);
> +				ret = __metricgroup__add_metric(group_list,
> +								pe, 1);
>  			} else {
>  				int j, count;
>  
> @@ -553,13 +549,29 @@ static int metricgroup__add_metric(const char *metric, struct strbuf *events,
>  				 * those events to group_list.
>  				 */
>  
> -				for (j = 0; j < count; j++)
> -					ret = __metricgroup__add_metric(events, group_list, pe, j);
> +				for (j = 0; j < count; j++) {
> +					ret = __metricgroup__add_metric(
> +						group_list, pe, j);
> +				}
>  			}
>  			if (ret == -ENOMEM)
>  				break;
>  		}
>  	}
> +	if (!ret) {

could you please do instead:

	if (ret)
		return ret;

so the code below cuts down one indent level and you
don't need to split up the lines

thanks,
jirka

> +		list_for_each_entry(eg, group_list, nd) {
> +			if (events->len > 0)
> +				strbuf_addf(events, ",");
> +
> +			if (eg->has_constraint) {
> +				metricgroup__add_metric_non_group(events,
> +								  &eg->pctx);
> +			} else {
> +				metricgroup__add_metric_weak_group(events,
> +								   &eg->pctx);
> +			}
> +		}
> +	}
>  	return ret;
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.26.2.761.g0e0b3e54be-goog
>