From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, cbe-oss-dev@ozlabs.org,
oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] [RFC, PATCH 4/4] Add support to OProfile for profiling Cell BE SPUs -- update
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:53:50 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1170143630.26655.326.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701300839.05144.arnd@arndb.de>
> > +/* Defines used for sync_start */
> > +#define SKIP_GENERIC_SYNC 0
> > +#define SYNC_START_ERROR -1
> > +#define DO_GENERIC_SYNC 1
> > +
> > +typedef struct vma_map
> > +{
> > + struct vma_map *next;
> > + unsigned int vma;
> > + unsigned int size;
> > + unsigned int offset;
> > + unsigned int guard_ptr;
> > + unsigned int guard_val;
> > +} vma_map_t;
I haven't had time to look in details yet but in that context, what does
"vma" stands for ? There's already an important vm data structure in
linux routinely called "vma" and thus I suspect this is a poor naming
choice as it will cause confusion.
Cheers,
Ben.
WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: cbe-oss-dev@ozlabs.org, maynardj@us.ibm.com,
linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
oprofile-list@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] [RFC, PATCH 4/4] Add support to OProfile for profiling Cell BE SPUs -- update
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:53:50 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1170143630.26655.326.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200701300839.05144.arnd@arndb.de>
> > +/* Defines used for sync_start */
> > +#define SKIP_GENERIC_SYNC 0
> > +#define SYNC_START_ERROR -1
> > +#define DO_GENERIC_SYNC 1
> > +
> > +typedef struct vma_map
> > +{
> > + struct vma_map *next;
> > + unsigned int vma;
> > + unsigned int size;
> > + unsigned int offset;
> > + unsigned int guard_ptr;
> > + unsigned int guard_val;
> > +} vma_map_t;
I haven't had time to look in details yet but in that context, what does
"vma" stands for ? There's already an important vm data structure in
linux routinely called "vma" and thus I suspect this is a poor naming
choice as it will cause confusion.
Cheers,
Ben.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-01-30 7:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 76+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-01-29 19:45 [RFC, PATCH 0/4] Add support to OProfile for profiling Cell BE SPUs -- update Maynard Johnson
2007-01-29 19:46 ` [RFC, PATCH 1/4] " Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 4:07 ` [Cbe-oss-dev] " Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 4:07 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 10:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-01-30 10:39 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-01-30 22:49 ` Carl Love
2007-01-30 22:49 ` Carl Love
2007-01-30 22:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-01-30 22:57 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-01-31 8:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-01-31 8:47 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-01-30 22:59 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-01-30 22:59 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-01-29 19:47 ` [RFC, PATCH 2/4] " Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 4:08 ` [Cbe-oss-dev] " Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 4:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 23:51 ` Carl Love
2007-01-30 23:51 ` Carl Love
2007-01-29 19:48 ` [RFC, PATCH 3/4] " Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 4:24 ` [Cbe-oss-dev] " Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 4:24 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 15:31 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 15:31 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-31 0:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-31 0:35 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-29 19:48 ` [RFC, PATCH 4/4] " Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 7:39 ` [Cbe-oss-dev] " Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 7:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt [this message]
2007-01-30 7:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-01-30 10:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-01-30 10:41 ` Christoph Hellwig
2007-01-30 23:09 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 23:09 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 21:41 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 21:41 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 22:54 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 22:54 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 23:34 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-01-30 23:34 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2007-01-31 0:29 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-31 0:29 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-31 6:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-31 6:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-02 16:47 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-02 16:47 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-03 7:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-03 7:40 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-03 20:03 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-03 20:03 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-04 2:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-04 2:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-04 17:11 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-04 17:11 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-30 23:31 ` Carl Love
2007-01-30 23:31 ` Carl Love
2007-01-31 1:25 ` Christian Krafft
2007-01-31 1:25 ` Christian Krafft
2007-01-31 6:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-31 6:06 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-31 5:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-31 5:57 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-02 19:27 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-02 19:27 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-03 23:49 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-03 23:49 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-04 2:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-04 2:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-04 17:33 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-02-04 17:33 ` Maynard Johnson
2007-01-31 9:24 ` Milton Miller
2007-01-31 15:42 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-02-01 18:56 ` Milton Miller
2007-02-02 0:54 ` Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 8:37 ` [RFC, PATCH 0/4] " Arnd Bergmann
2007-01-30 8:37 ` Arnd Bergmann
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