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From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>, Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	"Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Namhyung Kim <Namhyung@kernel.org>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Subject: [RESEND][PATCH 1/5] perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:03:39 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250820180428.259565081@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250820180338.701352023@kernel.org

From: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>

The 'init_nr' argument has double duty: it's used to initialize both the
number of contexts and the number of stack entries.  That's confusing
and the callers always pass zero anyway.  Hard code the zero.

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <Namhyung@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
 include/linux/perf_event.h |  2 +-
 kernel/bpf/stackmap.c      |  4 ++--
 kernel/events/callchain.c  | 12 ++++++------
 kernel/events/core.c       |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
index bfbf9ea53f25..fd1d91017b99 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct perf_callchain_entry, perf_callchain_entry);
 extern void perf_callchain_user(struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx *entry, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern void perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx *entry, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern struct perf_callchain_entry *
-get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
+get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, bool kernel, bool user,
 		   u32 max_stack, bool crosstask, bool add_mark);
 extern int get_callchain_buffers(int max_stack);
 extern void put_callchain_buffers(void);
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
index 3615c06b7dfa..ec3a57a5fba1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/stackmap.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ BPF_CALL_3(bpf_get_stackid, struct pt_regs *, regs, struct bpf_map *, map,
 	if (max_depth > sysctl_perf_event_max_stack)
 		max_depth = sysctl_perf_event_max_stack;
 
-	trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, 0, kernel, user, max_depth,
+	trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
 				   false, false);
 
 	if (unlikely(!trace))
@@ -451,7 +451,7 @@ static long __bpf_get_stack(struct pt_regs *regs, struct task_struct *task,
 	else if (kernel && task)
 		trace = get_callchain_entry_for_task(task, max_depth);
 	else
-		trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, 0, kernel, user, max_depth,
+		trace = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user, max_depth,
 					   crosstask, false);
 
 	if (unlikely(!trace) || trace->nr < skip) {
diff --git a/kernel/events/callchain.c b/kernel/events/callchain.c
index 6c83ad674d01..b0f5bd228cd8 100644
--- a/kernel/events/callchain.c
+++ b/kernel/events/callchain.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ static void fixup_uretprobe_trampoline_entries(struct perf_callchain_entry *entr
 }
 
 struct perf_callchain_entry *
-get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
+get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, bool kernel, bool user,
 		   u32 max_stack, bool crosstask, bool add_mark)
 {
 	struct perf_callchain_entry *entry;
@@ -228,11 +228,11 @@ get_perf_callchain(struct pt_regs *regs, u32 init_nr, bool kernel, bool user,
 	if (!entry)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ctx.entry     = entry;
-	ctx.max_stack = max_stack;
-	ctx.nr	      = entry->nr = init_nr;
-	ctx.contexts       = 0;
-	ctx.contexts_maxed = false;
+	ctx.entry		= entry;
+	ctx.max_stack		= max_stack;
+	ctx.nr			= entry->nr = 0;
+	ctx.contexts		= 0;
+	ctx.contexts_maxed	= false;
 
 	if (kernel && !user_mode(regs)) {
 		if (add_mark)
diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index ea357044d780..bade8e0fced7 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -8210,7 +8210,7 @@ perf_callchain(struct perf_event *event, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	if (!kernel && !user)
 		return &__empty_callchain;
 
-	callchain = get_perf_callchain(regs, 0, kernel, user,
+	callchain = get_perf_callchain(regs, kernel, user,
 				       max_stack, crosstask, true);
 	return callchain ?: &__empty_callchain;
 }
-- 
2.50.1



  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-20 18:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-20 18:03 [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] perf: Clean ups and simplifications Steven Rostedt
2025-08-20 18:03 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-08-27  6:45   ` [tip: perf/core] perf: Remove get_perf_callchain() init_nr argument tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 2/5] perf: Have get_perf_callchain() return NULL if crosstask and user are set Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27  6:45   ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 3/5] perf: Use current->flags & PF_KTHREAD|PF_USER_WORKER instead of current->mm == NULL Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27  6:45   ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Steven Rostedt
2025-11-13  3:11   ` [RESEND][PATCH 3/5] " Guenter Roeck
2026-01-26 16:50     ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-26 17:05     ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-26 17:18       ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-26 17:29         ` Guenter Roeck
2026-01-27  1:32         ` Guenter Roeck
2026-01-27 15:22           ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 19:07             ` Guenter Roeck
2026-01-27 21:36               ` Steven Rostedt
2026-01-27 20:31             ` Guenter Roeck
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 4/5] perf: Simplify get_perf_callchain() user logic Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27  6:45   ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-20 18:03 ` [RESEND][PATCH 5/5] perf: Skip user unwind if the task is a kernel thread Steven Rostedt
2025-08-27  6:45   ` [tip: perf/core] " tip-bot2 for Josh Poimboeuf
2025-08-25 11:12 ` [RESEND][PATCH 0/5] perf: Clean ups and simplifications Peter Zijlstra

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