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Subject: [PATCH v6 19/22] perf env: Remove global perf_env
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 09:32:59 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250724163302.596743-20-irogers@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250724163302.596743-1-irogers@google.com>

The global perf_env was used for the host, but if a perf_env wasn't
easy to come by it was used in a lot of places where potentially
recorded and host data could be confused. Remove the global variable
as now the majority of accesses retrieve the perf_env for the host
from the session.

Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
---
 tools/perf/perf.c           | 3 ---
 tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c | 2 +-
 tools/perf/util/env.c       | 2 --
 tools/perf/util/env.h       | 2 --
 tools/perf/util/evsel.c     | 2 +-
 tools/perf/util/session.c   | 3 ++-
 6 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/perf.c b/tools/perf/perf.c
index f0617cc41f5f..88c60ecf3395 100644
--- a/tools/perf/perf.c
+++ b/tools/perf/perf.c
@@ -346,12 +346,9 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 		use_pager = 1;
 	commit_pager_choice();
 
-	perf_env__init(&perf_env);
-	perf_env__set_cmdline(&perf_env, argc, argv);
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv);
 	perf_config__exit();
 	exit_browser(status);
-	perf_env__exit(&perf_env);
 
 	if (status)
 		return status & 0xff;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
index 664f361ef8c1..5b6d3e899e11 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/bpf-event.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ static int perf_event__synthesize_one_bpf_prog(struct perf_session *session,
 	 * for perf-record and perf-report use header.env;
 	 * otherwise, use global perf_env.
 	 */
-	env = session->data ? perf_session__env(session) : &perf_env;
+	env = perf_session__env(session);
 
 	arrays = 1UL << PERF_BPIL_JITED_KSYMS;
 	arrays |= 1UL << PERF_BPIL_JITED_FUNC_LENS;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.c b/tools/perf/util/env.c
index c09159083bf0..c8c248754621 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.c
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@
 #include "strbuf.h"
 #include "trace/beauty/beauty.h"
 
-struct perf_env perf_env;
-
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBBPF_SUPPORT
 #include "bpf-event.h"
 #include "bpf-utils.h"
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/env.h b/tools/perf/util/env.h
index d8df59072529..e00179787a34 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/env.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/env.h
@@ -150,8 +150,6 @@ enum perf_compress_type {
 struct bpf_prog_info_node;
 struct btf_node;
 
-extern struct perf_env perf_env;
-
 int perf_env__read_core_pmu_caps(struct perf_env *env);
 void perf_env__exit(struct perf_env *env);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
index 19d9d6d6a4b2..e4a52f4b0af0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
@@ -3869,7 +3869,7 @@ struct perf_env *evsel__env(struct evsel *evsel)
 {
 	struct perf_session *session = evsel__session(evsel);
 
-	return session ? perf_session__env(session) : &perf_env;
+	return session ? perf_session__env(session) : NULL;
 }
 
 static int store_evsel_ids(struct evsel *evsel, struct evlist *evlist)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/session.c b/tools/perf/util/session.c
index 36532329a633..2a79e6844f36 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/session.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/session.c
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ struct perf_session *__perf_session__new(struct perf_data *data,
 				symbol_conf.kallsyms_name = perf_data__kallsyms_name(data);
 		}
 	} else  {
-		session->machines.host.env = host_env ?: &perf_env;
+		assert(host_env != NULL);
+		session->machines.host.env = host_env;
 	}
 	if (session->evlist)
 		session->evlist->session = session;
-- 
2.50.0.727.gbf7dc18ff4-goog


  parent reply	other threads:[~2025-07-24 16:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-24 16:32 [PATCH v6 00/22] perf: Make code more generic with modern defaults Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 01/22] perf build-id: Reduce size of "size" variable Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 02/22] perf build-id: Truncate to avoid overflowing the build_id data Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 03/22] perf build-id: Change sprintf functions to snprintf Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 04/22] perf build-id: Mark DSO in sample callchains Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 05/22] perf build-id: Ensure struct build_id is empty before use Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 06/22] perf dso: Move build_id to dso_id Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 07/22] perf jitdump: Directly mark the jitdump DSO Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 08/22] perf record: Make --buildid-mmap the default Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 09/22] perf session: Add accessor for session->header.env Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 10/22] perf evlist: Change env variable to session Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 11/22] perf header: Clean up use of perf_env Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 12/22] perf test: Avoid use perf_env Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 13/22] perf session: Add host_env argument to perf_session__new Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 14/22] perf top: Make perf_env locally scoped Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 15/22] perf bench synthesize: Avoid use of global perf_env Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 16/22] perf machine: Explicitly pass in host perf_env Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 17/22] perf auxtrace: Pass perf_env from session through to mmap read Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` [PATCH v6 18/22] perf trace: Avoid global perf_env with evsel__env Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:32 ` Ian Rogers [this message]
2025-07-24 16:33 ` [PATCH v6 20/22] perf sample: Remove arch notion of sample parsing Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:33 ` [PATCH v6 21/22] perf test: Move PERF_SAMPLE_WEIGHT_STRUCT parsing to common test Ian Rogers
2025-07-24 16:33 ` [PATCH v6 22/22] perf sort: Use perf_env to set arch sort keys and header Ian Rogers
2025-07-25 17:43 ` [PATCH v6 00/22] perf: Make code more generic with modern defaults Namhyung Kim
2025-07-25 18:10   ` Ian Rogers
2025-07-25 18:48 ` Namhyung Kim

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