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From: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>
Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
	Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] perf timechart: Don't pass @event to cat_backtrace()
Date: Thu,  4 Jun 2026 12:08:07 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260604190812.2168118-2-namhyung@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260604190812.2168118-1-namhyung@kernel.org>

The cat_backtrace() is only called from process_sample_event() which
means the event type is always PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE.  We don't need to
pass the event just because to print already known info.

Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
---
 tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
index 85a9ad0455aecccd..dafd361ecf9d8cd7 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-timechart.c
@@ -493,8 +493,7 @@ static void sched_switch(struct timechart *tchart, int cpu, u64 timestamp,
  * Returns a malloc'd backtrace string built via open_memstream, or NULL
  * on error.  Caller must free() the returned pointer.
  */
-static char *cat_backtrace(union perf_event *event,
-			   struct perf_sample *sample,
+static char *cat_backtrace(struct perf_sample *sample,
 			   struct machine *machine)
 {
 	struct addr_location al;
@@ -516,9 +515,8 @@ static char *cat_backtrace(union perf_event *event,
 		goto exit;
 
 	if (machine__resolve(machine, &al, sample) < 0) {
-		pr_err("problem processing %s (%u) event at offset %#" PRIx64 ", skipping it.\n",
-		       perf_event__name(event->header.type), event->header.type,
-		       sample->file_offset);
+		pr_err("problem processing SAMPLE (%u) event at offset %#" PRIx64 ", skipping it.\n",
+		       PERF_RECORD_SAMPLE, sample->file_offset);
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
@@ -578,7 +576,7 @@ typedef int (*tracepoint_handler)(struct timechart *tchart,
 				  const char *backtrace);
 
 static int process_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
-				union perf_event *event,
+				union perf_event *event __maybe_unused,
 				struct perf_sample *sample,
 				struct machine *machine)
 {
@@ -595,7 +593,7 @@ static int process_sample_event(const struct perf_tool *tool,
 
 	if (evsel->handler != NULL) {
 		tracepoint_handler f = evsel->handler;
-		char *backtrace = cat_backtrace(event, sample, machine);
+		char *backtrace = cat_backtrace(sample, machine);
 
 		ret = f(tchart, sample, backtrace);
 		free(backtrace);
-- 
2.54.0.1032.g2f8565e1d1-goog


  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-04 19:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-04 19:08 [PATCH 0/4] perf timechart: Small optimization for backtrace Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:08 ` Namhyung Kim [this message]
2026-06-04 19:08 ` [PATCH 2/4] perf timechart: Generate backtrace only if needed Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:08 ` [PATCH 3/4] perf timechart: Remove unused backtrace in trace_handler Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:08 ` [PATCH 4/4] perf timechart: Remove unnecessary copy of backtrace Namhyung Kim
2026-06-04 19:18   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-04 20:15     ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2026-06-04 21:45       ` Namhyung Kim

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