Re: [PATCH v5 2/8] perf tool: Parse pmu caps sysfs only once

["Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>]

On 6/1/2022 9:51 AM, Ravi Bangoria wrote:
> Hi Kan,
> 
> [...]
> 
>>> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
>>> index 541889fa9f9c..4b45fd8da5a3 100644
>>> --- a/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
>>> +++ b/tools/perf/util/pmu.h
>>> @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ struct perf_pmu {
>>>        struct perf_cpu_map *cpus;
>>>        struct list_head format;  /* HEAD struct perf_pmu_format -> list */
>>>        struct list_head aliases; /* HEAD struct perf_pmu_alias -> list */
>>> +    bool caps_initialized;
>>> +    u32 nr_caps;
>>
>> If they are just used for the cache purpose, I don't think we need to add the variables in the struct perf_pmu.
>>
>> A static variable should be good enough. See sysctl__nmi_watchdog_enabled().
> 
> These fields are per pmu. Static variable won't help :) And they are
> used in subsequent patches as well.
> 

Ah, I see. Then the patch looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Kan Liang <kan.liang@linux.intel.com>

Thanks,
Kan