Re: [PATCH v1 0/3] Prefer evsel over evsel->core.idx

[James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>]

On 14/11/2024 11:07 pm, Ian Rogers wrote:
> James Clark's patches fixing evsel->core.idx [1] reminded me that we
> pass the int value around unnecessarily. Passing the evsel avoids
> issues if the evlist is reordered but paired with sanitizers we can
> also know when something is used when it shouldn't be. These patches
> do some initial work reducing the use of evsel->core.idx or reducing
> the API to pass evsels and not their interior index.
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241114160450.295844-2-james.clark@linaro.org/
> 
> Ian Rogers (3):
>    perf stream: Use evsel rather than evsel->idx
>    perf values: Use evsel rather than evsel->idx
>    perf annotate: Prefer passing evsel to evsel->core.idx
> 
>   tools/perf/builtin-diff.c         |   4 +-
>   tools/perf/builtin-report.c       |   4 +-
>   tools/perf/builtin-top.c          |   4 +-
>   tools/perf/ui/browsers/annotate.c |   2 +-
>   tools/perf/util/annotate.c        |  32 +++++----
>   tools/perf/util/annotate.h        |  20 +++---
>   tools/perf/util/stream.c          |   7 +-
>   tools/perf/util/stream.h          |  10 +--
>   tools/perf/util/values.c          | 106 +++++++++++++-----------------
>   tools/perf/util/values.h          |   9 +--
>   10 files changed, 90 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>