Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] perf tool: encapsulate dsos list head into struct dsos

[Waiman Long <waiman.long@hp.com>]

On 09/28/2014 11:54 PM, Namhyung Kim wrote:
> Hi Arnaldo and Waiman,
>
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2014 11:06:25 -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
>> Em Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 11:45:39AM -0400, Waiman Long escreveu:
>>> This is a precursor patch to enable long name searching of DSOs
>>> using the rbtree. In this patch, a new dsos structure is created
>>> which contains only a list head structure for the moment. The new
>>> dsos structure is used, in turn, in the machine structure for the
>>> user_dsos and kernel_dsos fields. Only the following 3 dsos functions
>>> are modified to accept the new dsos structure parameter instead
>>> of list_head:
>>>   - dsos__add()
>>>   - dsos__find()
>>>   - __dsos__findnew()
>>>
>>> Because of the need to find out the corresponding dsos structure to
>>> properly call dsos__add() in dso__load_sym() of util/symbol-elf.c,
>>> a new dsos field is also added to the dso structure.
>> Argh, yeah, that is unfortunate that we need to add entries that deep
>> inside dso__load_syms() :-\
> But it seems we can use map->groups->machine to find out the head/root
> of the dsos..
>
> Thanks,
> Namhyung
>

There are 2 dsos at the machine structure level - user_dsos and 
kernel_dsos. In this particular case, it should be kernel_dsos. I can 
remove the dsos pointer and hardcode it to use the kernel_dsos if you 
guys think it is acceptable.

-Longman