Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] perf/core,x86: introduce sync_task_ctx() method at struct pmu

[Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@linux.intel.com>]

On 21.10.2019 13:27, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:42:44PM +0300, Alexey Budankov wrote:
>> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
>> index 61448c19a132..60bf17af69f0 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
>> @@ -409,6 +409,13 @@ struct pmu {
>>  	 */
>>  	size_t				task_ctx_size;
>>  
>> +	/*
>> +	 * PMU specific parts of task perf event context (i.e. ctx->task_ctx_data)
>> +	 * can be synchronized using this function. See Intel LBR callstack support
>> +	 * implementation and Perf core context switch handling callbacks for usage
>> +	 * examples.
> 
> You're forgetting to mark this: Optional

Fixed in v4.

> 
>> +	 */
> 
>> +	void (*sync_task_ctx)		(void *one, void *another);
> 
> The traditional argment names for context switching functions are prev
> and next.

Fixed in v4.

Thanks,
Alexey