Hi Jirka,

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 10:00:15PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 04:47:54PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> > Em Wed, May 08, 2019 at 03:19:59PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > > Moving file specific code in dso__data_file_size function
> > > into separate file_size function. I'll add bpf specific
> > > code in following patches.
> > 
> > I'm applying this patch, as it just moves things around, no logic
> > change, but can you please clarify a question I have after looking at
> > this patch?
> >  
> > > Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/[email protected]
> > > Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > >  tools/perf/util/dso.c | 19 ++++++++++++-------
> > >  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/tools/perf/util/dso.c b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
> > > index e059976d9d93..cb6199c1390a 100644
> > > --- a/tools/perf/util/dso.c
> > > +++ b/tools/perf/util/dso.c
> > > @@ -898,18 +898,12 @@ static ssize_t cached_read(struct dso *dso, struct 
> > > machine *machine,
> > >   return r;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > -int dso__data_file_size(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine)
> > > +static int file_size(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine)
> > >  {
> > >   int ret = 0;
> > >   struct stat st;
> > >   char sbuf[STRERR_BUFSIZE];
> > >  
> > > - if (dso->data.file_size)
> > > -         return 0;
> > > -
> > > - if (dso->data.status == DSO_DATA_STATUS_ERROR)
> > > -         return -1;
> > > -
> > >   pthread_mutex_lock(&dso__data_open_lock);
> > >  
> > >   /*
> > > @@ -938,6 +932,17 @@ int dso__data_file_size(struct dso *dso, struct 
> > > machine *machine)
> > >   return ret;
> > >  }
> > >  
> > > +int dso__data_file_size(struct dso *dso, struct machine *machine)
> > > +{
> > > + if (dso->data.file_size)
> > > +         return 0;
> > > +
> > > + if (dso->data.status == DSO_DATA_STATUS_ERROR)
> > > +         return -1;
> > > +
> > > + return file_size(dso, machine);
> > > +}
> > 
> > 
> > So the name of the function suggests we want to know the
> > "data_file_size" of a dso, then the logic in it returns _zero_ if a
> > member named "dso->data.file_size" is _not_ zero, can you please
> > clarify?
> > 
> > I was expecting something like:
> > 
> >     if (dso->data.file_size)
> >             return dso->data.file_size;
> > 
> > I.e. if we had already read it, return the cached value, otherwise go
> > and call some other function to get that info somehow.
> 
> we keep the data size in dso->data.file_size,
> the function just updates it
> 
> the return code is the error code.. not sure,
> why its like that, but it is ;-)
> 
> maybe we wanted separate size and error code,
> because the size needs to be u64 and we use
> int everywhere.. less casting

Maybe we can rename it to dso__update_file_size().

Thanks,
Namhyung

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