Re: [PATCH v0 14/71] perf tools: Add cpu to struct thread

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@ghostprotocols.net>]

Em Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 02:36:26PM +0200, Alexander Shishkin escreveu:
> From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>
> 
> Tools may wish to track on which cpu a thread
> is running.  Add 'cpu' to struct thread for
> that purpose.  Also add machine functions to
> get / set the cpu for a tid.
> 
> This will be used to determine the cpu when
> decoding a per-thread Instruction Trace.
> 
> 
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/machine.c
> @@ -1412,3 +1412,29 @@ pid_t machine__get_thread_pid(struct machine *machine, pid_t tid)
>  
>  	return thread->pid_;
>  }
> +
> +int machine__get_thread_cpu(struct machine *machine, pid_t tid, pid_t *pid)
> +{
> +	struct thread *thread = machine__find_thread(machine, tid);
> +
> +	if (!thread)
> +		return -1;
> +
> +	if (pid)
> +		*pid = thread->pid_;
> +
> +	return thread->cpu;
> +}

What is the problem with:

	struct thread *thread = machine__find_thread(machine, tid);
	pid_t pid = thread->pid_;
	int cpu = thread->cpu;

In your case you'll have:

	int pid;
	int cpu = machine__get_thread_cpu(machine, tid, &pid);

Which is slightly more compact, but then we end up with a function that
from its name should just get a 'cpu' but also asks for the pid.

I think it is better to just use what we have (machine__find_thread),
have a 'thread' variable and then use any of its members, directly.

- ARnaldo