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SubjectRe: [PATCH 04/12] powerpc: Implement hw_breakpoint_arch_parse()
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Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> writes:

> On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:01:52PM +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org> writes:
>>
>> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
>> > index 348cac9..fba6527 100644
>> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
>> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/hw_breakpoint.c
>> > @@ -139,30 +139,31 @@ int arch_bp_generic_fields(int type, int *gen_bp_type)
>> > /*
>> > * Validate the arch-specific HW Breakpoint register settings
>> > */
>> > -int arch_validate_hwbkpt_settings(struct perf_event *bp)
>> > +int hw_breakpoint_arch_parse(struct perf_event *bp,
>> > + struct perf_event_attr *attr,
>> > + struct arch_hw_breakpoint *hw)
>>
>> I think the semantics here are that we are reading from bp/attr and
>> writing to hw?
>>
>> If so would some sprinkling of const on the first two parameters help
>> make that clearer?
>
> I seem to remember there was an issue with that due to the various functions
> we call that need to be converted to take const as well. I thought I would
> do it in a seperate series but actually it should be no big deal to do it
> on this one.

Yeah, that does sometimes snowball out of control.

> Let me try that and respin.

Cool. It would be nice to have, but obviously not crucial.

cheers

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