Re: [PATCH v5 4/4]: perf/core: complete replace of lists by rb trees for pinned and flexible groups at perf_event_context

[Alexander Shishkin]

Alexey Budankov <alexey.budankov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> diff --git a/include/linux/perf_event.h b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> index 7b2cddf..8e1967f 100644
> --- a/include/linux/perf_event.h
> +++ b/include/linux/perf_event.h
> @@ -603,13 +603,6 @@ struct perf_event {
>  	 */
>  	struct list_head		group_list;
>  	/*
> -	 * Entry into the group_list list above;
> -	 * the entry may be attached to the self group_list list above
> -	 * in case the event is directly attached to the tree;
> -	 */
> -	struct list_head		group_list_entry;
> -
> -	/*
>  	 * We need storage to track the entries in perf_pmu_migrate_context; we
>  	 * cannot use the event_entry because of RCU and we want to keep the
>  	 * group in tact which avoids us using the other two entries.

You probably also want to explain this change, for example change the
@group_list description, saying that something else links into it now.

> @@ -749,15 +742,6 @@ struct perf_event {
>  #endif /* CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS */
>  };
>  
> -/*
> - * event groups keep group leader events arranged as an rb tree with
> - * event->cpu key and as a list for the whole tree iterations;
> - */
> -struct perf_event_groups {
> -	struct list_head list;
> -	struct rb_root	 tree;
> -};

Was the @list component ever used? From this patch it looks like it
wasn't and in reality you replaced the lists with trees is 1/4, but left
the lists to hang around for a while.

I think a more generic comment here is that it's difficult to review
patches that don't make sense in separation from one another. It does
make sense to make a transition across several patches, but each patch
kind of needs to make sense on its own. For example, 1/2 adds trees
while keeping the lists intact, 2/2 removes the lists.

Regards,
--
Alex