Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] libperf: Add evsel mmap support

[Namhyung Kim]

On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 3:23 AM Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
<acme@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Em Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 03:02:08PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> > Em Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 01:41:35AM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at 1:07 AM Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > +void *perf_evsel__mmap_base(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int cpu, int thread)
> > > > +{
> > > > +       if (FD(evsel, cpu, thread) < 0 || MMAP(evsel, cpu, thread) == NULL)
> > > > +               return NULL;
> > >
> > > I think you should check the cpu and the thread is in
> > > a valid range.  Currently xyarray__entry() simply accesses
> > > the content without checking the boundaries.
> >
> > So, since xyarray has the bounds, it should check it, i.e. we need to
> > have a __xyarray__entry() that is what xyarray__entry() does, i.e.
> > assume the values have been bounds checked, then a new method,
> > xyarray__entry() that does bounds check, if it fails, return NULL,
> > otherwise calls __xyarray__entry().
> >
> > I see this is frustrating and I should've chimed in earlier, but at
> > least now this is getting traction, and the end result will be better
> > not just for the feature you've been dilligently working on,
> >
> > Thank you for your persistence,
>
> Re-reading, yeah, this can be done in a separate patch, Namhyung, can I
> have your Reviewed-by? That or an Acked-by?

Sure, for the series:

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Namhyung