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Date:   Tue, 6 Apr 2021 14:55:22 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] perf test: Handle metric reuse in pmu-events
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On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 01:43:09PM +0100, John Garry wrote:
> On 06/04/2021 13:17, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > > > > +			ref = &metric->metric_ref;
> > > > > +			ref->metric_name = pe->metric_name;
> > > > > +			ref->metric_expr = pe->metric_expr;
> > > > > +			list_add_tail(&metric->list, compound_list);
> > > > > +
> > > > > +			rc = expr__find_other(pe->metric_expr, NULL, pctx, 0);
> > > Hi Jirka,
> > > 
> > > > so this might add new items to pctx->ids, I think you need
> > > > to restart the iteration as we do it in __resolve_metric
> > > > otherwise you could miss some new keys
> > > I thought that I was doing this. Indeed, this code is very much like
> > > __resolve_metric();)
> > > 
> > > So expr__find_other() may add a new item to pctx->ids, and we always iterate
> > > again, and try to lookup any pmu_events, *, above. If none exist, then we
> > hm, I don't see that.. so, what you do is:
> > 
> > 	hashmap__for_each_entry_safe((&pctx->ids) ....) {
> > 
> > 		rc = expr__find_other(pe->metric_expr, NULL, pctx, 0);
> > 	}
> > 
> > and what I think we need to do is:
> > 
> > 	hashmap__for_each_entry_safe((&pctx->ids) ....) {
> > 
> > 		rc = expr__find_other(pe->metric_expr, NULL, pctx, 0);
> > 
> > 		break;	
> > 	}
> > 
> > each time you resolve another metric, you need to restart
> > the pctx->ids iteration, because there will be new items,
> > and we are in the middle of it
> 
> Sure, but we will restart anyway.

hum, where? you call expr__find_other and continue to next
pctx->ids item

> 
> Regardless of this, I don't think what I am doing is safe, i.e. adding new
> items in the middle of the iter, so I will change in the way you suggest.

it'll always add items in the middle of the iteration

jirka

> 
> Thanks,
> John
>