Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] perf evsel: Make evsel__env always return a valid env
To:     Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>,
        Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
        Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
        Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
References: <20211004214114.188477-1-kim.phillips@amd.com>
From:   kajoljain <kjain@linux.ibm.com>
Message-ID: <00c83305-7654-132d-a734-1746dd9f34f2@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 23 Nov 2021 13:56:38 +0530
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On 10/5/21 3:11 AM, Kim Phillips wrote:
> It's possible to have an evsel and evsel->evlist populated without
> an evsel->evlist->env, when, e.g., cmd_record is in its error path.
> 
> Future patches will add support for evsel__open_strerror to be able
> to customize error messaging based on perf_env__{arch,cpuid}, so
> let's have evsel__env return &perf_env instead of NULL in that case.
> 

Patch looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Kajol Jain<kjain@linux.ibm.com>

Thanks,
Kajol Jain

> Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com>
> Cc: Joao Martins <joao.m.martins@oracle.com>
> Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Michael Petlan <mpetlan@redhat.com>
> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
> Cc: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
> Cc: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com>
> ---
>  tools/perf/util/evsel.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> index dbfeceb2546c..b915840690d4 100644
> --- a/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> +++ b/tools/perf/util/evsel.c
> @@ -2857,7 +2857,7 @@ int evsel__open_strerror(struct evsel *evsel, struct target *target,
>  
>  struct perf_env *evsel__env(struct evsel *evsel)
>  {
> -	if (evsel && evsel->evlist)
> +	if (evsel && evsel->evlist && evsel->evlist->env)
>  		return evsel->evlist->env;
>  	return &perf_env;
>  }
>