perf evlist: Rename variable in perf_mmap__read()
authorWang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Wed, 27 Apr 2016 02:19:21 +0000 (02:19 +0000)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Fri, 6 May 2016 00:04:04 +0000 (21:04 -0300)
commitb6b85dad30ad7e7394990e2317a780577974a4e6
tree731d887c8bae23eb0408dcfd2193bc2077f621ee
parent0f4ccd11813f59d766039dfdd13aa98245a67294
perf evlist: Rename variable in perf_mmap__read()

In perf_mmap__read(), give better names to pointers. Original name 'old'
and 'head' directly related to pointers in ring buffer control page. For
backward ring buffer, the meaning of 'head' point is not 'the first byte
of free space', but 'the first byte of the last record'. To reduce
confusion, rename 'old' to 'start', 'head' to 'end'.  'start' -> 'end'
is the direction the records should be read from.

Change parameter order.

Change 'overwrite' to 'check_messup'. When reading from 'head', no need
to check messup for for backward ring buffer.

Signed-off-by: Wang Nan <wangnan0@huawei.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Zefan Li <lizefan@huawei.com>
Cc: pi3orama@163.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1461723563-67451-3-git-send-email-wangnan0@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/perf/util/evlist.c