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There is a special case for validate_events() where we'll call x86_pmu.get_constraints(.idx=-1). It's purpose, up until recent, seems to be to avoid taking a previous constraint from cpuc->event_constraint[] in intel_get_event_constraints(). (I could not find any other get_event_constraints() implementation using @idx) However, since that cpuc is freshly allocated, that array will in fact be initialized with NULL pointers, achieving the very same effect. Therefore remove this exception. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Stephane Eranian <eranian@google.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@redhat.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Vince Weaver <vincent.weaver@maine.edu> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.