Re: [bug report] perf/x86/intel: Add INST_RETIRED.ALL workarounds

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Am 15.03.2018 10:03, schrieb Dan Carpenter:
> Hello Andi Kleen,
> 
> The patch 294fe0f52a44: "perf/x86/intel: Add INST_RETIRED.ALL
> workarounds" from Feb 17, 2015, leads to the following static checker
> warning:
> 
> 	arch/x86/events/intel/core.c:3213 bdw_limit_period()
> 	warn: was expecting a 64 bit value instead of '63'
> 
> arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>   3207  static u64 bdw_limit_period(struct perf_event *event, u64 left)
>                                                               ^^^^^^^^
>   3208  {
>   3209          if ((event->hw.config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK) ==
>   3210                          X86_CONFIG(.event=0xc0, .umask=0x01)) {
>   3211                  if (left < 128)
>   3212                          left = 128;
>   3213                  left &= ~0x3fu;
>                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> You're clearing the high 32 bits as well as the low 6.  It should be
> ~0x3full.

please use 0x3fULL
i tend to read 0x3full as 0x3"full" i guess others will have the same problem
and it is common practise to use uppercase characters.

just my 2 cents,

re
 wh 

> 
>   3214          }
>   3215          return left;
>   3216  }
> 
> regards,
> dan carpenter
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