linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH v8 1/3] tracing: Add DEFINE_EVENT

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Date:	Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:22:29 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
Cc:	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin (hpa@...or.com)" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner (tglx@...utronix.de)" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"'mingo@...e.hu' (mingo@...e.hu)" <mingo@...e.hu>,
	"Borislav Petkov (bp@...en8.de)" <bp@...en8.de>,
	Satoru Moriya <satoru.moriya@....com>,
	"dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net" 
	<dle-develop@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	"linux-edac@...r.kernel.org" <linux-edac@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Luck, Tony (tony.luck@...el.com)" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH v8 1/3] tracing: Add DEFINE_EVENT_FN() macro

Hi Seiji,

As I wrote this patch, you need to add at the top of the message body:

From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>

And your Signed-off-by goes after mine. That is, the author of the
patch, always goes first.

-- Steve


On Mon, 2013-01-21 at 22:13 +0000, Seiji Aguchi wrote:
> Each TRACE_EVENT() adds several helper functions. If two or more trace events
> share the same structure and print format, they can also share most of these
> helper functions and save a lot of space from duplicate code. This is why the
> DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS() and DEFINE_EVENT() were created.
> 
> Some events require a trigger to be called at registering and unregistering of
> the event and to do so they use TRACE_EVENT_FN().
> 
> If multiple events require a trigger, they currently have no choice but to use
> TRACE_EVENT_FN() as there's no DEFINE_EVENT_FN() available. This unfortunately
> causes a lot of wasted duplicate code created.
> 
> By adding a DEFINE_EVENT_FN(), these events can still use a
> DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS() and then define their own triggers.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Seiji Aguchi <seiji.aguchi@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
>  include/linux/tracepoint.h   |    2 ++
>  include/trace/define_trace.h |    5 +++++
>  include/trace/ftrace.h       |    4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> index 2f322c3..9bf59e5 100644
> --- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> +++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
> @@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ static inline void tracepoint_synchronize_unregister(void)
>  #define DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(name, proto, args, tstruct, assign, print)
>  #define DEFINE_EVENT(template, name, proto, args)		\
>  	DECLARE_TRACE(name, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args))
> +#define DEFINE_EVENT_FN(template, name, proto, args, reg, unreg)\
> +	DECLARE_TRACE(name, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args))
>  #define DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(template, name, proto, args, print)	\
>  	DECLARE_TRACE(name, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args))
>  #define DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION(template, name, proto,		\
> diff --git a/include/trace/define_trace.h b/include/trace/define_trace.h
> index 1905ca8..02e1003 100644
> --- a/include/trace/define_trace.h
> +++ b/include/trace/define_trace.h
> @@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
>  #define DEFINE_EVENT(template, name, proto, args) \
>  	DEFINE_TRACE(name)
>  
> +#undef DEFINE_EVENT_FN
> +#define DEFINE_EVENT_FN(template, name, proto, args, reg, unreg) \
> +	DEFINE_TRACE_FN(name, reg, unreg)
> +
>  #undef DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT
>  #define DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(template, name, proto, args, print)	\
>  	DEFINE_TRACE(name)
> @@ -91,6 +95,7 @@
>  #undef TRACE_EVENT_CONDITION
>  #undef DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS
>  #undef DEFINE_EVENT
> +#undef DEFINE_EVENT_FN
>  #undef DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT
>  #undef DEFINE_EVENT_CONDITION
>  #undef TRACE_HEADER_MULTI_READ
> diff --git a/include/trace/ftrace.h b/include/trace/ftrace.h
> index 40dc5e8..7bab676 100644
> --- a/include/trace/ftrace.h
> +++ b/include/trace/ftrace.h
> @@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
>  	static struct ftrace_event_call	__used		\
>  	__attribute__((__aligned__(4))) event_##name
>  
> +#undef DEFINE_EVENT_FN
> +#define DEFINE_EVENT_FN(template, name, proto, args, reg, unreg)	\
> +	DEFINE_EVENT(template, name, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args))
> +
>  #undef DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT
>  #define DEFINE_EVENT_PRINT(template, name, proto, args, print)	\
>  	DEFINE_EVENT(template, name, PARAMS(proto), PARAMS(args))


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