linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] tools lib traceevent: Report better error message on bad function args

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Date:	Tue, 19 Nov 2013 04:21:15 +0000
From:	Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tools lib traceevent: Report better error message on
 bad function args

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 2:38 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:
> When Jiri Olsa was writing a function callback for
> scsi_trace_parse_cdb(), he thought that the traceevent library had a
> bug in it because he was getting this error:
>
>   Error: expected ')' but read ','
>   Error: expected ')' but read ','
>   Error: expected ')' but read ','
>   Error: expected ')' but read ','
>
> But in truth, he didn't have the write number of arguments for the
> function callback, and the error was the library detecting the
> discrepancy. A better error message would have prevented the confusion:
>
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_timeout has more
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_start has more
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_error has more
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' only expects 2 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_done has more
>
> Or
>
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_timeout only uses 3
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_start only uses 3
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_error only uses 3
>   Error: function 'scsi_trace_parse_cdb()' expects 4 arguments but event scsi_dispatch_cmd_done only uses 3

Acked-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>

Thanks,
Namhyung
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