linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] spmi: add command tracepoints for SPMI

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Date:	Thu, 21 May 2015 14:26:38 -0600
From:	"Ankit Gupta" <ankgupta@...eaurora.org>
To:	"Stephen Boyd" <sboyd@...eaurora.org>
Cc:	"Ankit Gupta" <ankgupta@...eaurora.org>, gavidov@...eaurora.org,
	sdharia@...eaurora.org, mlocke@...eaurora.org,
	linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org,
	ivan.ivanov@...aro.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	svarbanov@...sol.com, galak@...eaurora.org, agross@...eaurora.org,
	"Steven Rostedt" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] spmi: add command tracepoints for SPMI

> On 05/20, Ankit Gupta wrote:
>> On Tue, 19 May 2015 17:36:41 -0700
>> Stephen Boyd <sboyd@...eaurora.org> wrote:
>> > On 05/18/15 14:51, Ankit Gupta wrote:
>> > > +
>> > > +TRACE_EVENT(spmi_read_end,
>> > > +	TP_PROTO(u8 opcode, u8 sid, u16 addr, int ret, u8 len,
>> >
>> > Should "len" be size_t instead of u8? It would at least match the
>> > implementation of spmi_controller::read_cmd(). Same comment for the
>> > write side.
>> >
>> > -Stephen
>>
>> I see no reason to spend to 4-8 bytes when spmi spec allows for maximum
>> buffer size of 16. Do you suggest changing the API of read_cmd()?
>> >
>
> Is that a maximum buffer size of 16 bytes? I'd prefer consistency
> with the API that's being traced, that's all. Changing it to u8
> to save a few bytes probably doesn't make any difference if the
> architecture passes function arguments in CPU registers which are
> 32 or 64 bits wide or if the function can be inlined enough by
> the compiler to where the len parameter is kept in a register.
>
Thanks Stephen for your comments. Will change it to size_t.
> --
> Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of Code Aurora Forum,
> a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
>


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