linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] tracing: create automated trace defines

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Message-ID: <49E6065B.7080409@goop.org>
Date:	Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:07:55 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Mathieu Desnoyers <compudj@...stal.dyndns.org>
CC:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] tracing: create automated trace defines

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Jeremy Fitzhardinge (jeremy@...p.org) wrote:
>> -#define __DO_TRACE(tp, proto, args)					\
>> -	do {								\
>> +#define DEFINE_DO_TRACE(name, proto, args)				\
>> +	void __do_trace_##name(struct tracepoint *tp, TP_PROTO(proto))	\
>>     
>
> I fear that won't work with "void" prototype. If we need this kind of
> flexibility, we will need to create a special case for empty prototype.
>   

Yes, that has been a bit awkward.  I couldn't find a way to create a 
no-param tracepoint, and so ended up passing a dummy arg.  Stupid C syntax.

On the other hand, I can get something that actually compiles this way...

    J
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