linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Move tracepoint callbacks into DEFINE

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Message-ID: <4A8B26F8.3000301@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:11:04 -0700
From:	Josh Stone <jistone@...hat.com>
To:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fweisbec@...il.com, mingo@...e.hu,
	laijs@...fujitsu.com, rostedt@...dmis.org, peterz@...radead.org,
	mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca, jiayingz@...gle.com,
	mbligh@...gle.com, lizf@...fujitsu.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Move tracepoint callbacks into DEFINE

On 08/18/2009 07:19 AM, Jason Baron wrote:
> this makes sense...Ingo also suggested having the two high level
> tracepoints be 'TRACE_EVENT' style. That is we should be able to
> register with the syscall entry and get the *all* the syscall numbers
> and arguments, and likewise on exit we should be able to get *all*
> syscall exit return values. see:
> 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=125008740803571&w=2 
> 
> does this patch allow/do that?

It does allow this, and I am working on a patch to do it.  There are a
few naming conflicts between trace_syscalls.c and the stuff that ftrace
generates for "TRACE_EVENT(syscall_enter, ...)", but I will post soon
with a patch to resolve this.

Thanks,

Josh
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