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Message-Id: <1252417671.13628.22.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:47:51 -0400
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: jolsa@...hat.com
Cc: mingo@...e.hu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 1/3] tracing - buf iterator definition, parsing
function
On Sat, 2009-09-05 at 03:12 +0200, jolsa@...hat.com wrote:
> Defined 'trace_biter' structure to carry the properties of the input,
> through the multiple writes.
>
> The 'trace_get_user' reads the user incput string separated by space
incput?
> (matched by isspace(ch). For each string found the 'struct trace_biter'
> iterator is updated, and the function returns.
>
> wbr,
> jirka
>
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace.c | 83 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> kernel/trace/trace.h | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 131 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> index af15008..8cf8f99 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
> @@ -335,6 +335,89 @@ static struct {
>
> int trace_clock_id;
>
> +/*
> + * trace_get_user - reads the user incput string separated by space
incput again?
> + * (matched by isspace(ch))
> + *
> + * For each string found the 'struct trace_biter' iterator is updated,
> + * and the function returns.
> + *
> + * Returns number of bytes read.
> + *
> + * see kernel/trace/trace.h for 'struct trace_biter' details.
> + */
> +int trace_get_user(struct trace_biter *biter, const char __user *ubuf,
> + size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> + char ch;
> + size_t read = 0;
> + ssize_t ret;
> +
> + if (!*ppos)
> + TRACE_BITER_CLEAR(biter);
> +
> + ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out;
> +
> + read++;
> + cnt--;
> +
> + /*
> + * If the parser haven't finished with the last write,
> + * continue reading the user input without skipping spaces.
> + */
> + if (!biter->cont) {
> + /* skip white space */
> + while (cnt && isspace(ch)) {
> + ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out;
> + read++;
> + cnt--;
> + }
> +
> + /* only spaces were written */
> + if (isspace(ch)) {
> + *ppos += read;
> + ret = read;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + biter->idx = 0;
> + }
> +
> + /* read the non-space input */
> + while (cnt && !isspace(ch)) {
> + if (biter->idx < biter->size)
> + biter->buffer[biter->idx++] = ch;
> + else {
> + ret = -EINVAL;
> + goto out;
> + }
> + ret = get_user(ch, ubuf++);
> + if (ret)
> + goto out;
> + read++;
> + cnt--;
> + }
> +
> + /* We either got finished input or we have to wait for another call. */
> + if (isspace(ch)) {
> + biter->buffer[biter->idx] = 0;
> + biter->cont = 0;
> + } else {
> + biter->cont = 1;
> + biter->buffer[biter->idx++] = ch;
> + }
> +
> + *ppos += read;
> + ret = read;
> +
> +out:
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> ssize_t trace_seq_to_user(struct trace_seq *s, char __user *ubuf, size_t cnt)
> {
> int len;
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> index d881015..d4e38e8 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
> @@ -652,6 +652,54 @@ static inline int ftrace_trace_task(struct task_struct *task)
> #endif
>
> /*
> + * struct trace_biter - servers for reading the user input separated by spaces
> + * @cont: set if the input is not complete - no final space char was found
> + * @buffer: holds the parsed user input
> + * @idx: user input lenght
length
> + * @size: buffer size
> + */
> +struct trace_biter {
> + bool cont;
> + char *buffer;
> + unsigned idx;
> + unsigned size;
> +};
> +
> +#define TRACE_BITER_LOADED(biter) (biter->idx)
> +#define TRACE_BITER_CONT(biter) (biter->cont)
> +#define TRACE_BITER_CLEAR(biter) \
> +do { \
> + biter->cont = false; \
> + biter->idx = 0; \
> +} while(0)
> +
> +/*
> + * trace_biter_alloc - allocates the buffer for trace buffer iterator
> + */
> +static inline int trace_biter_alloc(struct trace_biter *biter, int size)
> +{
> + memset(biter, 0, sizeof(*biter));
> +
> + biter->buffer = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!biter->buffer)
> + return 1;
> +
> + biter->size = size;
> + return 0;
> +}
I don't see any reason that trace_biter_alloc is as static inline in a
header file. It should be a normal function in trace.c
> +
> +/*
> + * trace_biter_free - frees the buffer for trace buffer iterator
> + */
> +static inline void trace_biter_free(struct trace_biter *biter)
> +{
> + kfree(biter->buffer);
> +}
trace_biter_free too.
But I also hate the name "biter", looks too much like "bitter". How
about something like "trace_parser", or "trace_string_reader"?
-- Steve
> +
> +extern int trace_get_user(struct trace_biter *biter, const char __user *ubuf,
> + size_t cnt, loff_t *ppos);
> +
> +/*
> * trace_iterator_flags is an enumeration that defines bit
> * positions into trace_flags that controls the output.
> *
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