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Message-ID: <4B16F389.4090801@zytor.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:08:57 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>
CC: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...hat.com>,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
randy.dunlap@...cle.com, wcohen@...hat.com, fweisbec@...il.com,
tglx@...utronix.de, jbaron@...hat.com,
linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: Re: trace/events: DECLARE vs DEFINE semantic
On 12/02/2009 02:57 PM, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>>
>> TRACE_CLASS - Declares a class
>> TRACE_CLASS_EVENT - defines an event for said class
>> TRACE_EVENT - Declares a class and defines an event (as is today)
>
> Yep, it looks good! It's self-descriptive and don't require to explain
> what the thing is doing each time we refer to it. (however I feel a bit
> sad for Fred, Wilma and Barney) ;)
>
Although you have to admit it's a bit confusing that:
TRACE_EVENT = TRACE_CLASS + TRACE_CLASS_EVENT
... as opposed to ...
TRACE_CLASS_EVENT = TRACE_CLASS + TRACE_EVENT
-hpa
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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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