linux-kernel - Re: trace/events: DECLARE vs DEFINE semantic

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Message-ID: <4B16F5AC.3060201@zytor.com>
Date:	Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:18:04 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	rostedt@...dmis.org
CC:	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...ymtl.ca>,
	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 03:13 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> 
> So, would you think:
> 
> TRACE_CLASS - Declare a class
> TRACE_EVENT - defines an event for said class (different meaning than before)
> TRACE_CLASS_EVENT - Declares a class and an event
> 
> is the better naming?
> 

Minus the legacy issue, yes.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

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