linux-kernel - [tip:tracing/urgent] tracing/filters: Add comment for match callbacks

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Date:	Sat, 16 Jan 2010 09:44:27 GMT
From:	tip-bot for Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
To:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com,
	rostedt@...dmis.org, lizf@...fujitsu.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Subject: [tip:tracing/urgent] tracing/filters: Add comment for match callbacks

Commit-ID:  d1303dd1d6b220cab375f24fa91a5640e54e169e
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/d1303dd1d6b220cab375f24fa91a5640e54e169e
Author:     Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
AuthorDate: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:54:40 +0800
Committer:  Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
CommitDate: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 22:38:14 -0500

tracing/filters: Add comment for match callbacks

We should be clear on 2 things:

- the length parameter of a match callback includes
  tailing '\0'.

- the string to be searched might not be NULL-terminated.

Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
LKML-Reference: <4B4E8770.7000608@...fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c |   13 ++++++++++++-
 1 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
index 60c2a4e..e42af9a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c
@@ -252,7 +252,18 @@ static int filter_pred_none(struct filter_pred *pred, void *event,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* Basic regex callbacks */
+/*
+ * regex_match_foo - Basic regex callbacks
+ *
+ * @str: the string to be searched
+ * @r:   the regex structure containing the pattern string
+ * @len: the length of the string to be searched (including '\0')
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * - @str might not be NULL-terminated if it's of type DYN_STRING
+ *   or STATIC_STRING
+ */
+
 static int regex_match_full(char *str, struct regex *r, int len)
 {
 	if (strncmp(str, r->pattern, len) == 0)
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