linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL][v3.3] tracing: Add header wrappers event_headers_start.h and event_headers

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Message-ID: <1326909412.17534.91.camel@gandalf.stny.rr.com>
Date:	Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:56:52 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][GIT PULL][v3.3] tracing: Add header wrappers
 event_headers_start.h and event_headers_end.h

On Wed, 2012-01-18 at 13:07 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:

> I'd argue that __raise_softirq_irqoff() should not be inline - 
> that would solve a whole host of issues. Event tracing is 
> enabled in most distros so there's no real overhead argument to 
> be made here either - so it's probably a bit faster in fact to 
> have this uninlined. What do you think?

Sure, I have no problem moving that out of the header. I don't think
raising a softirq is in that critical a path that it can't be a function
call.

There's only one trace/events header left which is in module.h. Perhaps
we can move __module_get() and try_module_get() out of the header. We
could just move the "if" part out.

extern void inc_module(struct module *module, unsigned long ip);

static inline void __module_get(struct module *module)
{
	if (module) {
		preempt_disable();
		inc_module(module, _THIS_IP_);
		preempt_enable();
	}
}

static inline void try_module_get(struct module *module)
{
	int ret = 1;

	if (module) {
		preempt_disable();

		if (likely(module_is_live(module)))
			inc_module(module, _THIS_IP_);
		else
			ret = 0;

		preempt_enable();
	}
	return ret;
}

---

void inc_module(struct module *module, unsigned long ip)
{
	__this_cpu_inc(module->refptr->incs);
	trace_module_get(module, ip);
}


-- Steve


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