linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 5/4] tracing: Simplify the ftrace_event_field iteration in f_next/f

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20130717193710.GC15312@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jul 2013 21:37:10 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <masami.hiramatsu.pt@...achi.com>
Cc:	"zhangwei(Jovi)" <jovi.zhangwei@...wei.com>,
	Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...stprotocols.net>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/4] tracing: Simplify the ftrace_event_field
	iteration in f_next/f_show

On 07/17, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
>
> f_next() looks overcomplicated, and it is not strictly correct
> even if this doesn't matter.

Honestly, I do not know what the changelog can say to explain
this patch except "make the code simpler/cleaner".

To simplify the review, please see f_next/f_start with this patch
applied below. f_show() does field = list_entry(v, ...).

Probably makes sense anyway, I even tried to test it. So I would
not mind if you apply it as a separate cleanup ;)

Oleg.

static void *f_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
{
	struct ftrace_event_call *call = m->private;
	struct list_head *common_head = &ftrace_common_fields;
	struct list_head *head = trace_get_fields(call);
	struct list_head *node = v;

	(*pos)++;

	switch ((unsigned long)v) {
	case FORMAT_HEADER:
		node = common_head;
		break;

	case FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR:
		node = head;
		break;

	case FORMAT_PRINTFMT:
		/* all done */
		return NULL;
	}

	node = node->prev;
	if (node == common_head)
		return (void *)FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR;
	else if (node == head)
		return (void *)FORMAT_PRINTFMT;
	else
		return node;
}

static void *f_start(struct seq_file *m, loff_t *pos)
{
	void *p = (void *)FORMAT_HEADER;
	loff_t l = 0;

	while (p && l < *pos)
		p = f_next(m, p, &l);

	return p;
}

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/