linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 10/10] tracing/hyper-v: trace hyperv_mmu_flush_tlb

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Date:   Fri, 9 Jun 2017 15:07:07 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@...il.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        devel@...uxdriverproject.org, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Jork Loeser <Jork.Loeser@...rosoft.com>,
        Simon Xiao <sixiao@...rosoft.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 10/10] tracing/hyper-v: trace
 hyperv_mmu_flush_tlb_others()

On Fri, 09 Jun 2017 20:53:53 +0200
Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl> wrote:

> On Fri, 2017-06-09 at 14:32 -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > I'm sure it works, but it just adds one more way of doing the same
> > thing. I thought that was what perl was always criticized for, and why
> > people usually prefer python. Don't get me wrong, I prefer oysters over
> > snakes. But I just wanted to point out the lack of consistency here.  
> 
> A major benefit is that
>     #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERV)
> 
> is shorter than
>     #if defined(CONFIG_HYPERV) || defined(CONFIG_HYPERV_MODULE)
> 
> and less prone to typos.
> 

I don't believe the module version is needed here. Otherwise I would
question the #if altogether. Which now I'm looking at it, why is it
needed?

What includes this header file that wouldn't have that set anyway? The
only place it is included is in:

 arch/x86/hyperv/mmu.c

Is that compiled without CONFIG_HYPERV?

-- Steve