linux-kernel - [RFC patch 36/41] tracing: Simplify stacktrace retrieval in histograms

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Date:   Wed, 10 Apr 2019 12:28:30 +0200
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>
Subject: [RFC patch 36/41] tracing: Simplify stacktrace retrieval in histograms

The indirection through struct stack_trace is not necessary at all. Use the
storage array based interface.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c |   12 +++---------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c
@@ -5186,7 +5186,6 @@ static void event_hist_trigger(struct ev
 	u64 var_ref_vals[TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX];
 	char compound_key[HIST_KEY_SIZE_MAX];
 	struct tracing_map_elt *elt = NULL;
-	struct stack_trace stacktrace;
 	struct hist_field *key_field;
 	u64 field_contents;
 	void *key = NULL;
@@ -5198,14 +5197,9 @@ static void event_hist_trigger(struct ev
 		key_field = hist_data->fields[i];
 
 		if (key_field->flags & HIST_FIELD_FL_STACKTRACE) {
-			stacktrace.max_entries = HIST_STACKTRACE_DEPTH;
-			stacktrace.entries = entries;
-			stacktrace.nr_entries = 0;
-			stacktrace.skip = HIST_STACKTRACE_SKIP;
-
-			memset(stacktrace.entries, 0, HIST_STACKTRACE_SIZE);
-			save_stack_trace(&stacktrace);
-
+			memset(entries, 0, HIST_STACKTRACE_SIZE);
+			stack_trace_save(entries, HIST_STACKTRACE_DEPTH,
+					 HIST_STACKTRACE_SKIP);
 			key = entries;
 		} else {
 			field_contents = key_field->fn(key_field, elt, rbe, rec);