linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] sched: Add sched_load

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Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 15:42:00 +0100
From:   Qais Yousef <qais.yousef@....com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Pavankumar Kondeti <pkondeti@...eaurora.org>,
        Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Uwe Kleine-Konig <u.kleine-koenig@...gutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] sched: Add sched_load_rq tracepoint

On 05/06/19 09:52, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Mon, 6 May 2019 11:08:59 +0200
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > These functions really should be called trace_*()
> > 
> > Also; I _really_ hate how fat they are. Why can't we do simple straight
> > forward things like:
> > 
> > 	trace_pelt_cfq(cfq);
> > 	trace_pelt_rq(rq);
> > 	trace_pelt_se(se);
> > 
> > And then have the thing attached to the event do the fat bits like
> > extract the path and whatnot.
> 
> I'd like to avoid functions called "trace_*" that are not trace events.
> It's getting confusing when I see a "trace_*()" function and then go
> look for the corresponding TRACE_EVENT() just to find out that one does
> not exist.
> 
>  sched_trace_*()  maybe?

I can control that for the wrappers I'm introducing. But the actual tracepoint
get the 'trace_' part prepended automatically by the macros.

ie DECLARE_TRACE(pelt_rq, ...) will automatically generate a function called
trace_pelt_se(...)

Or am I missing something?

Thanks

--
Qais Yousef