linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] perf/jevents: Add new structure to pass json fields.

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Message-ID: <20200825154721.GP1509399@tassilo.jf.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Aug 2020 08:47:21 -0700
From:   Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Kajol Jain <kjain@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     acme@...nel.org, jolsa@...hat.com, yao.jin@...ux.intel.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org,
        irogers@...gle.com, maddy@...ux.ibm.com,
        ravi.bangoria@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC] perf/jevents: Add new structure to pass json fields.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 01:10:41PM +0530, Kajol Jain wrote:
> This patch adds new structure called 'json_event' inside jevents.h
> file to improve the callback prototype inside jevent files.
> Initially, whenever user want to add new field, they need to update
> in all function callback which make it more and more complex with
> increased number of parmeters.
> With this change, we just need to add it in new structure 'json_event'.

Looks good to me. Thanks.

I wouldn't consolidate with event_struct, these are logically
different layers.

Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>