linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded 16 with TASK_COMM

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Message-ID: <20230211224455.0a4b2914@gandalf.local.home>
Date:   Sat, 11 Feb 2023 22:44:55 -0500
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/7] tools/testing/selftests/bpf: replace open-coded
 16 with TASK_COMM_LEN

On Sun, 12 Feb 2023 11:38:52 +0800
Yafang Shao <laoar.shao@...il.com> wrote:

> > Actually, there are cases that this needs to be a number, as b3bc8547d3be6
> > ("tracing: Have TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM affect trace event types as well") made
> > it update fields as well as the printk fmt.
> >  
> 
> It seems that TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM(TASK_COMM_LEN) in the trace events
> header files would be a better fix.

NACK! I much prefer the proper fix that adds the length.

-- Steve