netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: FIB tracepoints

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Message-ID: <55DFEC92.8050700@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:	Thu, 27 Aug 2015 22:07:30 -0700
From:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: FIB tracepoints

On 8/27/15 10:05 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 21:59:32 -0700
>
>> +		__array(	__u8,	src,	4	)
>> +		__array(	__u8,	dst,	4	)
>   ...
>> +		__array(	__u8,	src,	4	)
>
> Maybe there is something I don't understand about tracing, but why not
> use __u32?  If endianness types are the issue, just force cast it as
> needed.
>
> Using a memcpy() on a 4-byte array is kinda excessive.
>

Silly trick need to use %pI4. ie., printing the addresses as strings vs. 
hex.
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