netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] tracing/ipv4/ipv6: Use static array for name field in fib*_lookup

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Date:   Mon, 4 Jul 2022 13:09:01 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] tracing/ipv4/ipv6: Use static array for name field in
 fib*_lookup_table event

On 7/4/22 7:14 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: "Steven Rostedt (Google)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> 
> The fib_lookup_table and fib6_lookup_table events declare name as a
> dynamic_array, but also give it a fixed size, which defeats the purpose of
> the dynamic array, especially since the dynamic array also includes meta
> data in the event to specify its size.
> 
> Since the size of the name is at most 16 bytes (defined by IFNAMSIZ),
> it is not worth spending the effort to determine the size of the string.
> 
> Just use a fixed size array and copy into it. This will save 4 bytes that
> are used for the meta data that saves the size and position of a dynamic
> array, and even slightly speed up the event processing.
> 
> Cc: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@...dmis.org>
> ---
> Changes since v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220703102359.30f12e39@rorschach.local.home
>  - Just use a fixed size array instead of calculating the
>    size needed for the dynamic allocation.
> 
>  include/trace/events/fib.h  | 6 +++---
>  include/trace/events/fib6.h | 8 ++++----
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>