netdev - Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v4] sock: add tracepoint for send recv length

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jan 2023 16:58:36 +0800
From:   运辉崔 <cuiyunhui@...edance.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, mhiramat@...nel.org,
        davem@...emloft.net, kuba@...nel.org, pabeni@...hat.com,
        kuniyu@...zon.com, xiyou.wangcong@...il.com,
        duanxiongchun@...edance.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        dust.li@...ux.alibaba.com
Subject: Re: [External] Re: [PATCH v4] sock: add tracepoint for send recv length

On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:39 PM Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

>
> But looking at this tracepoint again, I see a issue that can help with the
> dereferencing.
>
> Why is family and protocol passed in?
>
> +       trace_sock_send_length(sock->sk, sock->sk->sk_family,
> +                              sock->sk->sk_protocol, ret, 0);
>
>
> Where the TP_fast_assign() is:
>
> +       TP_fast_assign(
> +               __entry->sk = sk;
> +               __entry->family = sk->sk_family;
> +               __entry->protocol = sk->sk_protocol;
> +               __entry->length = ret > 0 ? ret : 0;
> +               __entry->error = ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
> +               __entry->flags = flags;
> +       ),
>
> The family and protocol is taken from the sk, and not the parameters. I bet
> dropping those would help.
>
> -- Steve
>

Many thanks to Eric and Steven for your discussions and suggestions, I
will update on v5.


Thanks,
Yunhui