Re: [PATCH 3/5] tracing: save one trace_event->type by using __TRACE_LAST_TYPE

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Thu Jul 09 2020 - 18:04:28 EST


On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 10:06:10 +0800
Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Static defined trace_event->type stops at (__TRACE_LAST_TYPE - 1) and
> dynamic trace_event->type starts from (__TRACE_LAST_TYPE + 1).
>
> To save one trace_event->type index, let's use __TRACE_LAST_TYPE.

When I wrote this code, I purposely had a gap there. But I guess it's
not really needed. I'll take your patch.

Thanks,

-- Steve


>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/trace/trace_output.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
> index b704b3ef4264..818f0c9d10c5 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_output.c
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ DECLARE_RWSEM(trace_event_sem);
>
> static struct hlist_head event_hash[EVENT_HASHSIZE] __read_mostly;
>
> -static int next_event_type = __TRACE_LAST_TYPE + 1;
> +static int next_event_type = __TRACE_LAST_TYPE;
>
> enum print_line_t trace_print_bputs_msg_only(struct trace_iterator *iter)
> {
> @@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(ftrace_event_list);
> static int trace_search_list(struct list_head **list)
> {
> struct trace_event *e;
> - int next = __TRACE_LAST_TYPE + 1;
> + int next = __TRACE_LAST_TYPE;
>
> if (list_empty(&ftrace_event_list)) {
> *list = &ftrace_event_list;