Re: [PATCH 03/10][RFC] tracing: Convert TRACE_EVENT() to use theDECLARE_TRACE_DATA()

From: Mathieu Desnoyers
Date: Wed Apr 28 2010 - 20:04:10 EST


* Steven Rostedt (rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 16:39 -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> > * Steven Rostedt (rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> > > From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Switch the TRACE_EVENT() macros to use DECLARE_TRACE_DATA(). This
> > > patch is done to prove that the DATA macros work. If any regressions
> > > were to surface, then this patch would help a git bisect to localize
> > > the area.
> > >
> > > Once again this patch increases the size of the kernel.
> > >
> >
> > As recommended in the earlier email:
> >
> > It would make sense to just add the extra "callback_data" argument
> > directly to DECLARE_TRACE(), modify the user (TRACE_EVENT) accordingly.
> > And possibly create a TRACE_EVENT_NOARG() variant.
>
> Are you suggesting to make DECLARE_TRACE() be...
>
> #define DECLARE_TRACE(name, proto, args, data)
>
> ?

err.. forget about that. We only need to modify the callback to take the
extra argument into acount, not DECLARE_TRACE().

Thanks,

Mathieu

>
> -- Steve
>
>

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Mathieu Desnoyers
Operating System Efficiency R&D Consultant
EfficiOS Inc.
http://www.efficios.com
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