Re: [RFC][PATCH 11/23 v4] tracing: Do not use return values of trace_seq_printf() in syscall tracing

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:49:12 +0900
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Nov 2014 20:12:55 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > From: "Steven Rostedt (Red Hat)" <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The functions trace_seq_printf() and friends will not be returning values
> > soon and will be void functions. To know if they succeeded or not, the
> > functions trace_seq_has_overflowed() and trace_handle_return() should be
> > used instead.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c | 43 +++++++++++++++----------------------------
> >  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> > index 4dc8b79c5f75..2193e8038681 100644
> > --- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> > +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
> > @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
> >  	struct trace_entry *ent = iter->ent;
> >  	struct syscall_trace_enter *trace;
> >  	struct syscall_metadata *entry;
> > -	int i, ret, syscall;
> > +	int i, syscall;
> >  
> >  	trace = (typeof(trace))ent;
> >  	syscall = trace->nr;
> > @@ -128,35 +128,24 @@ print_syscall_enter(struct trace_iterator *iter, int flags,
> >  		goto end;
> >  	}
> >  
> > -	ret = trace_seq_printf(s, "%s(", entry->name);
> > -	if (!ret)
> > -		return TRACE_TYPE_PARTIAL_LINE;
> > +	trace_seq_printf(s, "%s(", entry->name);
> >  
> >  	for (i = 0; i < entry->nb_args; i++) {
> 
> 		if (trace_seq_has_overflowed())
> 			goto end;
> ?

Yeah, I guess I can do that.

Oh well, so much for not needing to post the first 13 patches again ;-)

-- Steve
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