Re: Another Obsolete Fix me in trace.h?

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Wed Nov 26 2014 - 09:16:12 EST


On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:40:26 +0100
Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 2014-11-24 22:49+0100, Radim KrÄmÃÅ:
> > 2014-11-24 16:19-0500, Steven Rostedt:
> > > That wouldn't be too hard to implement.
> >
> > I'll look at the patch tommorrow.
>
> The kernel part is trivial.
> Most of the code is going to be in tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c.
>
> I wasn't sure whether to
> 1) define new 'enum print_arg_type' for our function and do exactly what
> other __print* did
> 2) extend existing PRINT_FUNC with variable arguments and register it as
> a "global" event handler
>
> as (2) makes more sense to me, but we already had it when some __print*
> was implemented ... (and I didn't want to dig too deep into the project)

Add a new hardcoded instance. The PRINT_FUNC is for plugins that have a
unique function for the events they handle. Notice that event-parse
does not define any func handlers. If this is to be generic, then lets
make it specified as a new enum.

Thanks,

-- Steve
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