Re: Another Obsolete Fix me in trace.h?

[Radim KrÄmÃÅ]

2014-11-26 09:15-0500, Steven Rostedt:
> On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:40:26 +0100
> Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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.

Ok, thanks.

(It just seemed weird that we have an infrastructure that could allow a
 "generic plugin" to cover this functionality.)
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