Re: [RFC 0/4] tools lib traceevent: Install fixes

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 11:14:11PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 04:01:44PM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 02, 2016 at 09:48:23AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > 
> > SNIP
> > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Also I think it'd be better for libtraceevent has dependency to libdl
> > > > > explicitly so that we can get rid of -ldl at the end.  
> > > > 
> > > > agreed, I'll queue your patch if v2 is needed
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > BTW, before we start making this ready for their own libraries, I'd
> > > like to make some changes with the naming convention. Mainly with
> > > event_format and format_field.
> > > 
> > > Perhaps we should change them to pevent_event and pevent_field?
> > 
> > right, it does not have any global prefix for public symbols
> > 
> > I'd actualy expect something like 'traceevent_',
> > but 'pevent' is ok as well I guess
> 
> The 'pevent' prefix would be more consistent to similar APIs IMHO.
> 
> Maybe it's worth splitting public header and internal header files?

I'd suggest exporting just what is already used by tools, exposing more
as the need arises.

- Arnaldo