Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] nvme: add tracepoint for nvme_setup_cmd

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Thu Jan 18 2018 - 10:21:40 EST


On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:53:35AM +0100, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> +nvme-core-y := trace.o core.o

trace.o should be conditional on CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS.

> +TRACE_EVENT(nvme_setup_cmd,
> + TP_PROTO(struct nvme_command *cmd),
> + TP_ARGS(cmd),
> + TP_STRUCT__entry(
> + __field(__u8, opcode)
> + __field(__u8, flags)
> + __field(__u16, cid)
> + __field(__le32, nsid)
> + __field(__le64, metadata)
> + __field_struct( struct nvme_command, cmnd )

This still copies the whole SQE. I think that is way to much to
copy, especially given that you also copy many of the fields separately
as well.