Re: [PATCH v2] tracing/power: Polish the tracepoints cpu_idle and cpu_frequency

[Du, Changbin]

> >> That rather isn't the case if negative values are ever passed to the
> >> tracepoint, right?
> >>
> > yes.
> >> Which seems to be the reason why you want to make this change, isn't it?
> >>
> > yes, to improve readability.
> >
> >> So maybe fix the code using the tracepoint(s) to avoid passing
> >> negative values to it(them)?
> > For cpu_idle event, [0, CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX) are used to index the idle state arrary,
> > so I think a appropriate value for PWR_EVENT_EXIT is -1 (defined in include/trace/events/power.h).
> > Or do you have a better idea? Thanks!
> 
> Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.
> 
> I'm saying that the code using the CPU PM tracepoints is not expected
> to pass -1 as the CPU number to them.  IOW, neither -1 nor its UL
> representation should ever appear in the output of these tracepoints.
> If that happens, it is a problem with the code using the tracepoints
> which needs to be fixed.  Users should not see any of these values.

This patch only changed 'state' field but cpuid. For cpu_idle event, 'state' is
singned value, but for cpu_frequency it is unsinged.
The cpuid is always unsinged value. So no one passes -1 as CPU number.

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Thanks,
Changbin Du