Re: [PATCH 0/3] tool lib traceevent: Fix some parsing errors

[Steven Rostedt]

Hi Arnaldo,

I guess these patches were missed.

-- Steve


On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 16:08:45 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Arnaldo,
> 
> Here's a few patches for lib traceevent.
> 
> The first one adds an "append()" helper function for appending to strings,
> which will also simplify the next patch.
> 
> The second patch handles "__attribute__((user))" in the field of a
> trace event. This is needed after the stack leak code added this
> to parameters of system call events.
> 
> The last patch adds handling of __builtin_expect(), as someone wanted
> to move IS_ERR_VALUE() from the fast path into the print fmt section,
> which breaks the parsing. This should also be useful for other macros
> that may evaluate down to a __builtin_expect().
> 
> Steven Rostedt (VMware) (3):
>       tools lib traceevent: Add append() function helper for appending strings
>       tools lib traceevent: Handle __attribute__((user)) in field names
>       tools lib traceevent: Add handler for __builtin_expect()
> 
> ----
>  tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c | 168 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
>  1 file changed, 111 insertions(+), 57 deletions(-)