Re: [PATCH v2 bpf-next 1/3] perf: enable branch record for software events

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 07:12:24PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 08:07:24PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 05:41:46PM +0000, Song Liu wrote:
> > > DECLARE_STATIC_CALL(perf_snapshot_branch_stack,
> > >                    int (*)(struct perf_branch_snapshot *));
> > 
> > > Something like 
> > > 
> > > typedef int (perf_snapshot_branch_stack_t)(struct perf_branch_snapshot *);
> > > DECLARE_STATIC_CALL(perf_snapshot_branch_stack, perf_snapshot_branch_stack_t);
> > > 
> > > seems to work fine. 
> > 
> > Oh urg, indeed. It wants a function type, not a function pointer type.
> > I've been bitten by that before. Go with the typedef, that's the sanest.
> 
> The below is the best I can make of it... it's a little inconsistent and
> somewhat tricky, but at least the compiler yells hard if you get it
> wrong.
> 
> I can *almost* get to: DEFINE_STATIC_CALL(foo, &func), except for
> ARCH_DEFINE_STATIC_CALL_TRAMP() which needs the actual function name
> string for the ASM :-(
> 
> The rest can do with a function pointer type and have it work.

Seems reasonable to me.

-- 
Josh