Re: [PATCH v3] tracepoint: add new `tcp:tcp_ca_event` trace event

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Sat Aug 12 2023 - 21:01:49 EST


On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 20:59:05 -0400
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 20:12:50 +0000
> Zheao Li <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > +TRACE_EVENT(tcp_ca_event,
> > +
> > + TP_PROTO(struct sock *sk, const u8 ca_event),
> > +
> > + TP_ARGS(sk, ca_event),
> > +
> > + TP_STRUCT__entry(
> > + __field(const void *, skaddr)
> > + __field(__u16, sport)
> > + __field(__u16, dport)
> > + __field(__u16, family)
> > + __array(__u8, saddr, 4)
> > + __array(__u8, daddr, 4)
> > + __array(__u8, saddr_v6, 16)
> > + __array(__u8, daddr_v6, 16)
> > + __field(__u8, ca_event)
>
> Please DO NOT LISTEN TO CHECKPATCH!
>
> The above looks horrendous! Put it back to:
>
> > + __field( const void *, skaddr )
> > + __field( __u16, sport )
> > + __field( __u16, dport )
> > + __field( __u16, family )
> > + __array( __u8, saddr, 4 )
> > + __array( __u8, daddr, 4 )
> > + __array( __u8, saddr_v6, 16 )
> > + __array( __u8, daddr_v6, 16 )
> > + __field( __u8, ca_event )
>
> See how much better it looks I can see fields this way.
>
> The "checkpatch" way is a condensed mess.
>

The below patch makes checkpatch not complain about some of this. But
there's still more to do.

-- Steve

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1e5e66ae5a52..24df11e8c861 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ my $allow_c99_comments = 1; # Can be overridden by --ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANC
my $git_command ='export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8; git';
my $tabsize = 8;
my ${CONFIG_} = "CONFIG_";
+my $trace_macros = "__array|__dynamic_array|__field|__string|EMe?";

sub help {
my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -5387,7 +5388,8 @@ sub process {

# check spacing on parentheses
if ($line =~ /\(\s/ && $line !~ /\(\s*(?:\\)?$/ &&
- $line !~ /for\s*\(\s+;/) {
+ $line !~ /for\s*\(\s+;/ &&
+ $line !~ m/$trace_macros/) {
if (ERROR("SPACING",
"space prohibited after that open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
@@ -5397,7 +5399,8 @@ sub process {
}
if ($line =~ /(\s+)\)/ && $line !~ /^.\s*\)/ &&
$line !~ /for\s*\(.*;\s+\)/ &&
- $line !~ /:\s+\)/) {
+ $line !~ /:\s+\)/ &&
+ $line !~ m/$trace_macros/) {
if (ERROR("SPACING",
"space prohibited before that close parenthesis ')'\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
@@ -5906,6 +5909,7 @@ sub process {
$dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ && # for (...)
$dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ && # for (...) bar()
$dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ && # do {...
+ $dstat !~ /^EMe?\s*1u/ && # EM( and EMe( are commonly used with TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM
$dstat !~ /^\(\{/ && # ({...
$ctx !~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+TRACE_(?:SYSTEM|INCLUDE_FILE|INCLUDE_PATH)\b/)
{
@@ -6017,7 +6021,8 @@ sub process {
WARN("DO_WHILE_MACRO_WITH_TRAILING_SEMICOLON",
"do {} while (0) macros should not be semicolon terminated\n" . "$herectx");
}
- } elsif ($dstat =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+$Ident.*;\s*$/) {
+ } elsif ($dstat =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+$Ident.*;\s*$/ &&
+ $dstat !~ /TRACE_DEFINE_ENUM\(/) {
$ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
my $cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);