Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] trace/preemptirq: Implement trace_irqflags hooks

From: Wander Lairson Costa

Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 15:05:24 EST


On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 02:54:05PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Mar 2026 20:43:05 +0100
> Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Mar 11, 2026 at 09:50:18AM -0300, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> > > +#define local_irq_enable() \
> > > + do { \
> > > + if (tracepoint_enabled(irq_enable)) \
> > > + trace_local_irq_enable(); \
> >
> > I'm thinking you didn't even look at the assembly generated :/
> >
> > Otherwise you would have written this like:
> >
> > if (tracepoint_enabled(irq_enable))
> > __do_trace_local_irq_enable();
> >
> > > + raw_local_irq_enable(); \
> > > + } while (0)
> >
> > Again, this was one instruction, and you clearly didn't bother looking
> > at the mess you've generated :/
>
> We now have trace_call__#name(), thus the above can be:
>
> if (tracepoint_enabled(irq_enable))
> trace_call__local_irq_enable();
>
> See commit 677a3d82b6407 ("tracepoint: Add trace_call__##name() API")

Great, I will update the patches.

>
> Just in case there's a v4.
>
> -- Steve
>