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| author |   Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca> | 2008-05-12 21:21:09 +0200 |
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| committer |   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2008-05-23 22:25:27 +0200 |
| commit | dc102a8fae2d0d6bf5223fc549247f2e23959ae6 (patch) | |
| tree | ccb36b8bfd106ef70d2a9a83629ca502a497d9f3 /include/linux/marker.h | |
| parent | ftrace: limit trace entries (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-dc102a8fae2d0d6bf5223fc549247f2e23959ae6.tar.xz linux-dev-dc102a8fae2d0d6bf5223fc549247f2e23959ae6.zip | |
Markers - remove extra format argument
Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> :
> Not in this patch, but I noticed:
>
> #define __trace_mark(name, call_private, format, args...) \
> do { \
> static const char __mstrtab_##name[] \
> __attribute__((section("__markers_strings"))) \
> = #name "\0" format; \
> static struct marker __mark_##name \
> __attribute__((section("__markers"), aligned(8))) = \
> { __mstrtab_##name, &__mstrtab_##name[sizeof(#name)], \
> 0, 0, marker_probe_cb, \
> { __mark_empty_function, NULL}, NULL }; \
> __mark_check_format(format, ## args); \
> if (unlikely(__mark_##name.state)) { \
> (*__mark_##name.call) \
> (&__mark_##name, call_private, \
> format, ## args); \
> } \
> } while (0)
>
> In this call:
>
> (*__mark_##name.call) \
> (&__mark_##name, call_private, \
> format, ## args); \
>
> you make gcc allocate duplicate format string. You can use
> &__mstrtab_##name[sizeof(#name)] instead since it holds the same string,
> or drop ", format," above and "const char *fmt" from here:
>
> void (*call)(const struct marker *mdata, /* Probe wrapper */
> void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...);
>
> since mdata->format is the same and all callees which need it can take it there.
Very good point. I actually thought about dropping it, since it would
remove an unnecessary argument from the stack. And actually, since I now
have the marker_probe_cb sitting between the marker site and the
callbacks, there is no API change required. Thanks :)
Mathieu
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/marker.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/marker.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/marker.h b/include/linux/marker.h index 430f6adf9762..338533abb47b 100644 --- a/include/linux/marker.h +++ b/include/linux/marker.h @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ struct marker { */ char state; /* Marker state. */ char ptype; /* probe type : 0 : single, 1 : multi */ - void (*call)(const struct marker *mdata, /* Probe wrapper */ - void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...); + /* Probe wrapper */ + void (*call)(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, ...); struct marker_probe_closure single; struct marker_probe_closure *multi; } __attribute__((aligned(8))); @@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ struct marker { __mark_check_format(format, ## args); \ if (unlikely(__mark_##name.state)) { \ (*__mark_##name.call) \ - (&__mark_##name, call_private, \ - format, ## args); \ + (&__mark_##name, call_private, ## args);\ } \ } while (0) @@ -117,9 +116,9 @@ static inline void __printf(1, 2) ___mark_check_format(const char *fmt, ...) extern marker_probe_func __mark_empty_function; extern void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata, - void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...); + void *call_private, ...); extern void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata, - void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...); + void *call_private, ...); /* * Connect a probe to a marker. |