From 4d4c9cc839a308be3289a361ccba4447ee140552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Rostedt Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 08:59:16 -0400 Subject: tracing: Add __field_struct macro for TRACE_EVENT() Currently the __field() macro in TRACE_EVENT is only good for primitive values, such as integers and pointers, but it fails on complex data types such as structures or unions. This is because the __field() macro determines if the variable is signed or not with the test of: (((type)(-1)) < (type)1) Unfortunately, that fails when type is a structure. Since trace events should support structures as fields a new macro is created for such a case called __field_struct() which acts exactly the same as __field() does but it does not do the signed type check and just uses a constant false for that answer. Cc: Tony Luck Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'samples') diff --git a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h index 6af373236d73..4b0113f73ee9 100644 --- a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h +++ b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h @@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ * struct: This defines the way the data will be stored in the ring buffer. * There are currently two types of elements. __field and __array. * a __field is broken up into (type, name). Where type can be any - * type but an array. + * primitive type (integer, long or pointer). __field_struct() can + * be any static complex data value (struct, union, but not an array). * For an array. there are three fields. (type, name, size). The * type of elements in the array, the name of the field and the size * of the array. -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b