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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 /kernel/marker.c | |
parent | ftrace: limit trace entries (diff) | |
download | linux-dc102a8fae2d0d6bf5223fc549247f2e23959ae6.tar.xz linux-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 'kernel/marker.c')
-rw-r--r-- | kernel/marker.c | 30 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/marker.c b/kernel/marker.c index b5a9fe1d50d5..1abfb923b761 100644 --- a/kernel/marker.c +++ b/kernel/marker.c @@ -55,8 +55,8 @@ static DEFINE_MUTEX(markers_mutex); struct marker_entry { struct hlist_node hlist; char *format; - 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; int refcount; /* Number of times armed. 0 if disarmed. */ @@ -91,15 +91,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__mark_empty_function); * marker_probe_cb Callback that prepares the variable argument list for probes. * @mdata: pointer of type struct marker * @call_private: caller site private data - * @fmt: format string * @...: Variable argument list. * * Since we do not use "typical" pointer based RCU in the 1 argument case, we * need to put a full smp_rmb() in this branch. This is why we do not use * rcu_dereference() for the pointer read. */ -void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, - const char *fmt, ...) +void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, ...) { va_list args; char ptype; @@ -120,8 +118,9 @@ void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, /* Must read the ptr before private data. They are not data * dependant, so we put an explicit smp_rmb() here. */ smp_rmb(); - va_start(args, fmt); - func(mdata->single.probe_private, call_private, fmt, &args); + va_start(args, call_private); + func(mdata->single.probe_private, call_private, mdata->format, + &args); va_end(args); } else { struct marker_probe_closure *multi; @@ -136,9 +135,9 @@ void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, smp_read_barrier_depends(); multi = mdata->multi; for (i = 0; multi[i].func; i++) { - va_start(args, fmt); - multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private, fmt, - &args); + va_start(args, call_private); + multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private, + mdata->format, &args); va_end(args); } } @@ -150,13 +149,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(marker_probe_cb); * marker_probe_cb Callback that does not prepare the variable argument list. * @mdata: pointer of type struct marker * @call_private: caller site private data - * @fmt: format string * @...: Variable argument list. * * Should be connected to markers "MARK_NOARGS". */ -void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata, - void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...) +void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, ...) { va_list args; /* not initialized */ char ptype; @@ -172,7 +169,8 @@ void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata, /* Must read the ptr before private data. They are not data * dependant, so we put an explicit smp_rmb() here. */ smp_rmb(); - func(mdata->single.probe_private, call_private, fmt, &args); + func(mdata->single.probe_private, call_private, mdata->format, + &args); } else { struct marker_probe_closure *multi; int i; @@ -186,8 +184,8 @@ void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata, smp_read_barrier_depends(); multi = mdata->multi; for (i = 0; multi[i].func; i++) - multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private, fmt, - &args); + multi[i].func(multi[i].probe_private, call_private, + mdata->format, &args); } preempt_enable(); } |