Re: [PATCH 2/2] ftrace: add stack trace to function tracer

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Fri Jan 16 2009 - 09:29:21 EST




On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Fr?d?ric Weisbecker wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> 2009/1/16 Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> > +static struct tracer_flags func_flags = {
> > + .val = 0, /* By default: all flags disabled */
> > + .opts = func_opts
> > +};
> > +
> > +static int func_set_flag(u32 old_flags, u32 bit, int set)
> > +{
> > + if (bit == TRACE_FUNC_OPT_STACK) {
> > + /* do nothing if already set */
> > + if (!!set == !!(func_flags.val & TRACE_FUNC_OPT_STACK))
> > + return 0;
>
>
> This is just a small thing but set will always be 1 or 0. And if you want
> the current val of your options, you can take old_flags :-)

I never assume something is set to 0 or 1 ;-)

But I did overlook the "old_flags". Yeah that would be better to use.

>
> Would you prefer I send a patch to not call the set_flag callback
> when the option set/unset by the user is already set/unset ?

Hmm, good question. That's the way I do it, but would that make sense fo
others? Probably would be a good idea. We only want to know when the
flag changes.

-- Steve

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