Re: [PATCH] sunrpc: Fix trace events to store data in the struct

From: Steven Rostedt
Date: Tue Feb 24 2015 - 09:48:56 EST


On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:19:07 +0000
James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Steven,
>
> On 24/02/15 14:09, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:47:56 +0000
> > James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> TP_printk("xprt=0x%p addr=%pIScp pid=%d flags=%s", __entry->xprt,
> >> - (struct sockaddr *)&__entry->xprt->xpt_remote,
> >
> > There's actually nothing wrong with the above even if xprt is NULL.
> > It's not dereferencing the structure, it is just getting the address of
> > what would be dereference.
>
> I think that corresponds to the %pIScp format which I presumed does
> dereference the pointer?

Ah, I missed the "__entry->xprt" part :-p


>
> Looking at Documentation/printk-formats.txt I see:
>
> > IPv4/IPv6 addresses (generic, with port, flowinfo, scope):
> > ...
> > %pISpc 1.2.3.4:12345 or [1:2:3:4:5:6:7:8]:12345
>
> Same applies below. Should these formats still be avoided?

No, we can still use them.

I assume that the %pISpc expects a "struct sockaddr" passed to it as
that is what is typecast in the print. We might as well make the ss into
that structure instead of a struct sockaddr_storage, as it looks like
the storage one is much larger, and we only care about the sockaddr
part. Let's not waste the ring buffer if we don't need to.

-- Steve
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