Re: [PATCH tracing 0/3] tracing: support > 8 byte filter predicates

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 25 Apr 2023 18:15:03 +0100
Alan Maguire <alan.maguire@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> that's a great idea; what would be the most consistent ftrace syntax
> for this do you think? I noticed that hist triggers append a modifier
> to the field name so would something like
> 
> "dst.ipv6 == ::1"

Yeah, I think just having ":" in the name without quotes can help the filter
know that it's a ipv6 id.

Hmm, although we may want to do the same for mac addresses. But we can
determine the difference by the field size. If it's 6 bytes, it's a mac, if
it's 128 bits, then ipv6.

-- Steve