Re: [PATCH v6 bpf-next 07/11] tracepoint: introduce kernel_tracepoint_find_by_name

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On 03/27/2018 05:53 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On 3/27/18 7:42 AM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:18:24 -0400 (EDT)
>> Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> ----- On Mar 27, 2018, at 10:07 AM, rostedt rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 19:47:02 -0700
>>>> Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> From: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>> introduce kernel_tracepoint_find_by_name() helper to let bpf core
>>>>> find tracepoint by name and later attach bpf probe to a tracepoint
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>
>>> Steven showed preference for tracepoint_kernel_find_by_name() at some
>>> point (starting with a tracepoint_ prefix). I'm find with either of
>>> the names.
>>
>> Yeah, I do prefer tracepoint_kernel_find_by_name() to stay consistent
>> with the other tracepoint functions. But we have
>> "for_each_kernel_tracepoint()" and not "for_each_tracepoint_kernel()",
>> thus we need to pick being consistent with one or the other. One answer
>> is to use tracpoint_kernel_find_by_name() and rename the for_each to
>> for_each_tracpoint_kernel().
> 
> yep. that's exactly the reason I picked kernel_tracepoint_find_by_name()
> to match for_each_kernel_tracepoint() naming.
> 
> I can certainly send a follow up patch to rename both to
> *tracepoint_kernel* and then you can nack it because it breaks lttng :)
> but let's do it in a separate thread.
> 
> Daniel,
> do you mind adding { } as Steven requested while applying or
> you want me to resubmit the whole thing?

Yeah, I can fix it up while applying.
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