It's common [1] to define tracepoint fields as "bool" when they contain a true / false value. Currently, defining a synthetic event with a "bool" field yields EINVAL. It's possible to work around this by using e.g. u8 (assuming sizeof(bool) is 1, and bool is unsigned; if either of these properties don't match, you get EINVAL [2]). Supporting "bool" explicitly makes hooking this up easier and more portable for userspace. [1]: grep -r "bool" include/trace/events/ [2]: check_synth_field() in kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c Acked-by: Michel Lespinasse <walken@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c index 8e1974fbad0e..8f94c84349a6 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_synth.c @@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ static int synth_field_size(char *type) size = sizeof(long); else if (strcmp(type, "unsigned long") == 0) size = sizeof(unsigned long); + else if (strcmp(type, "bool") == 0) + size = sizeof(bool); else if (strcmp(type, "pid_t") == 0) size = sizeof(pid_t); else if (strcmp(type, "gfp_t") == 0) @@ -276,6 +278,8 @@ static const char *synth_field_fmt(char *type) fmt = "%ld"; else if (strcmp(type, "unsigned long") == 0) fmt = "%lu"; + else if (strcmp(type, "bool") == 0) + fmt = "%d"; else if (strcmp(type, "pid_t") == 0) fmt = "%d"; else if (strcmp(type, "gfp_t") == 0) -- 2.28.0.1011.ga647a8990f-goog
