Hi Steve,
On Tue, 2020-01-21 at 11:57 -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:35:12 -0600
> Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Add functions used to generate synthetic event commands, built on
> > top
> > of the dynevent_cmd interface.
> >
> > gen_synth_cmd() is used to create a synthetic event command using a
> > variable arg list and gen_synth_cmd_array() does the same thing but
> > using an array of field descriptors. add_synth_field() and
> > add_synth_fields() can be used to add single fields one by one or
> > as a
> > group. Once all desired fields are added, create_dynevent() is
> > used
> > to actually execute the command and create the event.
> >
> > create_synth_event() does everything, including creating the event,
> > in
> > a single call.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <zanussi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > include/linux/trace_events.h | 30 ++++
> > kernel/trace/trace_events_hist.c | 325
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > 2 files changed, 352 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/trace_events.h
> > b/include/linux/trace_events.h
> > index bf4cc2e56125..4228407d4736 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/trace_events.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/trace_events.h
> > @@ -409,6 +409,36 @@ extern int create_dynevent(struct dynevent_cmd
> > *cmd);
> >
> > extern int delete_synth_event(const char *name);
> >
> > +extern void synth_dynevent_cmd_init(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd,
> > + char *buf, int maxlen);
> > +
> > +extern int __gen_synth_cmd(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, const char
> > *name,
> > + struct module *mod, ...);
> > +
> > +#define gen_synth_cmd(cmd, name, mod, ...) \
> > + __gen_synth_cmd(cmd, name, mod, ## __VA_ARGS__, NULL)
> > +
> > +struct synth_field_desc {
> > + const char *type;
> > + const char *name;
> > +};
> > +
> > +extern int gen_synth_cmd_array(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd, const
> > char *name,
> > + struct module *mod,
> > + struct synth_field_desc *fields,
> > + unsigned int n_fields);
> > +extern int create_synth_event(const char *name,
> > + struct synth_field_desc *fields,
> > + unsigned int n_fields, struct module
> > *mod);
> > +
> > +
> > +extern int add_synth_field(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd,
> > + const char *type,
> > + const char *name);
> > +extern int add_synth_fields(struct dynevent_cmd *cmd,
> > + struct synth_field_desc *fields,
> > + unsigned int n_fields);
>
> As these are in a global header and globally visible, let's rename
> them
> to be more name space aware.
>
> Have them all start with "synth_event_".
>
> synth_event_gen_cmd_array()
> synth_event_create()
> synth_event_add_field()
> synth_event_add_fields()
>
> Makes it easier to grep for synth_event functions too.
>
OK, will do.
Thanks,
Tom
> -- Steve
>
>
> > +
> > /*
> > * Event file flags:
> > * ENABLED - The event is enabled
