Re: [PATCH V7 05/14] rtla/osnoise: Add the hist mode

[Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/24/21 23:15, Steven Rostedt wrote:
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Set the size of the bucket.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	bucket_size = params->output_divisor * params->bucket_size;
>>> +	snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "duration.buckets=%d", bucket_size);
>>> +
>>> +	data->trace_hist = tracefs_hist_alloc(tool->trace.tep, "osnoise", "sample_threshold",
>>> +			buff, TRACEFS_HIST_KEY_NORMAL);  
>> FYI, we changed the API (haven't tagged it yet, so we can do that :-) and
>> the above needs to be:
>>
>> 	data->trace_hist = tracefs_hist1d_alloc(tool->trace.tep, "osnoise", "sample_threshold",
> Or do you think that 1d should be the default, and we have:
> 
> 	tracefs_hist_alloc()	-- 1d histogram
> 	tracefs_hist_alloc_2d()	-- 2d histogram
> 	tracefs_hist_alloc_nd()	-- Nd histogram?
> 
> ??

IMHO, the function names in your second email sound more intuitive, i.e.,
tracefs_hist_alloc()/tracefs_hist_alloc_2d()/tracefs_hist_alloc_nd().

> We haven't tagged it yet, so we could change it again (and then your code
> will work as is).

two birds with a single stone :-)

-- Daniel
> -- Steve