On 2022-10-27 18:40, Beau Belgrave wrote: [...]
diff --git a/include/linux/user_events.h b/include/linux/user_events.h index 592a3fbed98e..4c3bd16395a9 100644 --- a/include/linux/user_events.h +++ b/include/linux/user_events.h @@ -33,12 +33,16 @@ struct user_reg { /* Input: Size of the user_reg structure being used */ __u32 size;+ /* Input: Flags/common settings */+ __u32 enable_bit : 5, /* Bit in enable address to use (0-31) */ + __reserved : 27;
I'm always worried about using C/C++ bitfields in uapi, because some compilers (e.g. MS Windows Compiler) have different implementation of the bitfields. See
gcc(1) -Wnopacked-bitfield-compat -mms-bitfields / -mno-ms-bitfields Thanks, Mathieu
+ + /* Input: Address to update when enabled */ + __u64 enable_addr; + /* Input: Pointer to string with event name, description and flags */ __u64 name_args;- /* Output: Bitwise index of the event within the status page */- __u32 status_bit; - /* Output: Index of the event to use when writing data */ __u32 write_index; } __attribute__((__packed__));diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c--
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