[ltt-dev] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/3] trace: [ust] Do not use 'm' in event argument names (used by ust macros)

[vilanova@ac.upc.edu (Lluís Vilanova)]

Stefan Hajnoczi writes:

> AFAICT the only problem with libust is the __tp_cb_data set but not
> used warning that gcc 4.6 emits, see my test program:

Here's a prettified version of the failing (pre-processed) code:

  static inline
  void
  trace_ust_g_malloc(size_t size, void* ptr)
  {
      do {
          if (__builtin_expect(!!(__tracepoint_ust_g_malloc.state), 0))
              do {
                  struct tracepoint_probe *__tp_it_probe_ptr;
                  void *__tp_it_func;
                  void *__tp_cb_data;
                  rcu_read_lock_bp();
                  __tp_it_probe_ptr = ({ typeof((&__tracepoint_ust_g_malloc)->probes) _________p1 = rcu_dereference_sym((void *)((&__tracepoint_ust_g_malloc)->probes)); (_________p1); });
                  if (__tp_it_probe_ptr) {
                      do {
                          __tp_it_func = __tp_it_probe_ptr->func;
                          __tp_cb_data = __tp_it_probe_ptr->data;
                          ((void(*)(size_t size, void* ptr))__tp_it_func)(size, ptr);
                      } while ((++__tp_it_probe_ptr)->func); }
                  rcu_read_unlock_bp();
              } while (0);
      } while (0);
  }

Which is produced by the "__DO_TRACE" macro in "ust/tracepoint.h". The original
code is:

  DECLARE_TRACE(ust_g_malloc, TP_PROTO(size_t size, void* ptr), TP_ARGS(size, ptr));
  #define trace_g_malloc trace_ust_g_malloc


I don't know about the portability requirements in UST, but if supporting only
gcc is an option, you can simply use this line in the macro:

                  void *__tp_cb_data __attribute__((unused));

Even with this fixed, there still seem to be problems with events without
parameters:

  DECLARE_TRACE(ust_slavio_misc_update_irq_raise, TP_PROTO(void), TP_ARGS());
  #define trace_slavio_misc_update_irq_raise trace_ust_slavio_misc_update_irq_raise

  ./trace.h: In function ?__trace_ust_slavio_misc_update_irq_raise?:
  ./trace.h:361:1: error: ?void? must be the only parameter
  ./trace.h:361:1: error: expected expression before ?)? token
  ./trace.h:361:1: error: too many arguments to function ?(void (*)(void *))__tp_it_func?

The debian/testing version of ust is 0.15, and the sources have a ChangeLog with
this at the top:

  2011-07-15 ust 0.15
      * Add backward compability for tracepoint API (still planned for
        deprecation, but should make the transition smoother).


Lluis

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