Markers - remove extra format argument
Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com> :
> Not in this patch, but I noticed:
>
> #define __trace_mark(name, call_private, format, args...) \
> do { \
> static const char __mstrtab_##name[] \
> __attribute__((section("__markers_strings"))) \
> = #name "\0" format; \
> static struct marker __mark_##name \
> __attribute__((section("__markers"), aligned(8))) = \
> { __mstrtab_##name, &__mstrtab_##name[sizeof(#name)], \
> 0, 0, marker_probe_cb, \
> { __mark_empty_function, NULL}, NULL }; \
> __mark_check_format(format, ## args); \
> if (unlikely(__mark_##name.state)) { \
> (*__mark_##name.call) \
> (&__mark_##name, call_private, \
> format, ## args); \
> } \
> } while (0)
>
> In this call:
>
> (*__mark_##name.call) \
> (&__mark_##name, call_private, \
> format, ## args); \
>
> you make gcc allocate duplicate format string. You can use
> &__mstrtab_##name[sizeof(#name)] instead since it holds the same string,
> or drop ", format," above and "const char *fmt" from here:
>
> void (*call)(const struct marker *mdata, /* Probe wrapper */
> void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...);
>
> since mdata->format is the same and all callees which need it can take it there.
Very good point. I actually thought about dropping it, since it would
remove an unnecessary argument from the stack. And actually, since I now
have the marker_probe_cb sitting between the marker site and the
callbacks, there is no API change required. Thanks :)
Mathieu
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@polymtl.ca>
CC: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/marker.h b/include/linux/marker.h
index 430f6ad..338533a 100644
--- a/include/linux/marker.h
+++ b/include/linux/marker.h
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
*/
char state; /* Marker state. */
char ptype; /* probe type : 0 : single, 1 : multi */
- void (*call)(const struct marker *mdata, /* Probe wrapper */
- void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...);
+ /* Probe wrapper */
+ void (*call)(const struct marker *mdata, void *call_private, ...);
struct marker_probe_closure single;
struct marker_probe_closure *multi;
} __attribute__((aligned(8)));
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
__mark_check_format(format, ## args); \
if (unlikely(__mark_##name.state)) { \
(*__mark_##name.call) \
- (&__mark_##name, call_private, \
- format, ## args); \
+ (&__mark_##name, call_private, ## args);\
} \
} while (0)
@@ -117,9 +116,9 @@
extern marker_probe_func __mark_empty_function;
extern void marker_probe_cb(const struct marker *mdata,
- void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...);
+ void *call_private, ...);
extern void marker_probe_cb_noarg(const struct marker *mdata,
- void *call_private, const char *fmt, ...);
+ void *call_private, ...);
/*
* Connect a probe to a marker.