Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] Teach perf_trace_##call() to check hlist_empty(perf_events)

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 08/12, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> So I suppose the down-side to putting them in TP_ARGS() is that you
> cannot use arbitrary expressions for them anymore; like:
>
>   TP_ARGS(foo);
>
>   TP_perf_assign(
>     __perf_task(foo->ponies);
>     __perf_count(foo->horses);
>   ),
>
> Not that we actually did something like that, but I imagine it might've
> been useful..

Yes. This is of course less generic. And more confusing, I agree.

> A well, lets not worry too much about that and go with
> this. We'll get creative again if we ever need something like that.
>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>

Thanks ;)

BTW. Can't we kill __perf_addr() and the corresponding argument in
perf_trace_buf_submit/perf_tp_event ?

Or do you think it can have a new user?

Oleg.