Re: [PATCH 1/2] tracing: Add $cpu and $current probe-vars

[Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>]

On 11/26, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
>
> (2013/11/26 4:29), Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> > +#define PSEUDO_REG_OFFSET	4096	/* arbitrary value > MAX_REG_OFFSET */
> > +
> > +static unsigned long probe_get_register(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long offset)
> > +{
> > +	if (offset < PSEUDO_REG_OFFSET)
> > +		return regs_get_register(regs, offset);
> > +
> > +	return pseudo_reg_table[offset - PSEUDO_REG_OFFSET].fetch();
> > +}
>
>
> Hmm, I don't like this, since fetch_reg is the most frequently
> used fetch method, and it actually uses the offset in different
> way.

Sure, this overloads the usage of FETCH_MTD_reg/offset.

And btw, yes, the naming is ugly (I mean pseudo_*). But why this
is bad? This is cheap and simple.

And,

> Why don't you make another fetch function for vars?

This is what I tried to avoid ;) I do not want to add another
FETCH_MTD_. To me, this looks like unnecessary complication and
bloat (but see below).

> Perhaps, you can make fetch_retval more generic.

Please look at 2/2. It kills fetch_retval because we make
fetch_reg more generic (this patch), and this saves 300 bytes.

However. I understand that this is subjective, so please ignore.

Thanks,

Oleg.