Re: [rtla 05/13] rtla: Simplify argument parsing

[Crystal Wood <crwood@redhat.com>]

On Mon, 2025-11-17 at 15:41 -0300, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:

>  
> +/*
> + * extract_arg - extract argument value from option token
> + * @token: option token (e.g., "file=trace.txt")
> + * @opt: option name to match (e.g., "file")
> + *
> + * Returns pointer to argument value after "=" if token matches "opt=",
> + * otherwise returns NULL.
> + */
> +#define extract_arg(token, opt) (				\
> +	strlen(token) > STRING_LENGTH(opt "=") &&		\
> +	!strncmp_static(token, opt "=")				\
> +		? (token) + STRING_LENGTH(opt "=") : NULL )

This could be implemented as a function (albeit without the
concatenation trick)... but if it must be a macro, at least encase it
with ({ }) so it behaves more like a function.

> +
>  /*
>   * actions_parse - add an action based on text specification
>   */
>  int
>  actions_parse(struct actions *self, const char *trigger, const char *tracefn)
>  {
> +
>  	enum action_type type = ACTION_NONE;

Why this blank line?


> diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
> index 160491f5de91c..f7ff548f7fba7 100644
> --- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
> +++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
> @@ -13,8 +13,18 @@
>  #define MAX_NICE		20
>  #define MIN_NICE		-19
>  
> -#define container_of(ptr, type, member)({			\
> -	const typeof(((type *)0)->member) *__mptr = (ptr);	\
[snip]
> +#define container_of(ptr, type, member)({				\
> +	const typeof(((type *)0)->member) *__mptr = (ptr);		\
>  	(type *)((char *)__mptr - offsetof(type, member)) ; })

It's easier to review patches when they don't make unrelated aesthetic
changes...

-Crystal