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From: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 8/8] trace: Add alternative synthetic event trace
 action syntax
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 03:54:46 +0900
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Hi Tom,

On Mon, 10 Sep 2018 14:10:46 -0500
Tom Zanussi <zanussi@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Tom Zanussi <tom.zanussi@linux.intel.com>
> 
> Add a 'trace(synthetic_event_name, params)' alternative to
> synthetic_event_name(params).
> 
> Currently, the syntax used for generating synthetic events is to
> invoke synthetic_event_name(params) i.e. use the synthetic event name
> as a function call.
> 
> Users requested a new form that more explicitly shows that the
> synthetic event is in effect being traced.  In this version, a new
> 'trace()' keyword is used, and the synthetic event name is passed in
> as the first argument.

Hmm, what is the advantage of adding this new form?

Thanks,

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Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>