From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
bpf@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
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Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
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Subject: [PATCH v6 2/6] tracing: Rename __dynamic_array() to __dynamic_field() for ftrace events
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:03:02 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250828180356.716157474@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20250828180300.591225320@kernel.org
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
The ftrace events (like function, trace_print, etc) are created somewhat
manually and not via the TRACE_EVENT() or tracepoint magic macros. It has
its own macros.
The dynamic fields used __dynamic_array() to be created, but the output is
different than the __dynamic_array() used by TRACE_EVENT().
The TRACE_EVENT() __dynamic_array() creates the field like:
field:__data_loc u8[] v_data; offset:120; size:4; signed:0;
Whereas the ftrace event is created as:
field:char buf[]; offset:12; size:0; signed:0;
The difference is that the ftrace field is defined as the rest of the size
of the event saved in the ring buffer. TRACE_EVENT() doesn't have such a
dynamic field, and its version saves a word that holds the offset into the
event that the field is stored, as well as the size.
For consistency rename the ftrace event macro to __dynamic_field(). This
way the ftrace event can also include a __dynamic_array() later that works
the same as the TRACE_EVENT() dynamic array.
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
---
kernel/trace/trace.h | 4 ++--
kernel/trace/trace_entries.h | 10 +++++-----
kernel/trace/trace_export.c | 12 ++++++------
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 5f4bed5842f9..0fd2559ff119 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ enum trace_type {
#undef __array_desc
#define __array_desc(type, container, item, size)
-#undef __dynamic_array
-#define __dynamic_array(type, item) type item[];
+#undef __dynamic_field
+#define __dynamic_field(type, item) type item[];
#undef __rel_dynamic_array
#define __rel_dynamic_array(type, item) type item[];
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
index de294ae2c5c5..5cf80f6c704a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_entries.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY_REG(function, ftrace_entry,
F_STRUCT(
__field_fn( unsigned long, ip )
__field_fn( unsigned long, parent_ip )
- __dynamic_array( unsigned long, args )
+ __dynamic_field( unsigned long, args )
),
F_printk(" %ps <-- %ps",
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY(funcgraph_entry, ftrace_graph_ent_entry,
__field_struct( struct ftrace_graph_ent, graph_ent )
__field_packed( unsigned long, graph_ent, func )
__field_packed( unsigned int, graph_ent, depth )
- __dynamic_array(unsigned long, args )
+ __dynamic_field(unsigned long, args )
),
F_printk("--> %ps (%u)", (void *)__entry->func, __entry->depth)
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY(bprint, bprint_entry,
F_STRUCT(
__field( unsigned long, ip )
__field( const char *, fmt )
- __dynamic_array( u32, buf )
+ __dynamic_field( u32, buf )
),
F_printk("%ps: %s",
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY_REG(print, print_entry,
F_STRUCT(
__field( unsigned long, ip )
- __dynamic_array( char, buf )
+ __dynamic_field( char, buf )
),
F_printk("%ps: %s",
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ FTRACE_ENTRY(raw_data, raw_data_entry,
F_STRUCT(
__field( unsigned int, id )
- __dynamic_array( char, buf )
+ __dynamic_field( char, buf )
),
F_printk("id:%04x %08x",
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
index 1698fc22afa0..d9d41e3ba379 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_export.c
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ static int ftrace_event_register(struct trace_event_call *call,
#undef __array_desc
#define __array_desc(type, container, item, size) type item[size];
-#undef __dynamic_array
-#define __dynamic_array(type, item) type item[];
+#undef __dynamic_field
+#define __dynamic_field(type, item) type item[];
#undef F_STRUCT
#define F_STRUCT(args...) args
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ static void __always_unused ____ftrace_check_##name(void) \
#undef __array_desc
#define __array_desc(_type, _container, _item, _len) __array(_type, _item, _len)
-#undef __dynamic_array
-#define __dynamic_array(_type, _item) { \
+#undef __dynamic_field
+#define __dynamic_field(_type, _item) { \
.type = #_type "[]", .name = #_item, \
.size = 0, .align = __alignof__(_type), \
is_signed_type(_type), .filter_type = FILTER_OTHER },
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ static struct trace_event_fields ftrace_event_fields_##name[] = { \
#undef __array_desc
#define __array_desc(type, container, item, len)
-#undef __dynamic_array
-#define __dynamic_array(type, item)
+#undef __dynamic_field
+#define __dynamic_field(type, item)
#undef F_printk
#define F_printk(fmt, args...) __stringify(fmt) ", " __stringify(args)
--
2.50.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-28 18:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-28 18:03 [PATCH v6 0/6] tracing: Deferred unwinding of user space stack traces Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:03 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] tracing: Do not bother getting user space stacktraces for kernel threads Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:03 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
2025-08-28 18:03 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] tracing: Implement deferred user space stacktracing Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:03 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] tracing: Have deferred user space stacktrace show file offsets Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:03 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] tracing: Show inode and device major:minor in deferred user space stacktrace Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 18:58 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-08-28 19:02 ` Mathieu Desnoyers
2025-08-28 19:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 20:04 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-08-28 20:37 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 20:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 20:27 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-08-28 20:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 20:51 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 21:00 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-08-28 21:27 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 16:27 ` Sam James
2025-08-28 20:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 20:48 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 21:06 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 21:17 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 22:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 22:44 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 15:06 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 15:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 16:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 16:33 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 16:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 16:50 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 17:02 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 17:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 17:57 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-08-29 20:51 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 16:57 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 17:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 17:52 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 16:19 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 16:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 16:49 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 16:59 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 17:17 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-08-29 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 18:11 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 20:54 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 21:18 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 22:40 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-29 23:09 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 23:42 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-30 0:36 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-30 0:44 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-30 0:45 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-30 1:20 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-30 1:26 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-30 18:31 ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-30 19:03 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2025-08-30 19:03 ` Linus Torvalds
2025-08-28 18:03 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] tracing: Add an event to map the inodes to their file names Steven Rostedt
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