Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] tracing: Shrink the size of struct ftrace_event_field

[Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>]

>>>  static int __trace_define_field(struct list_head *head, const char *type,
>>>  				const char *name, int offset, int size,
>>>  				int is_signed, int filter_type)
>>> @@ -120,13 +123,16 @@ static int __trace_define_field(struct list_head *head, const char *type,
>>>  	field->type = type;
>>>  
>>>  	if (filter_type == FILTER_OTHER)
>>> -		field->filter_type = filter_assign_type(type);
>>> -	else
>>> -		field->filter_type = filter_type;
>>> +		filter_type = filter_assign_type(type);
>>>  
>>> +	field->filter_type = filter_type;
>>>  	field->offset = offset;
>>>  	field->size = size;
>>> -	field->is_signed = is_signed;
>>> +	field->is_signed = !!is_signed;
>>> +
>>> +	VERIFY_SIZE(filter_type);
>>> +	VERIFY_SIZE(offset);
>>> +	VERIFY_SIZE(size);
> 
> Isn't this wrap-a-macro-with-another-more-obscure-macro not a bit too
> much?
> 
> I mean,
>   	WARN_ON(filter_type > field->filter_type)
> 
> is much more readable than VERIFY_SIZE IMO.
> 

Oh, right. Using macro is a bit excessive here.