Re: Checkpatch error on trace events macros

[Li Zefan <lizefan@huawei.com>]

On 2013/7/30 11:10, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Tue, 2013-07-30 at 11:04 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
>> On 2013/7/30 10:36, Joe Perches wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2013-07-30 at 10:06 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
>>>> On 2013/7/30 9:58, Joe Perches wrote:
>>>>> So what are these TRACE_<FOO> defines that need
>>>>> excluding from the "complex values" check?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anything other than 
>>>>>
>>>>> TRACE_SYSTEM
>>>>> TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
>>>>> TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
>>>>>
>>>>> ?
>>>>>
>>>>> samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.h
>>>>> only has those 3.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Try:
>>>>   # scripts/checkpatch.pl --file include/trace/events/*
>>>>
>>>> You'll see numerous errors. :)
>>>
>>> Nope, you'll see numerous whitespace defects, but no
>>> actual errors.
>>>
>>> If you run with:
>>>
>>> --ignore=spacing,long_line,code_indent,leading_space,printf_l,split_string,space_before_tab,trailing_whitespace,line_continuations
>>>
>>
>> Serious? I'd just not run checkpatch.pl. ;)
> 
> Your choice.  It's all whitespace and %Lx stuff.
> I think the reports are actual style defects.
> The line continuations and split strings uses are
> pretty poor there too.
> 
>> The "complex values" check complaints come from many places in include/trace/events/*,
>> and I'm not going to check where and why.
> 
> Nor I.
> You haven't answered my question either.
> 

Oh, I overlooked it.

TRACE_SYSTEM defines the directory name in /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/events. A trace
event belongs to a trace system:

  # cat /sys/kernel/debug/tracing/available_events
  ext3:ext3_free_inode
  ext3:ext3_request_inode
  ...

ext3 is the SYSTEM name.

TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE is needed if the .h filename is different than the SYSTEM name.

If the .h file is not in include/trace/events, then you must use TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
to specify where the file is.

I'm not sure if there're any other maros need special treatment.