Re: [RFC] btf: Some structs are doubled because of struct ring_buffer

Alexei Starovoitov
2019-12-13T20:39:49Z

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 12:11:18PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 08:51:57 -0800
> Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It had two choices. Both valid. I don't know why gdb picked this one.
> > So yeah I think renaming 'ring_buffer' either in ftrace or in perf would be
> > good. I think renaming ftrace one would be better, since gdb picked perf one
> > for whatever reason.
>
> Because of the sort algorithm. But from a technical perspective, the
> ring buffer that ftrace uses is generic, where the perf ring buffer can
> only be used for perf. Call it "event_ring_buffer" or whatever, but
> it's not generic and should not have a generic name.

I don't mind whichever way. Just saying it would be good to rename :)