Re: [tip:perf/core] events: Rename TRACE_EVENT_TEMPLATE() to DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS()

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Fri, 2009-11-27 at 00:13 +0100, Frederic Weisbecker wrote:

> > 
> > But I do agree with Frederic that this can be a little confusing, since
> > it makes it sound like DEFINE_EVENT is for multiple events.
> > 
> > What about saying exactly what it does?
> > 
> > DECLARE_AND_DEFINE_EVENT()
> 
> 
> It tells so much that it is confusing :)

Information overload huh? ;-)

> 
>  
> > 
> > Come to think of it, since current TRACE_EVENT is now just:
> > 
> > #define TRACE_EVENT() \
> > 	TRACE_EVENT_TEMPLATE() \
> > 	DEFINE_EVENT
> > 
> > This may make the most sense. I haven't tried it, but I believe that you
> > could even base other events off of the TRACE_EVENT. That is:
> > 
> > TRACE_EVENT(x, ...);
> > 
> > DEFINE_EVENT(x, y, ...);
> > 
> > And y would use x as its class.
> > 
> > So going back to your scheme of DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(), it may make sense
> > to have DECLARE_AND_DEFINE_EVENT().
> > 
> > 
> > DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(class, ...);
> > DEFINE_EVENT(class, foo, ...);
> > 
> > DECLARE_AND_DEFINE_EVENT(bar, ...);
> 
> 
> 
> Yep, or DEFINE_EVENT_NOCLASS.

Well it may not be upper class, but I wouldn't say it has no class ;-)

But seriously, that is more misleading. It is a class. Remember, that
TRACE_EVENT is both a class and a define. With the new names for
template trace_event is:

#define TRACE_EVENT(name, ...) \
	DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(name, ...); \
	DEFINE_EVENT(name, name, ...);

So TRACE_EVENT really is a DECLARE_CLASS_AND_DEFINE_EVENT(name, ...);

-- Steve

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> 
> 
> > DEFINE_EVENT(bar, zoo, ...);
> > 
> > 
> > May work.
> > 
> > -- Steve
> > 
> > 
>