Re: [PATCH] tracing: Simplify seqfile code for format file

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 13:53 +0800, Li Zefan wrote:
> We don't have to use the trick that marks a pointer's LSB to
> distinguish event fields from common fields.
> 

Hehe, you don't like tricks.  I find it as a certain art to the magic of
programming ;-)


> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@cn.fujitsu.com>

I'll pull this in and see if we can get this into 2.6.36 too.

Thanks!

-- Steve

> ---
>  kernel/trace/trace_events.c |   55 ++++++++++++++-----------------------------
>  1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> index 4c758f1..398c0e8 100644
> --- a/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> +++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events.c
> @@ -600,21 +600,29 @@ out:
>  
>  enum {
>  	FORMAT_HEADER		= 1,
> -	FORMAT_PRINTFMT		= 2,
> +	FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR	= 2,
> +	FORMAT_PRINTFMT		= 3,
>  };
>  
>  static void *f_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
>  {
>  	struct ftrace_event_call *call = m->private;
>  	struct ftrace_event_field *field;
> -	struct list_head *head;
> +	struct list_head *common_head = &ftrace_common_fields;
> +	struct list_head *head = trace_get_fields(call);
>  
>  	(*pos)++;
>  
>  	switch ((unsigned long)v) {
>  	case FORMAT_HEADER:
> -		head = &ftrace_common_fields;
> +		if (unlikely(list_empty(common_head)))
> +			return NULL;
> +
> +		field = list_entry(common_head->prev,
> +				   struct ftrace_event_field, link);
> +		return field;
>  
> +	case FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR:
>  		if (unlikely(list_empty(head)))
>  			return NULL;
>  
> @@ -626,31 +634,10 @@ static void *f_next(struct seq_file *m, void *v, loff_t *pos)
>  		return NULL;
>  	}
>  
> -	head = trace_get_fields(call);
> -
> -	/*
> -	 * To separate common fields from event fields, the
> -	 * LSB is set on the first event field. Clear it in case.
> -	 */
> -	v = (void *)((unsigned long)v & ~1L);
> -
>  	field = v;
> -	/*
> -	 * If this is a common field, and at the end of the list, then
> -	 * continue with main list.
> -	 */
> -	if (field->link.prev == &ftrace_common_fields) {
> -		if (unlikely(list_empty(head)))
> -			return NULL;
> -		field = list_entry(head->prev, struct ftrace_event_field, link);
> -		/* Set the LSB to notify f_show to print an extra newline */
> -		field = (struct ftrace_event_field *)
> -			((unsigned long)field | 1);
> -		return field;
> -	}
> -
> -	/* If we are done tell f_show to print the format */
> -	if (field->link.prev == head)
> +	if (field->link.prev == common_head)
> +		return (void *)FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR;
> +	else if (field->link.prev == head)
>  		return (void *)FORMAT_PRINTFMT;
>  
>  	field = list_entry(field->link.prev, struct ftrace_event_field, link);
> @@ -688,22 +675,16 @@ static int f_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
>  		seq_printf(m, "format:\n");
>  		return 0;
>  
> +	case FORMAT_FIELD_SEPERATOR:
> +		seq_putc(m, '\n');
> +		return 0;
> +
>  	case FORMAT_PRINTFMT:
>  		seq_printf(m, "\nprint fmt: %s\n",
>  			   call->print_fmt);
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  
> -	/*
> -	 * To separate common fields from event fields, the
> -	 * LSB is set on the first event field. Clear it and
> -	 * print a newline if it is set.
> -	 */
> -	if ((unsigned long)v & 1) {
> -		seq_putc(m, '\n');
> -		v = (void *)((unsigned long)v & ~1L);
> -	}
> -
>  	field = v;
>  
>  	/*