Re: Another Obsolete Fix me in trace.h?

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 13:40:26 +0100
Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> wrote:

> 2014-11-24 22:49+0100, Radim Krčmář:
> > 2014-11-24 16:19-0500, Steven Rostedt:
> > > That wouldn't be too hard to implement.
> > 
> > I'll look at the patch tommorrow.
> 
> The kernel part is trivial.
> Most of the code is going to be in tools/lib/traceevent/event-parse.c.
> 
> I wasn't sure whether to
> 1) define new 'enum print_arg_type' for our function and do exactly what
>    other __print* did
> 2) extend existing PRINT_FUNC with variable arguments and register it as
>    a "global" event handler
> 
> as (2) makes more sense to me, but we already had it when some __print*
> was implemented ... (and I didn't want to dig too deep into the project)

Add a new hardcoded instance. The PRINT_FUNC is for plugins that have a
unique function for the events they handle. Notice that event-parse
does not define any func handlers. If this is to be generic, then lets
make it specified as a new enum.

Thanks,

-- Steve